The sentence given to Nikolas Delegat for assaulting a policewoman has been widely condemned.

A father and daughter pleaded guilty to incest when they appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon.

A fisherman on a burning boat grounded the vessel on rocks before leaping to safety near Dunedin yesterday afternoon.

The police officer who was knocked unconscious by a rich-lister's son in an alcohol-fuelled attack was also attacked by a young man five years ago.

The rich-lister's son who punched a female police officer unconscious has today apologised for his "bad decision in the heat of the moment".

The female police officer punched in the face by the son of a rich-lister who escaped a jail sentence is still being helped by colleagues on her road back to work, 18 months after the attack.

Two men have been caught smuggling meth into Dunedin on a flight from the North Island.

An ambulance officer is being treated for moderate injuries after an ambulance hit ice and slid off the road on the Southern Motorway near Dunedin tonight.

A woman says she was left shaking by the "over-the-top" response from Dunedin police after she and her partner were rebuked for opening a drink mid-flight.

The 15-year hospital food service contract with the Compass Group had to be renegotiated because so few DHBs had joined, it has emerged.

Mount Aspiring College's principal says the school will try to continue with business as usual.

Two 13-year-old schoolgirls 'had a scrap'' at McDonald's Restaurant in George St yesterday afternoon, police said.

A Mt Aspiring College pupil is being treated for meningococcal disease in Dunedin Hospital.

A mourning family is preparing for the possibility the man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash which killed Dunedin man Riley Baker may never serve prison time.

Cattle mysteriously washed up on Dunedin beaches are a puzzle for local authorities.

Up to three dead cows have mysteriously washed up on a Dunedin beach this weekend.

A 1-year-old boy was flown to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after falling from the balcony of a house in Frankton Rd yesterday.

A 33-year-old Dunedin psychology student appeared in court in relation to a wild car ride which left a trail of destruction.

Caroline Quirey looks like a normal 11-year-old but behind her smile the Dunedin school pupil is fighting a rare bone marrow disorder.

There are claims of theft, teabag rationing and poor treatment of staff at Woodhaugh Rest Home and Hospital in Dunedin.

An Otago Uni student who discovered four unknown women trashing his Hyde St flat yesterday says crime on the North Dunedin party street is "getting worse".

A new house and car are on the cards for a Dunedin couple who won $13.3 million in Lotto, at what must be New Zealand's luckiest Lotto outlet.

A bus driver's spontaneous detour has come to a unplanned halt at a hairpin turn in Dunedin's Northeast Valley.

A "very deserving" Dunedin couple claimed their $13.3 million Lotto ticket from a lucky South Dunedin store yesterday.

A Lotto ticket bought from a south Dunedin store won a lucky punter $13.3 million.

A young masked woman entered a Dunedin dairy with a weapon and demanded money.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

Police are searching for a teenage girl after a robbery at a South Dunedin takeaway this evening.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

The parents of a 20-year-old student, who died tragically at the weekend from meningitis, have warned people to be wary of the disease's symptoms.