A man who crushed a skateboarder after doing burnouts in his mother’s car began drinking vodka while emergency services rushed to the scene, a court has heard.
A teenage driver who says he fell asleep at the wheel has admitted responsibility for a double-fatal crash in Waihola, South of Dunedin, earlier this year.
A victim of the Dunedin supermarket stabbing says repeated concerns over store security were "swept under the carpet" in the lead-up to the horror attack.