If variety is the spice of life, this week is set to be a lively one.

Two family members have stabbed each other in Dunedin.

Three people were trapped after a two-car crash on Dunedin's Northern Motorway this afternoon.

Rare footage of taggers operating in daylight in before being busted by police has emerged.

A false alarm cleared the Dunedin Airport of staff and airline passengers this morning.

Fire crews are fighting a vegetation fire south of Dunedin this morning.

A new $240 million mozzarella plant will be the single largest foodservice investment in the history of New Zealand's dairy industry.

Beautiful Portobello has wildlife, great views and excellent coffee.

A pregnant woman who stole from her dying mother, burst into tears when she was told she would give birth behind bars.

The troubled health portfolio is likely to be handed to Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse if it is vacated as a result of National's leadership contest, senior doctors' union head Ian Powell says.

A man who put a 3-year-old into a scalding bath, causing the boy's skin to "flake off", has been jailed for nearly four years.

A 40-year-old man had been charged with arson after three fires in Dunedin overnight.

Judge allows media to take photo of All Blacks test streaker in court: "He was happy to be filmed and watched by millions around the world..."

A group of tourists watched as a truck drove over ducklings and their mother.

Missing Dunedin woman Alice Tocher has been found and is in a Brisbane hospital, her father has confirmed.

A Dunedin teacher has had her registration cancelled after she had a sexual relationship with a Year 13 student.

An historic four-storey building near Dunedin's Octagon has been damaged in a suspicious blaze.

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

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.

The lead singer of iconic Dunedin band has admitted drink-driving.

A man has been charged for using a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after a passenger on a quad bike he was driving

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.