A student who admitted supplying Ritalin to other students in Dunedin has had his conviction and sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal.

The Dunedin City Council received 382 noise complaints last month - the highest since February 2010. Guess the Scarfies are back in town.

New Zealand's oldest tea company, Bell Tea, is set to shut its Dunedin factory next month, ending more than 100 years of tea production in the city.

A Dunedin man has changed his name to 'Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova' after losing a bet.

Police have apologised to a Dunedin man for an "unacceptable level of service" after officers failed to act on information identifying an alleged offender.

A stag night booze request has landed a Dunedin duty bar manager in trouble with police - and may even cost him his licence.

A severely burnt Dunedin man wants to thank those who helped him as his skin melted following a 'freak accident'.

A radio station and Dunedin property owner are in hot water over the sponsorship of a student flat.

The body of a woman found beside the St Clair piles yesterday has yet to be identified, police say.

A month after his marriage fell apart, Edward Livingstone had moved about 70km south of his family - a wife he was barred from contacting and children he could see only under supervision.

The death in Dunedin of two young children at the hands of their father sent David Fisher in search of a monster. He found something more unsettling - a man.

The children of a Dunedin man killed by one punch are pleased his death is helping to prevent similar acts of violence.

A Dunedin solo mother is disappointed after Aoraki Polytechnic cut a course she was signed up to start next week, but neglected to inform her.

Police have warned students and other O-Week revellers that anyone involved in lighting fires will be put before the courts.

The deliberate slashing of 12 tyres on airport shuttle vans has raised suspicion about a taxi war in Dunedin.

A flat of boys has picked up a year's sponsorship and now the University of Otago students are trying to work out how to consume their weekly 2.5kg allocation of Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter.

A conman jailed for defrauding church-goers of $853k in a Nigerian oil scam has the 'delusional view' the scheme will 'deliver up riches'.

A runaway calf on Dunedin's Southern Motorway sparked a pursuit involving six police cars before officers cornered the beast and "jumped on it".

A 41-year-old Dunedin man was yesterday found guilty on seven of nine charges alleging sexual offending against three women in 2009, 2010 and 2012.

Fraudsters have fleeced thousands of dollars from Dunedin's Chinese business community, police warn.

The Dunedin City Council plans to sell surplus land and property over the next two to three years in a move expected to raise about $10 million.

One person was trapped in their vehicle after a two-car crash on the Northern Motorway, about 10km from Dunedin, this afternoon.

It was 2.45am, a week since a double shooting in the big city and Richard Mathias heard gunshots. He didn't expect his 111 call to police would elicit this response.

A Dunedin man who falsified his Facebook profile to contact a teenage boy for sex offending has been jailed for three years.

An evening out with friends went from bad to worse for a 20-year-old Dunedin man.

A service to remember slain Dunedin children Bradley and Ellen Livingstone tomorrow will be a bright and colourful celebration of their lives.