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'I saw a rifle with Edward behind it'

A harrowing statement from Katharine Webb to police has revealed the horrific minutes leading up to her children's deaths.

Killer deceived psychiatrist

The duplicity of Edward Livingstone has emerged during the coroner's inquest into the death of himself and his children.

Watch daredevils take on steep streets

WATCH: Daredevils have taken on the steepest street in the world, riding drift trikes down Dunedin's Baldwin St.

Bizarre fish disappears

The dead oarfish washed up at Aramoana last week has disappeared and marine experts are warning against eating its 3m-long fillets.

Air NZ tight-lipped on plane grounding

An engine issue grounded a Christchurch-bound flight at Dunedin International Airport yesterday, but Air NZ has kept tight lipped about the problems.

Four arrests at drunken Dunedin party

Four students were arrested and a stereo seized from a drunken party in Dunedin yesterday.

Whale family tree catalogued

New University of Otago research is providing the most comprehensive picture of the nearly 40million-year-long evolutionary history of baleen whales.

Bizarre visitor from deep washes up

A bizarre, self-amputating, vertical swimming, serpent-like marine specimen has washed up on the salt marsh at Aramoana in Dunedin.

The Ultimate Waterman 2015 (+video)

Watch: a highlights package of the Ultimate Waterman even at Pinnacle surf break off Potato Point at Purakaunui.

Six Dunedin students lucky to be alive

Six Dunedin students are lucky to be alive after their car was torn apart in a horrific crash.

Dozen people arrested at keg party

Some 4000 tickets were sold for the Hyde St keg party, an annual student blow-out known for its excessive alcohol consumption.

Dozen partygoers arrested in Dunedin

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

Stunning photos of huge surf

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

Dunedin's escalating parking wars

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.

Hamish McNeilly: Just another innocent victim

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.

New traffic light lasts barely a month

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

Dunedin drug smugglers' post box scam

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.

Councillor slammed for bullying tactics

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