Rob Kidd

A freezing worker who ran a drug-delivery business around Mosgiel will be confined to his home for the next six months.

A Dunedin judge accused of bias and excessively intervening during a trial has been cleared by the Court of Appeal.

A notorious Dunedin sex offender is arguing he should not have to wear a GPS tracker so his movements can be tracked.

A convicted murderer followed a woman around a Dunedin supermarket verbally abusing her over the custody of his son, a court has heard.

A Dunedin man is accused of remotely erasing evidence from his cellphone while police investigated him for child sex offending.

A man who hacked his partner's Facebook account in a bid to clear himself of assaulting her, claims he should have been sentenced to home detention.

Intrepid author David L Mearns's The Shipwreck Hunter reveals he could do with exploring modesty.

A Dunedin man’s 10th drink-driving conviction has landed him behind bars for 18 months.

A drunk student who punched a stranger on the street has failed in his bid to avoid conviction, despite claiming it might thwart his bid to join the army.

A Dunedin bar owner has lost his manager's certificate for four weeks for a drunken attack on his partner.

After more than seven weeks, police are nearing a decision on whether they will charge an Otago policeman accused of a serious assault at a party.

A judge has been left bewildered by a habitual speedster who took police on a chase at speeds reaching nearly 160kmh.

You can only smuggle so much meat down a pair of trousers.

A 71-year-old Dunedin vegetarian, who says a prayer for plants before he eats them, is struggling with the fact he killed a pedestrian, a court has heard.

The Otago Corrections department has been named region of the year, thanks in part to an innovative project targeting young offenders.

When Scott Richard Short’s house burned down, he lost everything - including his cannabis crop and growing set-up.

A drunk woman’s decision to drive to Dunedin after a boozy night out in February resulted in her wiping out a carport and another vehicle, which ploughed into a lounge.

An Otago Regional Council senior staffer has been stung for drink-driving but told police he had only had "two bottles".

A judge has told a Dunedin teen he is "on a direct path to prison" if he continues his unabated pattern of offending.

Since Michael Joseph Batchelor has been driving, he has been driving badly.