The sale of a collection of Nazi memorabilia has been called a "slap in the face" for the Jewish community.

The beautiful game and some of its best young players are coming to Dunedin, with confirmation Forsyth Barr Stadium will host seven matches during the 2015 Fifa Under-20 World Cup.

Two stationary yellow-eyed penguins standing sentinel over Sandfly Bay on Otago Peninsula have been confusing penguins, tourists and volunteers alike.

A lawyer struck off over accusations of stealing nearly $3 million from clients has had 33 criminal charges laid against him.

Sixty-four Dunedin manufacturing workers will have their working week reduced by a day, following KiwiRail's decision to award a manufacturing tender offshore.

A wheelie-bin arsonist left mounds of melted plastic and a Dunedin suburb "saturated" with police patrols.

A woman bit the top off another woman's little finger and spat it out during a drunken argument, a court has been told.

Black ice in the Manuka Gorge left John Nicholl and his family shaken after his car spun out of control and ended up in a roadside ditch.

Beware my flock of sheep. An unusual threat has been made by a Dunedin man who says he'll unleash woolly revenge in the Octagon unless he gets his way.

Brighton residents occupying a planned 2degrees cellphone tower site face a standoff with the company after the Dunedin City Council ruled out issuing a trespass notice against them.

Injured and intoxicated revellers from the Illuminate Paint Party made a busy night worse for emergency department staff at Dunedin Hospital.

A man escaped with minor injuries after the Fulton Hogan truck he was driving rolled 50m down a bank into a Brighton creek near Dunedin yesterday.

A disqualified driver, already on bail on other driving charges, stole a funeral director's truck with five empty caskets on the back, Dunedin District Court was told yesterday.

Ice is causing Dunedin motorists to slide off the roads and police are advising people to take extra care.

A holiday wildlife tour ended in hypothermia for four young women kayaking near Taiaroa Head, in Otago, yesterday.

Fire safety officers are investigating the cause of a Dunedin house fire in which a dog died yesterday.

Dunedin's reputation with cruise lines is among the world's worst, and behind the soured image are badly behaved tour operators, Cruise New Zealand says.

A Dunedin woman was tight-lipped when she rang 111, after mistakenly gluing her lips together.

The woman behind a controversial $100 million waterfront hotel bid in Dunedin says she will compromise to secure a deal with the Dunedin City Council.

The man convicted of the manslaughter of a Dunedin man in an inner-city McDonalds two years ago is due to be released from prison.

The company bidding to build a $100 million waterfront hotel in Dunedin is taking its fight to the Environment Court.

The man chosen as dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine says he will be leaving the job he loves so he can help others fulfil their potential.

A large landslip forced the evacuation of 11 houses in Dunedin early this morning.

New Zealand Police say protocol was responsible for the delay in notifying a Dunedin mother of the death of her Dunedin-born son in a Thai apartment complex.

Blanket Bay resident Polly Mustard thought she had prepared for the worst when she parked her car down the road from her house to make sure she could get to work on time in case forecast snow blocked her driveway.

Rueben Skipper was bodyboarding barrel after barrel at Aramoana last Thursday afternoon when suddenly "there was no more water - just sand".