Rob Kidd

After taking police on a drunken chase in which he "drifted" around Dunedin’s student quarter, Archie Jacob Quintin Mitchell said he felt unlucky to have been caught.

A Dunedin man who smashed into three cars while intoxicated was drunk behind the wheel twice in less than three weeks, a court has heard.

An Otago tennis legend found himself in an unfamiliar court yesterday.

A Gore father whose son was found dead in a pond hopes the questions he has been asking for more than five years will soon be answered.

The burglary of priceless heirloom jewellery from the home of a prominent Dunedin man has been described by his family as a "violation".

The Highlanders' team doctor has admitted dodging taxes to the tune of nearly $140,000 after he was snared by a random audit.

A man's racist threats terrified a Dunedin doctor and put the lives of hospital patients at risk, a court has heard.

Finn Smith has never held a driver’s licence — but he is a menace behind the wheel.

A dispute between Dunedin flatmates led to a vicious assault by a "violent bully", a court has heard.

One of the country’s top golfers, who attacked his flatmate with a club while high on LSD, is now free to pursue his dreams of sporting stardom.

A Dunedin mother scammed TradeMe users then went on to dupe police and a magistrate, a court has heard.

A Dunedin drug-dealer caught with nearly $40,000 of meth in his undies was on parole at the time for identical crimes, a court has heard.

A "raging" Dunedinite who chased a man with a knife after finding him with his former partner later told police he wanted to kill him.