Emergency services were called to Fernhill Road at about 3am to a person injured at the bottom of some stairs - they died at the scene.

The death is not suspicious.

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27 Nov: Two people are in Dunedin Hospital - with critical and serious injuries - after a van rolled on Te Anau Milford Highway at Deer Flat, at midday

22 Nov: Public transport trials have been cut in several areas in Otago, following NZTA's funding allocation for the region

22 Nov: New discoveries of deep earthquakes in Southland

21 Nov: A Southland doctor has laid bare the reality of rural dementia care

21 Nov: Concerns for a hiker overdue tramping near Queenstown

20 Nov: A coroner has ruled a tourist's drowning death in Lake Wanaka was likely due to a medical event

20 Nov: An Oamaru man's been arrested, after a high-powered laser was pointed at the Otago Rescue Helicopter

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