The company running Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium is poised to deliver its first profit on the back of tighter finances and a cash injection from ratepayers.

Emerson's will not just be brewing fine ales from its new Dunedin site, it will also be showcasing pieces of the city's history unearthed during excavation.

Red Cross is launching an appeal to help those affected by the weekend's floods - a disaster the organisation has labelled the worst to strike New Zealand since the Canterbury earthquakes.

A leading family violence expert is welcoming a move to encourage more transparency between agencies dealing with domestic abuse cases.

A coroner’s report finds police overlooked clear warnings and insight into Edward Livingstone’s mindset before he killed his children.

A driver had to escape from a submerged car after it went off the road and into the Otago Harbour this morning.

A string of agencies will learn "valuable lessons" from the murderous rampage by Edward Livingstone which left him and his two children dead, the chief coroner has found.

University of Otago researchers joined almost 200 scientists from around the world to head out to take marine samples as part of the second Ocean Sampling Day yesterday.

The winter storm that brought snow and heavy rain to many parts of the South is moving north, but many roads in the region remain affected in its wake this morning.

Dunedin's polar plunge has been postponed after "mean seas" washed away sand and several historic timber poles of a Dunedin landmark.

A photography student who restored 30-year-old photos from an old Kodak camera is keen to return the images to their owners.

Owner's of terrier swept out to sea near St Clair says she'd "never seen waves like this before" as climate experts warn that NZ coast at is at risk to extreme weather.

Emergency services workers helped a man from his car as it hung precariously from the back of his hillside garage in Normanby, Dunedin, yesterday.

A young Dunedin family has been left with nowhere to go after being told to leave their flood-damaged property.

With one of her 7 children due to have brain surgery, the last thing Natasha needs to worry about this week is looking for somewhere to live.

A 21-year-old learner driver caught the attention of police when he decide to take his birthday present for a joy-ride on the railway line at Abbotsford.

A 10-month-old baby who suffered broken arms was left in pain and anguish by his carers, a Dunedin judge said yesterday.

Dunedin residents whose gardens were flooded last week have been told to throw out their vegetables.

Man who takes party-goers for a spin in a fire truck shrugs off noise complaints and accusations passenger dented a car roof.

Marty Duffy believes his Northeast Valley house will be a write-off after a ''canyon'' opened up in his section.

Lightning strikes and torrential rain which caused floods and slips this week look to be replaced by drier, more predictable weather by tomorrow.

A Dunedin resident was in for a shock when he looked out the window to see a slip had opened up a 'canyon', leaving his kitchen hanging in mid-air.

A civil defence response has been activated in Dunedin after torrential rain caused widespread flooding.

A learner driver who killed two Mosgiel siblings - including his then girlfriend - has robbed a mother of seeing what her children would become, he was told this morning.

There were feral scenes outside a Dunedin courthouse as associates of a learner driver jailed on two counts of manslaughter took their anger out on the media.

Dunedin's historic courthouse will cost the Ministry of Justice about $220 a day in rates alone while it lies empty and indefinitely mothballed.

Residents are weighing up their next move after consent was given for a child-care centre which they fear will ruin their quiet Dunedin street.

The creator of a Facebook ''party'' themed on a harassed Dunedin woman says the event is intended to be ''harmless'' fun.