Covering a random Dunedin car completely in road cones was a joint effort by a bunch of strangers, a woman who lives in the area says.

An Uber driver, convicted of raping a teenage passenger, has given up his fight to prevent media from publishing his photo.

Neither the right or left bloc would be able to govern if an election were held today, according to the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll.

Police are asking people to look after their older family members after a "tired" grandmother drove the wrong way along the Dunedin Motorway.

Dunedin police spent their afternoon searching for a "large-built, golden-haired individual — possibly of Scottish descent" after multiple calls from the public reported his roadside manner to police.

A woman has been found dead at a house on the Kāpiti Coast and a man has been charged.