A female cyclist was accosted and punched by a man in a random attack in Dunedin over the weekend.

A house in Kaikorai belonging to the co-worker of woman who was killed in Dunedin last week has been searched by police.

Karin Ann Ross, 51, was found dead in a Dunedin yard earlier this week. Police say the probe into her "unexplained" death is now a homicide inquiry.

A Dunedin man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being trapped under a piano.

Police have released an identikit image of a man they are seeking in relation to the sexual assault of a woman in Dunedin's Ross Creek this week.

Dunedin City Council confirms it will be taking a prosecution against the owner of three Irish wolfhounds that savagely attacked a woman.

Police are investigating an unexplained death in Dunedin.

High-risk sex offender Darren Albert Jolly, who has been living in a flat in Dunedin, is back behind bars after being arrested by police earlier this week.

A University of Otago student came to the rescue of a Jack Russell left in a hot car.

A war is being waged between Dunedin secondary schools, which are estimated to be spending big money on marketing to attract pupils.

Ticketing machines unable to process the imagery on the new notes.

An All Black parade in Dunedin seems a long shot, although Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is not throwing in the towel.

The Dunedin City Council has spent $36,000 sending chief executive Dr Sue Bidrose to leadership training courses at England's prestigious Oxford University.

An asbestos scare at Dunedin Hospital has affected access to the mortuary, ultrasound suite, two lifts, the central stairwell and staff-only areas.

She says science isn't there to back up University of Otago's ban on e-cigarettes.

A pair of brazen thieves stole car keys from a squash club changing room, used them to steal a car and then returned the next night to steal "cash and booze", police say.

An asbestos find at Dunedin Hospital has forced the cancellation of ultrasound outpatient appointments and closed the mortuary.

Labour's acting health spokesman David Clark has criticised Health Minister Jonathan Coleman for "dragging his heels" over the hospital's rebuild work.

Train-spotters basked in an historic steam locomotive's glory as Passchendaele chugged into Dunedin Railway Station yesterday.

A Dunedin man has been given until November 10 to start removing rusting cars from his property, or face paying the cost of the council doing it for him.

Officers would prefer if you left suspected explosives where you found them.

A man injured in a hit-and-run incident in Dunedin at the weekend is thought to know the female driver of the car that struck him, police say.

University of Otago staff who avoided campus on the day of gun threat will have their annual leave deducted.

A man taken to hospital with a bone protruding from his leg and "serious lacerations" was most likely involved in a hit-and-run, police say.

The Neil Diamond concert, combined with the long weekend, means Dunedin hotels and motels are fully booked next weekend.

A Dunedin man who had a haul of replica guns stolen from his garage hopes they are not used for "something stupid".

Access has been restricted to parts of the Dunedin Hospital campus because of suspected asbestos contamination.

Dunedin Mayor says: ''It may be the complainants are as vexatious as the dogs.''

Police are trying to flush out a non-flushing thief.

Extra flights will be scheduled to and from Dunedin for next month's Fleetwood Mac concert as the city pushes to ensure the event is a sellout.