A coach of a junior rugby team was allegedly assaulted by a spectator during a game at a Dunedin ground on Saturday.Police are calling for anyone who witnessed the incident at Bathgate Park about 10am to come forward with details.The... Read...

A group of pensioners living in Dunedin`s student area no longer feel safe in their homes after a group of youths smashed their car windows.Cheryl Brook, 70, said she was woken late on Saturday night by males yelling outside her... Read...

At least three people in Dunedin have fallen prey to attempted blackmail this week after sharing explicit images of themselves online, police say.However, the issue could be more widespread, Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin,... Read...

A sex offender who attacked and violently raped a drunk pub-goer as he walked home from watching an All Blacks game has been refused parole for the fourth time. Alex Aleti Seu, who identifies as a woman, was jailed in March 2017... Read...

National`s leaders have condemned the apparent hanging of women`s underwear as trophies in the former Dunedin flat of under-fire MP Sam Uffindell.But yesterday several men who played rugby with the politician during his University... Read...

Embattled National MP Sam Uffindell was put on notice for living in one of North Dunedin`s filthiest flats, described as a haven for vermin and disease by health inspectors. Read...

A man who murdered a Dunedin woman while her toddler was next door has been refused parole, although the reasons remain slightly hazy.Gareth Lawrence Smither (50) has been behind bars since he killed Karen Jacobs in 1997.The man... Read...

Staff numbers have increased at the South Island`s only youth remand home following a damning report recommending urgent changes.Will Street Whare, in Dunedin, was the focus of a report by the Office of the Children`s Commissioner... Read...

A recruitment specialist — and self-confessed wine lover — drove 50km while nearly three times the drink-drive limit, a court has heard.It was the second time in three-and-a-half years Kirsten Jane Poole, 48, had appeared in the... Read...

A Dunedin doctor struck off after admitting a sexual relationship with a patient has had a small win after the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal reconsidered its penalty decision against him.Dr Paul Charles Bennett, a former... Read...