A passenger aboard a cruise ship on which a crew member died has recounted the harrowing scenes which followed the incident. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.

A drug user went to the police after swapping his car for rock salt.

Inflatable vessels were being reinflated when a gas cylinder exploded, killing one.

The body of a person thought to be a diver who went missing in Otago waters yesterday has been found. Police divers found the body

A new report about the collapse of a balcony at a student concert in Dunedin has revealed a number of failings.

Police have suspended the search for a diver missing in Dunedin tonight.

The man responsible for the deaths of two Mosgiel siblings is a changed man, according to the Parole Board.

The innocent driver involved in a crash which saw a teenager die has described the haunting moments he realised she was dead.

Dunedin's newest celebrity albatross chick could be reunited with its parents as soon as tomorrow.

Albatross chick has lost weight after being found riddled with maggots.

A transgender man has admitted violating another man while he was walking home after a night out.

Apparently it's called the Wellington Sevens because that's how many tickets were sold. Financially beleaguered for the past few

A light plane has crashed at Dunedin airport.

A Mosgiel woman swindled her ailing father and intellectually disabled brother out of $65,000 while she was supposed to be caring

Katie Burt's ex-partner was jailed for his chilling threats against her. Now her parents are haunted by her death. Rob Kidd reports.

Southern Lakes Helicopters were called to the incident near Te Anau at 6.10pm.

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

The Otago Regional Council's very existence is on the line as the Dunedin City Council considers the merits of a unitary council for the city.

A 2am Tinder rendezvous has led to a Dunedin woman being jailed on harassment charges, a court has heard.

After 25 years Dunedin's craft beer outlet McDuffs Drewery has been sold.

Two men have been arrested after an aggravated robbery in Dunedin. At 4.30 on Saturday afternoon, two men threatened and attempted

Authorities are still searching for a person thought to be missing after they were spotted entering the water at a Dunedin beach this morning.

A shimmering glass tower has been revealed as the new look for Dunedin's proposed five-star hotel.

A BP 2Go service station owner has blamed cigarette tax hikes for an increasing number of burglaries and ram-raids on service stations around Dunedin.

A Dunedin man who burned down his family home four days after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Police in Dunedin are hunting people connected to two ram raids at petrol stations in the area overnight.

A notorious fraudster who lied to a judge in court, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind, has been jailed for nearly two years.

Tauranga is now the fifth biggest area in New Zealand based on population numbers, Statistics New Zealand has revealed. The Tauranga

Clues left by an anonymous benefactor had hundreds of people searching for cash hidden in a secret Dunedin location.

A woman who accused her ex-girlfriend of attacking her might end up in the dock herself after admitting she lied to police.