Police have released the last name of a Chinese National killed in a three car crash on State Highway 1 near Moeraki last week.

A Dunedin school mired in accusations of mistreating students is already making inroads into dealing with the alleged culprits.

One of the men allegedly behind the Dunedin burglary of a huge weapons cache can now be named.

The signs of summer are among us with pohutakawa trees flowering already and forecasters say the official first day of the season on Thursday will be calm and dry.

The passport of a missing Dunedin Mother-of-three Alice Tocher has been found in Brisbane.

Competitors bust their guts trying to beat the world record in porridge eating.

A Dunedin mother-of-three missing since Thursday last week is in Australia, police have confirmed.

As border seizures of drugs go up, a Dunedin man reveals the depths to which he sank after being caught in the dark web.

An Oamaru man who caused a five-car smash that left five injured and one dead was a learner driver and had smoked two bongs before getting behind the wheel.

Dunedin's 'arty' suburb is worthy of a film, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Motorists should think twice before parking on a roadside near Dunedin Airport.

Wanted man using social media to avoid police, says detective.

A Dunedin caregiver who imported methamphetamine and LSD for his birthday party has avoided a jail term.

A Dunedin man who burned down his family home days after his marriage fell apart can now be named.

Police might think twice before pinging John Croawell with a speeding ticket again.

Research reveals bosses would be barking mad to ban dogs from workplaces, say two visiting professors from the United States.

New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.

A former Dunedin woman says she is "overwhelmed" and "excited" to be named young Australian businesswoman of the year.

'Long, scary night' for family as the earth continues to roll.

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

Fire gutted a classroom at the former Kenmure Intermediate School site in Dunedin this morning.

A PhD psychology student drove her unwarranted and unregistered Mercedes Benz through Dunedin streets, while swigging on a bottle of wine.

A police dog latched on to the leg of a man involved in a Dunedin arrest but the patrolling pooch ended up sending one of the boys in blue to hospital.

A burglar crawled on his belly inside a Dunedin grocery store to prevent detection from sensor alarms and steal thousands of dollars from its safe.

Police are searching for a man who tried to coax a young girl into his car in Dunedin.

Here's a big scoop for you: Kiwis love their icecream. Turns out we eat 23 litres of the cold, sweet stuff per person each year.

Four houses are being threatened by a large scrub fire in Dunedin this afternoon.

As a high school drop-out and teenage parent, Dunedin 19-year-old Ryan Jones has not followed the most conventional path to politics.

Dunedin police are looking for 24-year-old Tamaroa Jones, who has a warrant for his arrest.

Police took the unusual step of breathalysing a man who was tucked up in his bed at home.