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.

One person is in Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after two cars collided shortly before 10pm on Tuesday night.

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.

Close contacts of an Otago Polytechnic student who died at the weekend from meningitis have been offered antibiotics to reduce their risk of catching the disease.

Footage of a kiwi apparently "dancing" around a feeder has been posted online by staff at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Dunedin.

A Dunedin soft drinks institution says it has been targeted by a medical officer of health intent on removing its liquor licence.

A young motorcyclist who police say died after colliding with a Chinese driver's vehicle in Otago on Saturday will donate organs to seven different people.

The motorcyclist who died after a crash in East Otago was a talented and award-winning Dunedin photographer.

A motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car in Otago on Saturday has been named.

The person who brutally assaulted a Dunedin pensioner is still at large and she is asking why police let the case go cold so quickly.

A Dunedin surfer and paddleboarder got up close and personal with a pair of whales which were frolicking off the Dunedin coast today. Surfer

City is running out of time for full-size statue of celebrated poet.

When things get icy in winter and your school is on one of the steeper streets in Dunedin, sometimes an unorthodox solution is required to get to class in the morning.

A man was injured at the Dunedin District Court this morning.

A car burnt out in Dunedin is added to a police investigation, into a recent string of car fires.