Kiwi kid Corey Symon has vowed to learn to play the cello after fitting his bionic arm for the first time yesterday.

A man arrested on Friday night and then given bail on Saturday morning went on an alleged crime spree in Christchurch, Oamaru and Dunedin.

A Kiwi researcher aiming to create the world's first biomarker for a psychiatric disorder is appealing for help from those who suffer

A speeding car crashed off a Dunedin motorway while its driver was fleeing from police tonight.

A forensic team is inspecting a unit in Dunedin as police investigate the unexplained death of a man.

A checkout supervisor was "shaking" as she put a winning Lotto ticket barcode to the scanner. The machine beeped and the screen read $13.36 million.

Staff at playcentre in Dunedin frustrated at the destruction of a vegetable garden they and their pupils have been cultivating for the past 18 months.

Police are investigating a house fire in Te Anau and a car fire in Dunedin, both believed to be suspicious.

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

Two surfers have been rescued after getting into trouble off Smaills Beach in Dunedin this morning.

Members of the Dunedin police force scaled the world's steepest street, Baldwin St, with the torch marking 75th anniversary of women in the police force

Police are on the hunt for a man who robbed a TAB in Dunedin at gunpoint last night, just two weeks after an armed robbery of a service station on the same street.

Footage of fire fighters battling a car fire overnight in Dunedin has emerged.

When Richard Emerson sold his small Dunedin brewery to national giant Lion four years ago it took him well out of his comfort zone.

An armed robbery took place at a Dunedin TAB tonight on the same street of an armed service station robbery two weeks ago.

A man wearing women's clothing, carrying a jacket and handbag, was sexually assaulted by another man.

Dunedin drivers are being asked to take care on icy roads this morning.

The trial of a man accused of murdering a woman at Seacliff, near Dunedin, is likely to take place early next year.

The biggest All Blacks selection decisions will be the make-up of their midfield and the right balance to strike in their back three.

Ahead of his big chance at No10 tomorrow, Beauden Barrett was deliberately economical with his words.

The man was taken to Dunedin Hospital by St John ambulance in a serious condition.

'This is a total learning curve for us,' say student association president after mature student rep's criminal past is revealed.

A 55-year-old man has been seriously injured after an assault at a Green Island property.

A person was in Dunedin Hospital overnight after they were hit in the head with a baseball bat at the weekend.

Fire investigators are looking into the suspicious circumstances of a large blaze in Dunedin overnight.

The huge death toll from asbestos-related diseases in New Zealand will continue to rise for decades.

The 19-year-old son of a New Zealand rich-lister has admitted hitting a female police officer - more than a year after the attack occurred.

Masked men raid Dunedin petrol station.

A speeding car smashed through a shop window before fleeing the scene in Dunedin last night, according to a witness.

First person to lose their life over holiday weekend was passionate about 1937 Ford Cabriolet convertible.