Logan Walden spent an hour wrangling the feathered intruder.

The man slipped a folding blade out of his pocket and slashed it at the victim's throat.

A man who apologised to his victim online after raping her has been found guilty.

Dunedin man and his heavily pregnant partner had a lucky escape while driving home.

Rug up warm - more cold temperatures are expected today and tomorrow.

Anthony Hall breached a protection order when assaulting his partner in front of child.

Michael Shane McFadyen thought the car was his ex-girlfriend's.

'Make it go boom', jilted man told his mate. But they got the wrong car.

Dad said 'I shouldn't have done that' as son pulled the staples out of his flesh.

Elise Wolfgram has just taken home the top student awards for a role she loves.

'Nothing makes this any better,' says mother of 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush.

Dr Venod Skantha is accused of killing Dunedin teen Amber-Rose Rush.

Stormy weather for much of central New Zealand and South Island.

Police have apologised to a woman for their failure to investigate the incident.

Rowan Blackbourn stored secret videos of naked students in his phone labelled "the goods".

It's wet and a bit chilly, so rug up and remember to pack a brolly this weekend

Dean Purdy was arrested in Christchurch last night

Aerators switched off, killing tens of thousands of dollars worth of fish.

Jon Leng also told the Chinese complainant: 'Go back to your own country'.

This may be one of those shows for which you do not want to sit in the front row.

Dunedin travel disruption as fog affects air traffic for second time today.

Supermarkets maintain their facial data collection complies with privacy rules.

Fuelled by jealousy and owed $400, William Hillis Cottle went on a violent rampage.

A Dunedin cat came within a whisker of death after being shot this week.

We'll be spared worst of the extreme winds causing havoc in Australia, but it'll be wet.

Man ordered to vacate his Dunedin home following sinkhole scare.

Kelvin Davis says overseas visitors still will pay for good facilities including toilets

Each submitted forms stating they were single and not living with a partner.

'The most upsetting thing is someone must have been here while we were home,' says mum.

Police are warning residents to do what they can to prevent burglaries.