Rob Kidd

After  an hour's grilling by police, Jason Karl Blackler was left in an empty room and apologised more than 20 times to his dead friend.

Beside Alan James Fahey’s lifeless body were bloody footprints; there was blood in the bathroom too, suggesting someone had washed themselves.

Fifty years ago, lawyer David More posed on the steps of the Dunedin courthouse for a photo after being admitted to the bar.

The pathologist in a Dunedin manslaughter trial says the victim was struck six times before his death and may have been strangled.

A mother, on the school run with her 18-month-old daughter, was left stunned when an impatient motorist tail-gated her then tried to punch her when she pulled over.

A judge was so concerned about a rural Otago youth's predatory sexual offending, he had the case transferred to the Dunedin District Court.

A Dunedin man accused of manslaughter went into a bank after the alleged incident and told the teller he had ''beaten someone to death''.

A man who used a child as a human shield in an armed stand-off with police has been denied parole.

A gang member who repeatedly punched a man in the face after posing with his shirt off during a central-city brawl, has been jailed for more than two years.

A Dunedin man on trial for manslaughter allegedly said he may have killed his best friend, just hours after the incident.

"I might have killed God,'' a Dunedin man told a friend the morning after a heavy drinking session.

A tourist driver was ticketed for speeding at more than 140kmh two days before a head-on smash, a court has heard.

A woman has appeared in court and been granted bail after allegedly threatening to kill a Work and Income staff member in Dunedin.

A Lumsden man is calling for a government crackdown on tourist-driver regulations after a Japanese doctor fell asleep at the wheel and hit him head on.

A Japanese doctor who caused a Boxing Day crash in the Lindis Pass which injured four people has been ordered to pay the victims $15,000.

A Dunedin-based lawyer who was convicted over his poor driving for the second time in two years says he will appeal the court's decision.

A man accused of murdering a Dunedin couple and setting fire to their house will have his identity kept under wraps for at least another three weeks.

The Dunedin health professional accused of murdering a 16-year-old girl will plead not guilty when he next appears in court.