Laine Priestley

Power has been restored after outages caused by overhead lines damage affected a wide area south of Dunedin, including Waihola and Taieri Mouth.

A car rolled on to its roof after crashing at Upper Junction in Dunedin this afternoon.

Two people were transported to Dunedin Hospital for shock after a woman's gumboot got stuck behind her accelerator causing a two vehicle crash.

A driver on a joyride around central Dunedin caused chaos for other drivers, crashing into other vehicles and swerving in and out of traffic while fleeing police.

Three teens botched a burglary after allegedly trying to steal a motorbike from a Milton business in a raid that led to one being hospitalised.

A Dunedin "plogger" is one of three national recipients for Keep New Zealand Beautiful’s annual Tidy Kiwi Award.

A fire within a Mosgiel garage was so intense it spat blue flames into the street, neighbours say.

A brazen daylight attempt to burgle the burned out Mitchells Tavern was thwarted by eagle-eyed members of the public, police say.

Creating places in Dunedin where music venues are prioritised ahead of residential areas could rejuvenate the city’s live music scene, a draft Dunedin City Council music action plan says.

Police had a busy night at checkpoints around Dunedin on Thursday, several drivers returning high breath alcohol readings.

It was a busy night at checkpoints around Dunedin yesterday with several drivers blowing high breath alcohol readings.