Allegations came following a children's match in Dunedin. Football South to look into it.

The initiative is aimed at high-risk offenders to give them access to intensive therapy.

Young man who appeared to be unconscious was carried into the ambulance on a stretcher.

The thieves holding what looked like a gun made off with cigarettes and cash.

Some parts of the city could resemble New York, Edinburgh or even Thailand.

A family finally has access to legal, medical cannabis. But the costs are crippling.

House sellers across NZ are still cashing in despite some markets cooling off.

The man's lewd escapade on a Dunedin beach led to a brief police search this morning.

Bunnings has stopped selling a panel heater and the supplier has issued a recall.

Police treating the death unexplained, do not believe he died in suspicious circumstances.

Missing girl could be anywhere in lower South Island, say police.

Ricky Welsford assaulted the same man twice, nine months apart.

The forgeries saw Dunedin scientist obtain the drugs codeine, tramadol and diazapam.

Logan Walden spent an hour wrangling the feathered intruder.

The man slipped a folding blade out of his pocket and slashed it at the victim's throat.

A man who apologised to his victim online after raping her has been found guilty.

Dunedin man and his heavily pregnant partner had a lucky escape while driving home.

Rug up warm - more cold temperatures are expected today and tomorrow.

'Make it go boom', jilted man told his mate. But they got the wrong car.

Dad said 'I shouldn't have done that' as son pulled the staples out of his flesh.

He beat her and hit her with a barbecue lighter until she blacked out.

After allegedly being raped twice in a Dunedin walkway, a woman found the man on Facebook.

Elise Wolfgram has just taken home the top student awards for a role she loves.

'Nothing makes this any better,' says mother of 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush.

Dr Venod Skantha is accused of killing Dunedin teen Amber-Rose Rush.

Stormy weather for much of central New Zealand and South Island.

Police have apologised to a woman for their failure to investigate the incident.

Rowan Blackbourn stored secret videos of naked students in his phone labelled "the goods".

It's wet and a bit chilly, so rug up and remember to pack a brolly this weekend

Dean Purdy was arrested in Christchurch last night