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![Victim's dad accuses Govt of soft stance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Victim's dad accuses Govt of soft stance
"You can't compensate for the loss of a child, but there were so many expenses the Government doesn't seem to understand." Sophie Elliot's father speaks out.
![Golf club attack: 'All I saw was blood'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Golf club attack: 'All I saw was blood'
"All I saw was blood," said a horrified neighbour who watched as a man was hit with a golf club and then repeatedly kicked while he lay on the ground yesterday.
![Trainer dies after horse ramp drops](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Trainer dies after horse ramp drops
Horse racing trainer Steve Anderton has died in hospital after a freak accident at the family stables near Mosgiel yesterday.
![No charges over inmate's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
No charges over inmate's death
No charges will be laid in relation to the death of a man in Otago Corrections Facility four years ago.
![Racial taunts upset local](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Racial taunts upset local
Behaviour associated with an inner city Dunedin flat has upset a nearby business owner, who claims racial and sexual taunts have been hurled at her from drunken revellers.
!['I fear he will come back'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'I fear he will come back'
The family of a Dunedin woman who had her head split open with an axe fears her attacker will finish what he started.
![Mayor: Parking fines 'exorbitant'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mayor: Parking fines 'exorbitant'
Dunedin City Council is to review parking arrangements at Forsyth Barr Stadium, after Wilson Parking's $65 fines were slammed as ''exorbitant and unreasonable".
![Parking fee stoush: Fines 'unlawful'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Parking fee stoush: Fines 'unlawful'
Lawyers say fines levied by a private car park provider aren't legal, after a Dunedin woman slammed a $65 fee for returning to her car 11mins late.
![Eleven mins late, $65 fine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Eleven mins late, $65 fine
A woman has reacted to what she has described as an ''unbelievable'' and ''extraordinary'' $65 parking fine she received at a Dunedin car park.
![Woman burned at petrol station critical](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Woman burned at petrol station critical
The 29-year-old woman who suffered serious burns outside a Dunedin service station has been transferred to Middlemore Hospital's burns unit.
![Woman burns at Dunedin petrol station](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Woman burns at Dunedin petrol station
"I saw a person burning from the waist up". Witnesses have described their horror at seeing a woman catch fire at a Dunedin petrol station yesterday.
![Cruel twist to devastating Dunedin fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cruel twist to devastating Dunedin fire
A French vacationer scrambled to throw as many valuables as he could out of a burning building yesterday - only to watch the grass around them catch fire.
![Kiwi developers head to Silicon Valley](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwi developers head to Silicon Valley
George Phillips and Mike Neumegen were a couple of Dunedin uni students when their part-time work as freelance web designers led them to hit on a business idea.
!['Severe' thunderstorm warning for Otago](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Severe' thunderstorm warning for Otago
Severe thunderstorms may hit Dunedin, North Otago and Clutha this afternoon bringing heavy rain and hail as large as 20mm to some areas, MetService warns.
![Pool wins seal of approval](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pool wins seal of approval
Stunned staff and some 100 swimmers watched in disbelief as a fun-loving sea lion waddled through reception and cafe to "swim laps" in a public pool yesterday.
![Surprise visitor takes dip in pool](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Surprise visitor takes dip in pool
Swimmers were this afternoon evacuated from a public pool after a sea lion "waddled through" reception and entered the water.
![Elderly couple found dead in Dunedin](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Elderly couple found dead in Dunedin
Police are investigating after an elderly Dunedin couple was found dead in their home this morning.
![Former mayor recovering after resuscitation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Former mayor recovering after resuscitation
Former Dunedin mayor Peter Chin is recovering in hospital after being revived by an Air New Zealand crew shortly after takeoff.
!['My heart just dropped'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'My heart just dropped'
Mike Rankin counts himself lucky, despite his new truck plummeting over a bank at his Caversham home.
!['Shoulder surfers' appear in court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Shoulder surfers' appear in court
Two cases of ATM "shoulder surfing" have come before Auckland courts today, covering tens of thousands of dollars of alleged offending.
![Inhaling cannabis over lpg heater sparked fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Inhaling cannabis over lpg heater sparked fire
A fire which destroyed a house and damaged another was started by a Dunedin man trying to inhale cannabis over an lpg heater, the Dunedin District Court has been told.
![$3m bill for 100 meatworks job cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
$3m bill for 100 meatworks job cuts
Silver Fern Farms faces a bill of up to $3 million after it was ruled it made more than 100 Dunedin seasonal meat workers redundant.
![Meth surge received by 'willing market'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Meth surge received by 'willing market'
A surge in the supply of methamphetamine is being pushed by gangs on a "willing market" in the south, police say.
![Rugby rep avoids conviction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Rugby rep avoids conviction
The case of a promising young rugby player who avoided conviction for breaking a man's jaw has again raised concerns that sportspeople have a 'get-out-of-jail-free card'.
![Patient left alone for sausage rolls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Patient left alone for sausage rolls
An osteopath who left electric acupuncture needles in a patient's backside while he went to a cafe for sausage rolls has been found to have discredited his profession.
![Couch-surf 'lunacy' slammed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Couch-surf 'lunacy' slammed
Dunedin motorists were stunned to see a man sitting on a couch and holding on to the rear of a moving car as it left a trail of sparks behind him.