The Dunedin woman who died in a flooded North Taieri river has been remembered by family as `crazy, unique, loving, quirky, cherished and beautiful`.Sarah Jane Shirley, 29, died after the 4WD vehicle in which she was a passenger... Read...

A Dunedin man spat bloody saliva at police and kicked a paramedic in the groin during a drunken fracas, a court has heard.When Dylan Lee Owens, 23, was arrested for the attack on the ambulance officer, he was unrepentant.`And... Read...

A Dunedin couple who exploited workers at their bakery have been slapped with another financial penalty.Anesly Joy Samuel, the former owner of Romeeco Bakery and Knox Cafe, was ordered to pay $392,038 after a Labour Inspectorate... Read...

A body has been found in the water at Deborah Bay, north of Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Read...

A woman allegedly assaulted two people who stopped to help her after she crashed her vehicle into a traffic light pole in Mosgiel early today.Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said the 27-year-old woman crashed into the pole on Gordon... Read...

Police have named a woman who died in last week`s flooding of Silver Stream in North Taieri.She was Sarah Jane Shirley, of Dunedin.The 29-year-old died after a four-wheel-drive was swept away while trying to cross a ford at Silver... Read...

One of the most sophisticated cannabis-cultivation cases police have seen has ended after five years with a green-fingered man behind bars.Matthew Ian Anderson, 40, appeared in the Dunedin District Court recently where he was sentenced... Read...

A man has died in a house fire north of Dunedin overnight.Emergency services were called to the fire at a property on Copinsha St in Palmerston at around 11.15pm on Sunday.Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff pulled the man unconscious... Read...

A man has died following a house fire near Dunedin last night. Read...

Nominations have opened for Dunedin City Council and first out of the blocks in the election race were two women both standing for council and the mayoralty. Read...