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.''

Unlicensed driver had three young passengers in the car when he lost control.

Police are ''following a number of lines of inquiry'' as they tried to track down the person responsible for an online shooting threat at the University of Otago.

The unseasonably high temperatures and strong winds of "Hotober" fanned the flames of South Island fires yesterday.

Police are warning students and staff to be vigilant as Otago University opens for ''business as usual'' following online threat.

An anonymous user yesterday posted a picture of a handgun and the threat about a massacre on the bulletin board 4chan. It was then reposted to Reddit and Facebook.

There has been an outpouring of support for a patched gang member who was awarded a $52,000 contract to carry out maintenance work for Dunedin City Council.

A chemical spill closed streets and caused hundreds of people to be evacuated in central Dunedin.

Council takes leap of faith to give another chance to Black Power member who was jailed for assault and grievous bodily harm.

Dozens of workers have been evacuated after a chemical spill at Dunedin's Cadbury factory early this afternoon.

Burglars have vandalised the Royal Albatross Centre and stolen cash in an early morning raid on the popular wildlife attraction in Dunedin.

Police were called to the Dunedin District Court yesterday after a teenager admitted carrying a BB gun into the building.

A thief's attempt to use black paint to camouflage a distinctive waste truck, known as "Little Sucker", has failed.

A man is on the run from police, slowly heading north from Dunedin in an old, stolen truck usually used to clear mud traps.

A former Dunedin lawyer who did not turn up for her trial has been found guilty on all 46 charges of tax evasion involving more than $180,000.

Masked men were armed with an axe and tried to barge their way into shop.

A Dunedin man received facial injuries after falling from an upstairs balcony during a Dunedin party, emergency services say.

The Dunedin man was dismissed by Go Bus Transport after an undercover transport inspector spotted him allowing his wife to ride for free.

Police are seeking the ''senseless'' vandals who pillaged a Dunedin childcare centre.

Material from the sun, Earth's magnetic field, three clever fellows and a compost bin - put them together and you have a system outperforming Nasa.

A man has appeared in court today, following a police search of a home in Dunedin yesterday.