With one of her 7 children due to have brain surgery, the last thing Natasha needs to worry about this week is looking for somewhere to live.

A 21-year-old learner driver caught the attention of police when he decide to take his birthday present for a joy-ride on the railway line at Abbotsford.

A 10-month-old baby who suffered broken arms was left in pain and anguish by his carers, a Dunedin judge said yesterday.

Dunedin residents whose gardens were flooded last week have been told to throw out their vegetables.

A Chinese tourist is due to be sentenced at Dunedin District Court today, following a car crash in which a five-year-old girl was killed.

Man who takes party-goers for a spin in a fire truck shrugs off noise complaints and accusations passenger dented a car roof.

Marty Duffy believes his Northeast Valley house will be a write-off after a ''canyon'' opened up in his section.

Lightning strikes and torrential rain which caused floods and slips this week look to be replaced by drier, more predictable weather by tomorrow.

A learner driver who killed two Mosgiel siblings - including his then girlfriend - has robbed a mother of seeing what her children would become, he was told this morning.

There were feral scenes outside a Dunedin courthouse as associates of a learner driver jailed on two counts of manslaughter took their anger out on the media.

Dunedin's historic courthouse will cost the Ministry of Justice about $220 a day in rates alone while it lies empty and indefinitely mothballed.

Residents are weighing up their next move after consent was given for a child-care centre which they fear will ruin their quiet Dunedin street.

The creator of a Facebook ''party'' themed on a harassed Dunedin woman says the event is intended to be ''harmless'' fun.

Two of Dunedin's biggest student bars have shut suddenly, and their owner has pointed to Dunedin's ''utterly conservative'' councillors as the cause.

An Octagon bar owner insists his late-night venue will not become the latest to close, despite police opposition to a renewed on-licence after a string of assaults linked to the premises.

A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in what police have described as a “cowardly unprovoked group attack” outside a party in Dunedin.

The son of a New Zealand rich-lister has won a fight to keep his name secret after he allegedly punched a female police officer in the face.

Police were called to a party in North Dunedin last night after firefighters putting out couch fires reported bottles being thrown.

More than a quarter of ear, nose and throat patients who need surgery are being turned away from the overloaded Dunedin Hospital department, a letter released under the Official Information Act shows.

A woman who complained about drunk and disorderly Dunedin students says she's been harassed in person and online since appearing on TV.

From wildlife to heritage to chocolate, Peter Feeney finds plenty of reasons to extend your visit to Dunedin.

Motat's clever use of te reo has seen it receive top honours at the ServiceIQ 2015 New Zealand Museum Awards in Dunedin.

Dunedin police are investigating after a Palmerston baby was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A truck has jack-knifed near Dunedin this morning closing city-bound lanes on State Highway 1.

A man who sparked an armed manhunt and a police car chase in Dunedin was captured last night.