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Spreading wallabies in Otago Regional Council's sights

We will find you and we will kill you - that is the message the Otago Regional Council is set to issue today to Bennett's wallabies that enter Otago.

Wife attacked after not refueling car, court hears

A ChinesePhD student attacked his wife and threatened to send her back to China all because she did not refuel his car, a court has heard.

Jail for violent offender

A knife-wielding man who paraded around in public with his shirt off, challenging people to fight him, has been jailed for nearly two years.

Alcohol policy appealed

The Dunedin City Council faces a potentially protracted legal battle as New Zealand's supermarket giants join forces to fight the city's local alcohol policy.

Bus rolls into three parked cars in Dunedin

A bus has crashed into three parked cars in Dunedin after the bus driver apparently left the handbrake off. A Fire Service shift

Man's mother arrested over robbery

The man police are hunting in relation to an aggravated robbery in St Kilda last week is the son of one of the women arrested in the matter, it has been revealed.

How a smart legal argument got 19yo off

An international student has avoided conviction for starting a nuisance fire, despite admitting lighting the blaze.

Woman's drunken rage leaves trail of destruction

Psychology student was seen drinking from a bottle of wine while driving at speeds before crashing into three cars.

Abseiling thieves take art supplies

Burglars abseiled into a Dunedin building at the weekend, leaving a trail of destruction before stealing art supplies.

Rich-lister's son's sentence 'a fair one'

Law Society says any 19-year-old with no previous convictions would not have been jailed on the same charges.

Dunedin: Secrets of the South

On an insider tour of Dunedin's hidden treasures, Eleanor Ainge Roy discovers the other Edinburgh deserves a second glance.

Lawyer takes prize for Delegat misdeed

COMMENT: I think we have a winner for Lawyer of the Year. The award goes to the wizard who side-stepped jail time for Nikolas Delegat.

Editorial: Resist rush to judgment in Delegat case

The sentence given to Nikolas Delegat for assaulting a policewoman has been widely condemned.

Father, daughter plead guilty to incest

A father and daughter pleaded guilty to incest when they appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon.

Fisherman leaps from burning boat

A fisherman on a burning boat grounded the vessel on rocks before leaping to safety near Dunedin yesterday afternoon.

Second blow for punched officer

The police officer who was knocked unconscious by a rich-lister's son in an alcohol-fuelled attack was also attacked by a young man five years ago.

Rich-lister's son apologises

The rich-lister's son who punched a female police officer unconscious has today apologised for his "bad decision in the heat of the moment".

Cop bashed by rich-lister's son recovers

The female police officer punched in the face by the son of a rich-lister who escaped a jail sentence is still being helped by colleagues on her road back to work, 18 months after the attack.