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Gas leak in Dunedin has been isolated

Missing man may be homicide victim

Hep C fears after officers spat on

Three Dunedin police officers and a prison officer must wait several months for blood test results after being spat at by two offenders, one of whom said he had hepatitis.

Scarfies clean up their act

Student behaviour in Dunedin appears to be improving, with a significant drop in students being dealt with by the University of Otago for serious incidents.

Dunedin fire: 'Mum's devastated'

The sole occupant of a newly-renovated Dunedin home extensively damaged in a fire fled the inferno after she was woken by a smoke alarm.

Fire destroys Dunedin house overnight

One house has been destroyed and another damaged after two fires in the South Island overnight.

Dunedin police lose tear-gas canister

Dunedin police say anyone finding a black bag containing a tear-gas canister and cartridges, lost by officers in the city last Thursday, shouldn't tamper with the contents.

Steamers win first home game

Swallow spew? 'It's your call' - uni

An Otago student who nearly died after swallowing his own vomit during a drinking game is among examples being used to put students off such practices.

Young mum scammer targets elderly

Unsuspecting Dunedin pensioners have been duped of their cash by a young female hustler with a toddler.

Woman bit top off little finger, court told

A woman bit the top off another woman's little finger and spat it out during a drunken argument, a court has been told.

Black ice 'could have all turned to carnage'

Black ice in the Manuka Gorge left John Nicholl and his family shaken after his car spun out of control and ended up in a roadside ditch.

Baa-baric threat over road closure

Beware my flock of sheep. An unusual threat has been made by a Dunedin man who says he'll unleash woolly revenge in the Octagon unless he gets his way.

2degrees tower protesters won't be trepassed

Brighton residents occupying a planned 2degrees cellphone tower site face a standoff with the company after the Dunedin City Council ruled out issuing a trespass notice against them.

Emergency staff slam Otago paint party

Injured and intoxicated revellers from the Illuminate Paint Party made a busy night worse for emergency department staff at Dunedin Hospital.

Driver escapes truck roll with minor injuries

A man escaped with minor injuries after the Fulton Hogan truck he was driving rolled 50m down a bank into a Brighton creek near Dunedin yesterday.