A life ban for a lawyer accused of stealing $3 million from clients was "the only appropriate penalty", the Law Society says.

A resource consent application to finish Bluff oysters in Otago Harbour has been rejected by the Otago Regional Council.

A Dunedin father says he was tossed around his house "like paper" by his son trying to go cold turkey from the synthetic cannabis product, K2.

A lost memento commemorating a WWI soldier has been reunited with his descendants, after it was discovered during alterations to an Otago home.

A holocaust survivor and one of the last remaining Jews to be saved by Oskar Schindler hopes her story can help prevent the horrors she witnessed happening again.

Viva wine editor Jo Burzynska traverses plains, valleys and rivers on a pinot noir safari in Marlborough.

Drunk university students who set couches alight after being turfed out of parties are blaming police for inflaming tensions.

A mix-up in medication dispensed by a pharmacy may have contributed to the death of an elderly Otago man but it was hard to determine to what extent, a court heard.

The Otago Regional Council has launched a fresh attack on the $100 million waterfront hotel proposed for Dunedin, saying a lack of information means resource consent for the project should be rejected.

Large tracts of Otago and Southland's coast could be opened up for the commercial harvesting of paua, with the move expected to face opposition from recreational fishermen.

Multiple gunshots startled volunteers at Orokonui Ecosanctuary in Otago late on Monday, prompting a warning from police over the use of firearms.

A pamphlet has been delivered to Palmerston households warning a convicted child sex offender is living in the community.

A man suspected of illegally selling paua to food vendors in Northland could face a fine of up to $250,000 under the Fisheries Act.

A young Dunedin mother who was punched, stabbed, indecently assaulted and almost killed in her home believes judo lessons she attended with her father saved her life.

Two teenagers who put lives at risk by shining a high-powered green laser into the cockpit of the police helicopter have refused to apologise for their actions.

A scammer described by police as ''loud and expressive'' has been ripping off South Island Subway outlets.

An autistic man was told ''go home to China'' in a racist verbal attack in central Dunedin this week.

Minister says Housing NZ stock needs work before it can impose conditions on private landlords

Almost 800 long-buried bodies may have been rediscovered by an archaeologist in Central Otago.

The main offender in a black market paua operation worth tens of thousands of dollars has admitted responsibility, part-way through his trial in the Dunedin District Court.