Felicity Dear

A Dunedin man who took photos of a half-naked stranger and downloaded child exploitation material says he was "groomed" into illegal behaviour.

An Invercargill construction company has to pay a former worker nearly $30,000 after it misused a 90-day trial clause to fire him.

A judge has rebuked a violent Dunedin man and told him to "have a good look in the mirror" after he struck his partner in the head.

A woman who was violated dozens of times as a child says she does not hate her abuser.

A bouncer at an Invercargill nightclub gave CPR to a man who was stabbed and died on the street moments later, a jury has heard.

The girlfriend of a man who was stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse has described her desperate efforts to save his life.

A man who was stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse said he did not expect a dangerous situation to unfold that night.

A man who was stabbed about an inch away from his heart after a drug deal gone wrong has told a jury he thought he was going to die.

A man left an Invercargill nightclub in an agitated state moments before he was stabbed, a jury has heard.

A man who was fatally stabbed outside the Invercargill Courthouse may have been associated with a gang, a jury has heard.

A jury has been shown CCTV footage of a man dancing moments before he was fatally stabbed outside the Invercargill courthouse.

A man who stabbed two people outside the Invercargill courthouse in a drug deal gone wrong is defending charges of murder and attempted murder.

A high-risk violent criminal who beat up his pregnant partner and smashed her head into a metal pole is back in prison after breaching a court order for the 13th time.

The man behind a popular Oamaru brewery is embroiled in a legal stoush with his wife after firing her amid an acrimonious split.

The man behind a popular Oamaru brewery is embroiled in a legal stoush with his wife after firing her amid an acrimonious split.

A Southland dairy-farming imam has been fined more than $70,000 for his environmental calamities.

The duty manager at a Catlins pub who swindled more than $20,000 from her employer did it because she was worried she would ‘‘lose everything’’.

An embattled Southland dairy farmer has been fined more than $70,000 for his environmental calamities. 

An Invercargill teenager was held at knifepoint, robbed and had her braces ripped off her teeth with pliers in a meth-fuelled attack.