A frightening direct lightning strike at a Mosgiel retirement village yesterday ''caused havoc with the electrics'' and frightened residents and staff.

A Mosgiel police officer is being investigated for allegedly assaulting her own child.

A 45-year-old man was attacked by a group of four men in Mosgiel.

The teen behind the wheel of a car which rammed a police car yesterday was allegedly in the car famously brought to a stop by a flock of sheep.

Police are praising the preparedness of two Mosgiel fishermen whose boat flipped at the Taieri Mouth bar just before midday.

Family distraught after 20ft shipping container containing all their possessions was left at Lyttelton Port.

A 101-year-old great-grandfather has proved you're never too old to try new things.

An Otago woman who went missing from her home yesterday afternoon has been found.

Bernadette Anne Flett left her Mosgiel address about 1pm yesterday and is believed to be driving a White 2000 Honda Accord station wagon, registration number DNS27.

Two bandana-clad men have been charged with disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence after going to a college in Mosgiel in school time to confront a pupil.

A big scrub fire broke out in the Scroggs Hill near Mosgiel, Otago, this afternoon.

A man involved in a collision between a light truck and his mobility scooter yesterday has died in hospital.

An elderly man has been seriously injured after his mobility scooter and a truck collided in Mosgiel today.

An out-of-control party of up to 200 youths ended in fights and disorder in a Dunedin park on Saturday night.

Horse racing trainer Steve Anderton has died in hospital after a freak accident at the family stables near Mosgiel yesterday.

Jaxon Innes, 5, clung for dear life to an inflatable toy plane as his mother, Kerry Johns, aunt and three siblings watched him disappear from sight about 2pm yesterday.

An explosion injured as many as six people last night when a large steel grass roller blew up after it was put on a Mosgiel bonfire.

What does a birthday girl do to celebrate her 100th birthday? Mosgiel centenarian Olive Ford says she will be doing "as little as possible" to mark the milestone today.

Anger and a desire for vengeance, combined with alcohol, probably led a Mosgiel man to light fires causing $100,000 damage to his former partner's home, a judge says.

A Mosgiel man who fleeced long-time friends and members of his church of $300,000 has been sent to prison for three years and four months on fraud charges.

The victims of fraudster Brent Murray say they are happy to see some justice done, even though they believe they will never get their money back.

A community board member has criticised the "pathetic" response to a flash flood in Mosgiel that caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to shops on Saturday.

A 25-year-old man suffered a serious head injury after an alleged car-surfing incident in Mosgiel last night.

A hunter drank puddle water to slake his thirst and snuggled up to his pig dogs to stay warm after getting lost in a rugged area south of Dunedin for more than 24 hours.

A Dunedin man who was caught huffing from a stolen LPG bottle has been labelled 'stupid' by police.