Police are on the hunt for a man who robbed a TAB in Dunedin at gunpoint last night, just two weeks after an armed robbery of a service station on the same street.

Footage of fire fighters battling a car fire overnight in Dunedin has emerged.

When Richard Emerson sold his small Dunedin brewery to national giant Lion four years ago it took him well out of his comfort zone.

An armed robbery took place at a Dunedin TAB tonight on the same street of an armed service station robbery two weeks ago.

A man wearing women's clothing, carrying a jacket and handbag, was sexually assaulted by another man.

Dunedin drivers are being asked to take care on icy roads this morning.

The trial of a man accused of murdering a woman at Seacliff, near Dunedin, is likely to take place early next year.

Attempted murder trial scheduled for February.

Dredging of shipping canal leads to explosive discovery.

The man was taken to Dunedin Hospital by St John ambulance in a serious condition.

'This is a total learning curve for us,' say student association president after mature student rep's criminal past is revealed.

A 55-year-old man has been seriously injured after an assault at a Green Island property.

A person was in Dunedin Hospital overnight after they were hit in the head with a baseball bat at the weekend.

Fire investigators are looking into the suspicious circumstances of a large blaze in Dunedin overnight.

The huge death toll from asbestos-related diseases in New Zealand will continue to rise for decades.

The 19-year-old son of a New Zealand rich-lister has admitted hitting a female police officer - more than a year after the attack occurred.

Masked men raid Dunedin petrol station.

A speeding car smashed through a shop window before fleeing the scene in Dunedin last night, according to a witness.

A house on the Otago Peninsula was "extensively damaged" by a fire overnight.

Dunedin police are seeking the public's help to identify a man they say made inappropriate comments to a Fairfield School pupil yesterday afternoon.

Dunedin's "dire'' housing situation is forcing some at-risk youth to engage in prostitution to get a place to sleep, or to sleep rough in cars.

A man who assaulted two cyclists in separate incidents in Dunedin has been jailed.

Member of Dunedin Mongrel Mob Notorious used $20,000 from anti-violence trust to buy cannabis.

Teenage girl hid in a Dunedin public toilet after she was spooked by a man who made "inappropriate sexual comments" to her, police say.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the fire at Six60's former flat which forced a man to jump from a window to safety at the weekend.

Appeals are being made for information regarding a dairy robbery in Dunedin.

A "chubby" thief dropped five-dollar notes all over the floor as he made off on foot after robbing a Dunedin dairy armed with a screwdriver.

The woman's black sedan appeared to have crossed the centre line before the crash.