Bunnings management has "put its foot down'' and forced its Dunedin staff to gift the store's defibrillator to a community group.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is calling on the Government to rethink freedom camping legislation, after a season in which large crowds overwhelmed sites and stretched facilities.

Dunedin Police would like to hear from anyone who saw a car narrowly avoid colliding with a bus before crashing into a parked car in Glenleith.

A Dunedin school principal critically injured in a cycling crash has had a Givealittle page set up to support the family.

Dunedin's wasps have struck again, resulting in a school camp being called off and leaving some children "traumatised''.

Up to 12 headstones have been pushed, pulled or kicked over in Dunedin cemetery.

The 2016 Hyde St party was low-key affair marked less by its saturation of scandal and more by its population of "good people and good times", as reveller James Gibson puts it.

Volunteers have started the massive task of cleaning up Dunedin's Hyde Street after the annual student party, held yesterday.

A man has serious head injuries after falling from a balcony in the Dunedin student area last night.

Frustrated homeowners in Dunedin are still fighting to pick up the pieces, nine months after last year's $30m flood.

Pledges flow for student who suffered spinal injuries after balcony collapse at Six60 concert in Dunedin.

A Givealittle page has been set up for a student who suffered spinal injuries after a balcony collapsed on top of her at a Six60 concert in Dunedin.

Fourteen people have been injured, eight badly, after a balcony collapsed in Dunedin during a concert.

The death of a young man in 2011 is being used as an example on a hard-hitting DVD that will be played to drink-drivers before they are sentenced.

Carla Green takes a deep dive into the student psyche by spending a couple days immersed in Yik Yak.

Raucous couch-burning students in Dunedin have accidentally set a house on fire during their partying.

An Independent Police Conduct Authority investigation has criticised the initial police response to the 2005 death of Dunedin teenager Nicholas Munro.

Man was clearing an overgrown property when he disturbed a wasp's nest.

A doctor believes had a CT scanner been in place at Lakes District Hospital, the treatment of a tourist last year may have differed.

The man responsible for the death of Dunedin teenager Nicholas Munro can be named for the first time.

A Dunedin high school teacher only admitted having a sexual relationship with a pupil after images circulated showing her in bed with a different former pupil.

A co-worker accused of murdering Dunedin woman Karin Ann Ross has pleaded not guilty and a trial has been set for October.

The collision occurred at the intersection with Coast Rd and resulted in both vehicles rolling.

A bit of English class came to Oamaru at the weekend.

A bomb threat this morning against Logan Park High School has been traced to a Dunedin property.

The weather found its way into pay and display machine parking receipt rolls that are better for the environment, but not so good at being weatherproof.

A man is facing charges after an incident in Melville St, Dunedin, this morning left another man with serious injuries.

Unique in New Zealand, the Octagon is the beating heart of Dunedin. And with a new arrival in the inner-city precinct, that heartbeat has got stronger