Latest from Dunedin
Underground tattooists shut down
A warning has been issued after two underground tattooists in Dunedin were shut down in the past month for operating out of substandard premises.
Childbirth is no parking ticket excuse
The Dunedin City Council is taking a tougher stance over waiving parking tickets for maternity patients, a move which has upset some Dunedin midwives.
Dear a******, don't take it personally
Think your job is thankless? Spare a thought for parking enforcement officers, who routinely receive less-than-complimentary correspondence from Kiwis.
Troublesome taxi tattletales
Taxi drivers are using security camera footage against each other, resulting in at least one Dunedin operator being fined by police.
Pressure to replace sex-attack walkway
Auckland Transport is under political pressure to accelerate a roading link in Mangere to replace a walkway with a history of sex attacks.
School goes from Catholic to Muslim
A former Catholic school in Dunedin is about to become home to a secondary boarding school for Muslim boys.
Suspected sex attack on woman
Police are looking for a man who forced a woman to the ground in Dunedin's town belt yesterday morning in what they believe was a sexually motivated attack.
Council cafe meetings off the menu
Council staff in Dunedin appear to have changed their ways since a culture of ratepayer-funded cafe meetings and expensive staff dinners was revealed two years ago.
All Blacks' match a boost for Dunedin
Saturday night's rugby test against the Springboks had many tills ringing red-hot over the weekend.
Springboks feel heat in southern cold
Dunedin turned up the heaters in the Forsyth Barr Stadium last night as the All Blacks beat the Springboks 21-11 in front of a sellout crowd.
Snow-closed roads reopen
The Rimutaka Hill Road and the Desert Road have reopened after snow forced their closure this morning.
Cold blast hits North Island
Snow was falling in the hills around Wellington this afternoon as a strong southerly blast snow that brought snow down to sea level moved up the country.
The day the chips bit back
A Dunedin woman having a bite to eat found something extra crunchy and unwelcome at the bottom of her packet of chips.
Casino guard's unfair dope sacking
A Dunedin Casino guard sacked after finding cannabis and flushing it down the loo was unfairly dismissed.
5.3 earthquake strikes near Haast
A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake has rocked much of the West Coast and Otago this morning.