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.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull yesterday compared anti-fluoride campaigners to people who believe they have been abducted by aliens.

Housing New Zealand has rejected claims it has a new plan to evict dogs from state homes.

The mother of Bradley and Ellen Livingstone has expressed her gratitude for the support she has received from the public following the violent deaths of her children.

A Dunedin man who lost control behind the wheel near Golden Bay this morning has been airlifted to hospital.

'I'm a grown woman - I feel discriminated against.' Housing NZ is tightening the leash around allowing dogs in state houses, and tenants are unimpressed.

The family of Edward Livingstone are shocked that the "bloody good bloke" they grew up with shot dead his young children before turning the gun on himself.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend Saturday afternoon's service for the two Dunedin children killed by their father.

Authorities missed many red flags before Bradley and Ellen Livingstone were killed by their father in their Dunedin home.

Ed Livingstone's former wife felt "constantly harassed" and feared for the safety of her family in the months before he killed their two children and took his own life.

As Katharine Webb ran from her house, she heard two shots. Moments later, as she arrived at her neighbour's home, she screamed "he's got a gun and is going to kill my babies".

Nine-year-old Bradley Livingstone was always looking out for his little sister Ellen.

Threatening to kill the children and then commit suicide is a classic tactic of men seeking 'power and control' over their partners, two experts say.

A small school community is mourning two "happy and content'' children who were gunned down in their Dunedin home last night.

Hunger pangs resulted in a Dunedin couple winning $500,000 in Saturday night's Lotto draw with a ticket bought while picking up a bacon and egg sandwich.

A bruised and bleeding Mosgiel woman blames the Dunedin City Council for her seeing in the new year at Dunedin Hospital.

A 25-year-old Dunedin student is fighting for her life after she was struck by a petrol tanker yesterday morning.

A driver 'made the right decision' to stay in his car after it skidded off the road in the wet - leaving him hanging on - literally - for help to arrive.