Kendrick Lamar had the 16,000-strong crowd in the palm of his hands.

Suspected suicides at universities followed by upgrade of campus mental health services.

Dairy owner says she selling up after spree of holdups by a pair of armed masked robbers.

Police in Dunedin continue investigations into two dairy robberies this week.

Daughter of assault victim says doctors have given her father a remote chance of survival.

Unused soap from Scenic Hotels is going to needy communities.

Forsyth Barr Stadium will be Australasia's largest dance floor tonight for Kendrick Lamar.

Man who murdered woman in 1997 now a minimum-security inmate working as a cleaner in jail.

First car driver to die in New Zealand was a South Canterbury farmer's wife in 1906.

Defendant was accused of plying girl with alcohol indecently assaulting her.

'She's extremely damaged, if not in fact destroyed,' judge says of teen victim.

Some of New Zealand's deadliest recorded storms struck in the winter of 1863.

Arrest made over violent attack that put man in hospital.

80-year-old woman in serious condition after rolling her car.

Truckie told it's 'embarrassing and illegal and you could end up killing someone'.

Teen describes moment girl work him up saying a man had just attempted to rape her.

Juror who nodded off twice in same day dismissed by judge.

Daughter of a man seriously assaulted says her father did not deserve the vicious attack.

A weekend in the southern city won't be long enough, writes Alexia Santamaria.

The document contained diagnoses and treatment plans for breast cancer patients

Woman sunk her teeth into her partner's back following a night of arguing.

Pearl already dines on Fancy Feast, but she wanted more. Sorry, dog.

Dunedin doctor accused of murder denied electronically-monitored bail for the second time.

When neighbour came over and started touching his sleeping mother, her son protected her.

Woman in court for a cider-fuelled spit-fest at a Dunedin police station.

A regular at the pub says it's a bar 'for working people'

Dunedin teen barricades himself in his room for hours before police take him to court.

Bar owner 'extremely disappointed', says closure a loss for the Dunedin community.

Injured daughter was a top tennis player on scholarship

Council will rebuild tree house after being criticised for demanding it be torn down.