The defence at a high-profile Dunedin murder trial has questioned the Crown`s key witness.Venod Skantha`s trial continues - where he`s charged with murdering 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush.A teenage associate of Skantha`s has returned... Read...
A Dunedin doctor`s teen friend says he cleaned the knife used to kill a 16-year-old girl.Dr Venod Skantha is on trial in the High Court at Dunedin charged with the murder of Amber-Rose Rush, who was stabbed in her bed at her Corstorphine... Read...
A tiny, fluffy member of the newly crowned Bird of the Year species was both chirpy and hungry at the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital yesterday.Its rescue 13 days ago from the Otago Peninsula is just one example of the work desperately... Read...
One person is believed to be critically injured after a truck collided with another vehicle south of Palmerston.A police spokeswoman said they were called to the crash on State Highway 1 near Flag Swamp at 11.55am. UPDATE: 12:40... Read...
A Dunedin convenience store owner has been ordered to pay $18,000 in penalties, and its director to personally pay a further $9,000 in penalties for negligent record keeping and holiday pay breaches.The penalties are in addition... Read...
About three-quarters of Dunedin`s main water supply could be out of action for up to a year after a massive blaze engulfed an area near Middlemarch at the weekend.Voluntary water restrictions will likely remain in place over summer... Read...
