An Otago Uni student who discovered four unknown women trashing his Hyde St flat yesterday says crime on the North Dunedin party street is "getting worse".

A new house and car are on the cards for a Dunedin couple who won $13.3 million in Lotto, at what must be New Zealand's luckiest Lotto outlet.

A bus driver's spontaneous detour has come to a unplanned halt at a hairpin turn in Dunedin's Northeast Valley.

A "very deserving" Dunedin couple claimed their $13.3 million Lotto ticket from a lucky South Dunedin store yesterday.

A Lotto ticket bought from a south Dunedin store won a lucky punter $13.3 million.

A young masked woman entered a Dunedin dairy with a weapon and demanded money.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

Police are searching for a teenage girl after a robbery at a South Dunedin takeaway this evening.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

Footage of a kiwi apparently "dancing" around a feeder has been posted online by staff at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Dunedin.

A Dunedin soft drinks institution says it has been targeted by a medical officer of health intent on removing its liquor licence.

A young motorcyclist who police say died after colliding with a Chinese driver's vehicle in Otago on Saturday will donate organs to seven different people.

The motorcyclist who died after a crash in East Otago was a talented and award-winning Dunedin photographer.

A motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car in Otago on Saturday has been named.

The person who brutally assaulted a Dunedin pensioner is still at large and she is asking why police let the case go cold so quickly.

A Dunedin surfer and paddleboarder got up close and personal with a pair of whales which were frolicking off the Dunedin coast today. Surfer

City is running out of time for full-size statue of celebrated poet.

When things get icy in winter and your school is on one of the steeper streets in Dunedin, sometimes an unorthodox solution is required to get to class in the morning.

Welcome to "the circus", also known as the world's steepest street.

A driver had to be freed from his vehicle after a car vs bus crash outside a Dunedin supermarket this evening.

A Dunedin street has become an unlikely tourist attraction, after people have shared photos on social media of a bizarre optical illusion.

A former Dunedin barrister who fled to Australia has been struck off for tax evasion for over $180,000.

The annual Jaffa Race is taking place today on Dunedin's Baldwin Street, the steepest street in the world.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is vowing to defend a $500,000 defamation claim, after being served with legal papers while walking down the street yesterday.

To celebrate 75 years of women in the police force, Westport News speaks to a former officer and another still on the beat.

Former NBA player Yao Ming towered over Dunedin Railways staff during a visit to the city on his New Zealand holiday. The 2.29m tall

A hunter who got lost and spent two nights in freezing conditions in the Blue Mountains has vowed to return to the area for some unfinished business.

Silver Fern Farms has warned shareholders that it now expects to only break-even in the current financial year.

A striking photograph taken from a Nasa flying observatory at a height of 44,000ft shows the extent of light pollution caused by a NZ's city's street lights.

A Dunedin runanga says freedom campers are dumping human waste on its burial grounds.