Parts of the country are having a hot, but blustery, afternoon.

A second child remains in a serious condition after the boat flipped with five on board.

Boycee Karetu told the court he was holding on to the weapons for friends.

Crown argued preventive detention should be imposed; rapist sentenced to 15 years' jail.

"She was hit so many times she couldn't tell police even an approximate number of blows."

Neighbours of Josh Ioane's Dunedin party house say the revelry has been getting worse.

"We bent over backwards to help him," one creditor says.

The 15-month-old was fed chemicals found in eye drops and nasal sprays.

When declined bail, the man erupted, making a derogatory comment about the judge.

The driver reversed over his mate at a truck stop in October 2019.

Witnesses have described the moments a man went on a rampage at the Dunedin City Council.

Police solve the mystery of the self-driving car after a quick chat with the occupants.

Today the team began injecting the first of two doses to frontline health workers.

The group attempted to rob a Dunedin car yard.

No charges had been laid yet but a person of interest has been identified.

The female punched the man in the head to get him out of the house.

The median rate of scanning was just 10 per cent.

47-year-old Dwayne Keats, a rapist on parole, was employed by the Salvation Army in 2017.

Three police officers were seen holding a man on the ground outside of Glassons.

SDHB chief executive said the hospital was doing its best to deal with heavy demand.

The nurse had concerns about a diabetic person living in Dunedin.

Police were alerted to the single-car crash in south Dunedin at 6.52am.

Cory Miles, 29, was initially charged with a rare count of setting a man trap.

She purchased vouchers for game website Steam and then sent the scammer the barcodes.

The cost of water testing since February 2 has cost $200k alone.

A remorseless rapist on parole was given a volunteer role at The Salvation Army.

'I'm not sure how you even found your car,' Community Magistrate tells court.

The Exchange has traditionally referred to a single block in Dunedin's CBD.

Ricky Bailey, 35, was sentenced to two years four months' imprisonment.