These days, people are often being told ''There's no such thing as a free meal''. But yesterday, the old adage got turned on its head.

The victim of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of her partner for almost a decade ''endured her own form of hell''.

Pacific Edge, the maker of non-invasive bladder cancer tests, has won US regulatory approval to commercially process test samples from its latest cancer detecting product at its Dunedin....

A Dunedin woman has been left $2500 out of pocket after a man she met online took advantage of her by telling her what she "wanted to hear".

Two people who came to the aid of a woman who was assaulted in Dunedin on Saturday are being asked to contact police.

A surge in flu-like illnesses has swept southern Dunedin schools in the past week, leaving hundreds of pupils at home and health clinics overrun with patients.

Fire crews arrived "in the nick of time" after a blaze broke out at The Bog Irish Bar in Dunedin last night.

"We had multiple calls of a rental car driving on the incorrect side of the road and straddling the centre of the road," Acting senior sergeant James Ure said.

A cop has called for mobility scooters to be equipped with registration plates amid rising complaints from pedestrians about the scooters' mainly elderly drivers.

A driver involved in a Dunedin crash rushed to give CPR to a dying teenager who lay unconscious in the back seat of the other car.

A 6-year-old Dunedin boy was left crying on the footpath after he and his mother were not allowed to take his bike on an otherwise empty bus.

Emergency services were called to the scene near the entrance to the Dunedin Botanic Garden, on the corner of Great King St and North Rd.

About 75,000 Jaffas rolled down Dunedin's Baldwin Street during the fund-raising event in front of a crowd of 15,000.

There's been an Armed Offenders Call out in Calton Hill in Dunedin.

“This is a chance to be part of history and show the team how proud we are of them,” says Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull.

A man has been charged with murder after a young woman was killed in Dunedin on Friday.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead in a Dunedin home last night.

Police were called to the scene about 6.30pm on Friday night. A 22-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the incident.

Red Cross is launching an appeal to help those affected by the weekend's floods - a disaster the organisation has labelled the worst to strike New Zealand since the Canterbury earthquakes.

A leading family violence expert is welcoming a move to encourage more transparency between agencies dealing with domestic abuse cases.

A coroner’s report finds police overlooked clear warnings and insight into Edward Livingstone’s mindset before he killed his children.

A driver had to escape from a submerged car after it went off the road and into the Otago Harbour this morning.

A string of agencies will learn "valuable lessons" from the murderous rampage by Edward Livingstone which left him and his two children dead, the chief coroner has found.

University of Otago researchers joined almost 200 scientists from around the world to head out to take marine samples as part of the second Ocean Sampling Day yesterday.

The winter storm that brought snow and heavy rain to many parts of the South is moving north, but many roads in the region remain affected in its wake this morning.

A hit and run driver is being sought by police after a crash in Dunedin last night.

The driver of a taxi which struck and seriously injured a pedestrian after an All Blacks test, has been convicted, disqualified from driving and given a financial penalty.

Dunedin's polar plunge has been postponed after "mean seas" washed away sand and several historic timber poles of a Dunedin landmark.

A photography student who restored 30-year-old photos from an old Kodak camera is keen to return the images to their owners.

Owner's of terrier swept out to sea near St Clair says she'd "never seen waves like this before" as climate experts warn that NZ coast at is at risk to extreme weather.