Police are hunting for a man who held up a Dunedin dairy at the weekend.

The parents of a toddler who was trampled by a cow are pleased to be cleared of blame over the tragedy which claimed their smiling little "daddy's boy".

A gang member primarily responsible for the misappropriation of $20,000 of government funds for the gang to buy cannabis has been jailed for four years.

Te Puni Korkiri says it is happy with the performance of a Whanau Ora fund despite an evaluation which found $7.7 million has been distributed to families without the results being measured.

The grieving parents of Josh Tunnicliffe, who died last Sunday aged 27, have battled for a decade to fight their son's huffing addiction.

An early arrival disrupted wedding plans and saw the ceremony transferred to the Dunedin Hospital chapel.

The continuing obstinacy of courts, police and government is thankfully no match for the determination of Joe Karam, writes Sir Bob Jones.

Police have released the name of a man whose body was found next to gas canisters in Dunedin's Botanic Gardens yesterday, but are yet to establish whether he is the latest victim of "huffing".

About 30 motorists in Dunedin and Oamaru had engine problems after filling their vehicles with contaminated petrol.

Police are trying to establish whether the death of a man whose body was found in Dunedin's Botanic Gardens today is the latest in a spate of "huffing" deaths.

Shedding staff cost the Dunedin City Council more than $600,000 in the last year, and more than half the money went to two senior managers.

A hunter drank puddle water to slake his thirst and snuggled up to his pig dogs to stay warm after getting lost in a rugged area south of Dunedin for more than 24 hours.