A dozen people were arrested and a man smashed an ambulance window, covering a paramedic in glass, at a Dunedin street party tonight.

A surfer will go anywhere to get a good wave. Even on a chilly Dunedin day.

Threats to kill, hit-and-runs and torrents of abuse - Dunedin's streets are becoming a battleground as motorists vent their frustration at parking officers.

ODT reporter Hamish McNeilly has a blunt message for the thief who raided midwife Nicki Cowan's car after she answered an emergency call at 3am.

A new traffic light at a Dunedin intersection - officially turned on just last month - was knocked over yesterday.

Two young men helped another man import thousands of dollars of illegal drugs by opening post boxes in false names, the Dunedin District Court heard yesterday.

Dunedin City councillor Lee Vandervis' aggression towards colleagues was slammed as unacceptable at a code of conduct hearing yesterday.

Massey University student Virginia Ford was allegedly murdered on Friday night by a 21-year-old man with whom she lived in Palmerston North.

A scene examination has been completed at the Dunedin house where a 24-year-old was found dead yesterday, police say.

The Notorious Mongrel Mob and Black Power could be coming to a lawn near you.

Dunedin police are refusing to disclose any detail about why a 51-year-old man was shot in Purakaunui last Friday.

Police have begun a "comprehensive" investigation into Friday's shooting in Purakaunui as a 34-year-old woman appeared in court in connection with the incident.

A Go Bus staff member looks from the door of a bus after a collision with a Subaru car on the corner of Rattray and Princes Sts, causing damage to the sides of both vehicles.

The owner of a Dunedin petrol station used his inside knowledge to covertly steal thousands of litres of fuel from petrol retailers.

The Dunedin City Council's group debt has dropped by more than $25 million on the back of stronger results by its companies, new figures show.

The company running Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium is promising a "completely different ball game" despite confirming another $1 million loss.

Two members of a defunct Dunedin bowling club have been made bankrupt after failing to return monies wrongfully taken by them.

An out-of-control party of up to 200 youths ended in fights and disorder in a Dunedin park on Saturday night.

''Everyone just ran and glass showered down on to the road.'' Exploding glass caused a shower of fragments onto Dunedin's main street yesterday.

Six overseas drivers have appeared in court over the past 24 hours after a series of crashes that have focused attention on tourist driving.

For the past 15 years, Glen Tily has got on bended knee and proposed marriage to the love of his life, Cathryn Herd.

Deliberately-lit property fires in Dunedin's student quarter could kill someone, a detective investigating the case warns.

'I just couldn't believe it.' Nineteen-year-old Kyle Thom was out with mates early yesterday when he was told his Dunedin flat was on fire.

An annual party at a sponsored student flat has been cancelled after more than 3000 people indicated they would attend.

A stony demeanour has not been enough for Queen Victoria to ward off the latest ill-treatment by Dunedin vandals.

A group of Dunedin flatmates say they picked up 550kg of glass after a party they hosted on their street which attracted 1000 people.

''I try to pick up the broken glass every Sunday morning, but it was just too bad.'' 1000 revellers helped plaster a Dunedin street in glass - to residents' disgust.

A pregnant woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital after a street race involving up to three cars ended in a collision yesterday.

A swastika was painted on a headstone and two other headstones were knocked over in a 'fairly nasty incident' in the Jewish section of a Dunedin cemetery.