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Stray bullet 'scares the hell out of me'
'Some muppet has failed to determine his background,' says the Dunedin man who believes a hunter put a stray bullet in his deck.

Long wait for action on mould
A Dunedin woman says she has been waiting more than four years to have her state house insulated but contractors will not tackle it because of mould under the floor.

Family of 13 relieved to get help
A Dunedin family of 13 is elated they'll no longer have to put up with sewage-contaminated water seeping into their property every time there's heavy rain.

Man in court over Dunedin bar death
A 25-year-old Dunedin man has been remanded in custody on a charge of assaulting a man who died after being found unconscious in a central city bar at the weekend.

Three men sought over fatal bar attack
Police are looking for three men who could be linked to a fatal assault in a Dunedin bar overnight.

Dunedin crash claims one
A 19-year-old has died after the car he was in, which was carrying four others, crashed south of Dunedin early today.

'A-listers' eyed in historic house sale
Corstorphine House's history of accommodating royals and Hollywood actors may help attract global "A-listers" when the Dunedin property goes on the market for $3.8m.

Gallery: The Royals head south
The Duke and Duchess are in the South Island today where they will taste wines, and ride on a jet boat.

Killer's earlier convictions
The tragic deaths of two children shot by their father could have been prevented if NZ and Australian police shared information on earlier criminal convictions.

Ticketed during C-section
A Dunedin mother is angry her car was ticketed while she was undergoing an emergency Caesarean section.

Police cleared over deadly pursuits
Police have been cleared over two pursuits which claimed the lives of five young people last year.

Police failed wrongly convicted teen
Multiple failings by police enabled two officers to lie and provide false evidence in the investigation of a central Otago car crash which was wrongly pinned on a teenager.

Student Ritalin supplier has sentence quashed
A student who admitted supplying Ritalin to other students in Dunedin has had his conviction and sentence quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Noisy Dunedin? Students must be back
The Dunedin City Council received 382 noise complaints last month - the highest since February 2010. Guess the Scarfies are back in town.

For whom the Bell tolls: Factory closes
New Zealand's oldest tea company, Bell Tea, is set to shut its Dunedin factory next month, ending more than 100 years of tea production in the city.

Dunedin man's 99-character name
A Dunedin man has changed his name to 'Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova' after losing a bet.

Burns victim's 'flashbacks of flames'
A severely burnt Dunedin man wants to thank those who helped him as his skin melted following a 'freak accident'.

Council objects to sponsorship of flat
A radio station and Dunedin property owner are in hot water over the sponsorship of a student flat.

Body on beach yet to be identified
The body of a woman found beside the St Clair piles yesterday has yet to be identified, police say.

Elderly woman's body found on beach
An elderly woman's body was found by a man walking his dog on one of Dunedin's popular beaches early this morning.

In the end, revenge all that mattered
A month after his marriage fell apart, Edward Livingstone had moved about 70km south of his family - a wife he was barred from contacting and children he could see only under supervision.

Why father killed his children
The death in Dunedin of two young children at the hands of their father sent David Fisher in search of a monster. He found something more unsettling - a man.

King-hit initiative welcomed by victim's children
The children of a Dunedin man killed by one punch are pleased his death is helping to prevent similar acts of violence.

Solo mum in dark after course cut
A Dunedin solo mother is disappointed after Aoraki Polytechnic cut a course she was signed up to start next week, but neglected to inform her.

Cops: Fire lighters will be prosecuted
Police have warned students and other O-Week revellers that anyone involved in lighting fires will be put before the courts.