A Lotto ticket bought from a south Dunedin store won a lucky punter $13.3 million.

A young masked woman entered a Dunedin dairy with a weapon and demanded money.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

Police are searching for a teenage girl after a robbery at a South Dunedin takeaway this evening.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

The parents of a 20-year-old student, who died tragically at the weekend from meningitis, have warned people to be wary of the disease's symptoms.

Close contacts of an Otago Polytechnic student who died at the weekend from meningitis have been offered antibiotics to reduce their risk of catching the disease.

Footage of a kiwi apparently "dancing" around a feeder has been posted online by staff at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Dunedin.

A Dunedin soft drinks institution says it has been targeted by a medical officer of health intent on removing its liquor licence.

A motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car in Otago on Saturday has been named.

The person who brutally assaulted a Dunedin pensioner is still at large and she is asking why police let the case go cold so quickly.

A Dunedin surfer and paddleboarder got up close and personal with a pair of whales which were frolicking off the Dunedin coast today. Surfer

City is running out of time for full-size statue of celebrated poet.

When things get icy in winter and your school is on one of the steeper streets in Dunedin, sometimes an unorthodox solution is required to get to class in the morning.

A man was injured at the Dunedin District Court this morning.

A car burnt out in Dunedin is added to a police investigation, into a recent string of car fires.

Welcome to "the circus", also known as the world's steepest street.

A driver had to be freed from his vehicle after a car vs bus crash outside a Dunedin supermarket this evening.

The annual Jaffa Race is taking place today on Dunedin's Baldwin Street, the steepest street in the world.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is vowing to defend a $500,000 defamation claim, after being served with legal papers while walking down the street yesterday.

To celebrate 75 years of women in the police force, Westport News speaks to a former officer and another still on the beat.

Former NBA player Yao Ming towered over Dunedin Railways staff during a visit to the city on his New Zealand holiday. The 2.29m tall

A hunter who got lost and spent two nights in freezing conditions in the Blue Mountains has vowed to return to the area for some unfinished business.

Silver Fern Farms has warned shareholders that it now expects to only break-even in the current financial year.

A striking photograph taken from a Nasa flying observatory at a height of 44,000ft shows the extent of light pollution caused by a NZ's city's street lights.

A Dunedin runanga says freedom campers are dumping human waste on its burial grounds.

Kiwi kid Corey Symon has vowed to learn to play the cello after fitting his bionic arm for the first time yesterday.

A man arrested on Friday night and then given bail on Saturday morning went on an alleged crime spree in Christchurch, Oamaru and Dunedin.

A Kiwi researcher aiming to create the world's first biomarker for a psychiatric disorder is appealing for help from those who suffer

A speeding car crashed off a Dunedin motorway while its driver was fleeing from police tonight.