A 22-year-old is charged with stealing an ambulance he had called for his friend, who had fractured his skull and vertebrae after falling 4m onto concrete.

Two Salvation Army volunteers have been convicted of stealing groceries intended for the organisation's charity food bank.

The ashes of NZ cricket great Burt Sutcliffe are buried in an urn somewhere in the Carisbrook ground. The trouble is, Otago Cricket can't find them.

The family of Sophie Elliott have no end in sight as a planned appeal by her killer, Clayton Weatherston, is delayed.

Three people have been arrested after two police officers were punched, kicked and bitten as they tried to break up a domestic incident.

Wayne Thompson tackles a beautiful but challenging rail trail.

A Dunedin couple's villa extension focused on retaining the character while embracing the future.

The latest crop of vineyards can be found in some unlikely places.

Loud explosions could be heard before police battered down the door of a Dunedin flat during an armed standoff today, a witness says.

A jetboat driver has been fined and ordered to pay reparation to the family of a British tourist killed in a river boat crash in December 2008.

Set to tour with new album Form, Dunedin noise punks Die! Die! Die! talk to Shane Gilchrist about how they've undergone a change of approach and label after a three-year hiatus.