High-risk sex offender Darren Albert Jolly, who has been living in a flat in Dunedin, is back behind bars after being arrested by police earlier this week.

A University of Otago student came to the rescue of a Jack Russell left in a hot car.

A woman who shot and seriously wounded a man outside his home near Dunedin earlier this year has been convicted of attempted murder.

Hungry, and perhaps a little thirsty in Dunedin? Anna King Shahab discovers 10 great places to sate your appetite.

A war is being waged between Dunedin secondary schools, which are estimated to be spending big money on marketing to attract pupils.

Ticketing machines unable to process the imagery on the new notes.

An All Black parade in Dunedin seems a long shot, although Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is not throwing in the towel.

The Dunedin City Council has spent $36,000 sending chief executive Dr Sue Bidrose to leadership training courses at England's prestigious Oxford University.

An asbestos scare at Dunedin Hospital has affected access to the mortuary, ultrasound suite, two lifts, the central stairwell and staff-only areas.

An asbestos find at Dunedin Hospital has forced the cancellation of ultrasound outpatient appointments and closed the mortuary.

Labour's acting health spokesman David Clark has criticised Health Minister Jonathan Coleman for "dragging his heels" over the hospital's rebuild work.

An aggravated robbery in which a 59-year-old man was assaulted and left lying in an alleyway bleeding and semiconscious, brought jail for a 19-year-old man.

Dunedin police are seeking strong action against two repeat offender liquor outlets they say were caught selling alcohol to underage teens.

Train-spotters basked in an historic steam locomotive's glory as Passchendaele chugged into Dunedin Railway Station yesterday.

A Dunedin man has been given until November 10 to start removing rusting cars from his property, or face paying the cost of the council doing it for him.

Officers would prefer if you left suspected explosives where you found them.

A man injured in a hit-and-run incident in Dunedin at the weekend is thought to know the female driver of the car that struck him, police say.

University of Otago staff who avoided campus on the day of gun threat will have their annual leave deducted.

A Dunedin man who had a haul of replica guns stolen from his garage hopes they are not used for "something stupid".

Access has been restricted to parts of the Dunedin Hospital campus because of suspected asbestos contamination.

Dunedin Mayor says: ''It may be the complainants are as vexatious as the dogs.''

Police are trying to flush out a non-flushing thief.

Extra flights will be scheduled to and from Dunedin for next month's Fleetwood Mac concert as the city pushes to ensure the event is a sellout.

Unlicensed driver had three young passengers in the car when he lost control.

Police are ''following a number of lines of inquiry'' as they tried to track down the person responsible for an online shooting threat at the University of Otago.

The unseasonably high temperatures and strong winds of "Hotober" fanned the flames of South Island fires yesterday.

Police are warning students and staff to be vigilant as Otago University opens for ''business as usual'' following online threat.

An anonymous user yesterday posted a picture of a handgun and the threat about a massacre on the bulletin board 4chan. It was then reposted to Reddit and Facebook.

There has been an outpouring of support for a patched gang member who was awarded a $52,000 contract to carry out maintenance work for Dunedin City Council.

A chemical spill closed streets and caused hundreds of people to be evacuated in central Dunedin.