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.

Council takes leap of faith to give another chance to Black Power member who was jailed for assault and grievous bodily harm.

Dozens of workers have been evacuated after a chemical spill at Dunedin's Cadbury factory early this afternoon.

Matt Nippert meets Mosgiel's American hero, Lieutenant Colonel Tim Ferner.

An investigator will today determine the cause of a blaze that ripped through a Dunedin property last night.

A thief's attempt to use black paint to camouflage a distinctive waste truck, known as "Little Sucker", has failed.

A man is on the run from police, slowly heading north from Dunedin in an old, stolen truck usually used to clear mud traps.

A former Dunedin lawyer who did not turn up for her trial has been found guilty on all 46 charges of tax evasion involving more than $180,000.

Masked men were armed with an axe and tried to barge their way into shop.

A Dunedin man received facial injuries after falling from an upstairs balcony during a Dunedin party, emergency services say.

The Dunedin man was dismissed by Go Bus Transport after an undercover transport inspector spotted him allowing his wife to ride for free.

Police are seeking the ''senseless'' vandals who pillaged a Dunedin childcare centre.

Material from the sun, Earth's magnetic field, three clever fellows and a compost bin - put them together and you have a system outperforming Nasa.

A man has been arrested after an overnight murder scare at a shearers' quarters in Milton.

An elderly Dunedin man who died after being hit by a car last night has been named by police. He was 86-year-old Albert Arthur Wolf, known as Bert, of Fairfield.

Police have slammed 17 Dunedin drivers for their "stupidity and poor judgement" after they were apprehended for drinking and driving over the weekend.

Fine weather may to be blame for a spike in student disciplinary cases in February and March this year, University of Otago proctor Simon Thompson says.

When Hannah Scott lay in Dunedin's intensive care unit in a coma in 2009, doctors told her parents to be "realistic" about her chances.

Police are investigating the death of an 86-year-old Dunedin man who was hit by a car in Fairfield, Dunedin last night.

Four people managed to escape a fire that completely destroyed their homes in Dunedin overnight.

These days, people are often being told ''There's no such thing as a free meal''. But yesterday, the old adage got turned on its head.

The victim of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of her partner for almost a decade ''endured her own form of hell''.

Pacific Edge, the maker of non-invasive bladder cancer tests, has won US regulatory approval to commercially process test samples from its latest cancer detecting product at its Dunedin....

A Dunedin woman has been left $2500 out of pocket after a man she met online took advantage of her by telling her what she "wanted to hear".