Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

Fire gutted a classroom at the former Kenmure Intermediate School site in Dunedin this morning.

A PhD psychology student drove her unwarranted and unregistered Mercedes Benz through Dunedin streets, while swigging on a bottle of wine.

A police dog latched on to the leg of a man involved in a Dunedin arrest but the patrolling pooch ended up sending one of the boys in blue to hospital.

A burglar crawled on his belly inside a Dunedin grocery store to prevent detection from sensor alarms and steal thousands of dollars from its safe.

Police are searching for a man who tried to coax a young girl into his car in Dunedin.

Here's a big scoop for you: Kiwis love their icecream. Turns out we eat 23 litres of the cold, sweet stuff per person each year.

Four houses are being threatened by a large scrub fire in Dunedin this afternoon.

As a high school drop-out and teenage parent, Dunedin 19-year-old Ryan Jones has not followed the most conventional path to politics.

A fire has affected the Maniototo Arts Centre in Ranfurly this morning.

Thirty patients suffered partial sight loss because of eye clinic delays at two hospitals

This is a journey into Sound, the Dunedin Sound. Here the term Dunedin Sound is not used as a label to define a type of music or band

Neighbours of a 66-year-old man found dead at a Brockville house say he was a hardworking man who always seemed to have a smile on his face.

An elderly whitebaiter was seriously injured when he fell into the Taieri River south of Dunedin this morning.

A Dunedin woman has denied acting as a party to a man being unlawfully supplied with morphine.

A 47-year-old Dunedin man was arrested after the body of a 66-year-old man was discovered at a Brockville house.

A detailed map showing the location of every dangerously compromised power pole in Dunedin shows just how worried residents should be about the risk of death or injury.

A man has been charged with murder after a body was found at house in Dunedin this morning.

A pedestrian has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car in South Dunedin.

The cost of housing in Auckland is pushing staff in industries to leave the city, while Auckland businesses must be prepared to pay more to keep staff.

Detectives are investigating after a teenage girl was grabbed by a stranger on dark suburban steps in Dunedin.

"He could have killed us," said a Dunedin couple who were woken by the "almighty crash".

Dunedin risks gaining a reputation as a "slum city" if landlords continue to flout Government standards, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.

A top Auckland school is losing three science teachers as houses become an "unrealistic" goal for many in the profession.

A good Samaritan has described the harrowing moments when a pregnant woman jumped from the second storey of a Dunedin flat as it was being engulfed in flames.

A woman jumped from a burning flat in Dunedin earlier today.

Long weekenders rejoice - the sun is set to continue for the majority of the country over Labour Weekend.

Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.

Landlords of several student flats on Dunedin's Castle St have found themselves in hot water following a government investigation into rental housing standards.

A simple device designed by an inventive Dunedin mind has the medical fraternity buzzing.