Latest from Otago

Racially abusive cop quits force

A police officer who racially abused a taxi driver in Queenstown last year has resigned.

$3m bill for 100 meatworks job cuts

Silver Fern Farms faces a bill of up to $3 million after it was ruled it made more than 100 Dunedin seasonal meat workers redundant.

Meth surge received by 'willing market'

A surge in the supply of methamphetamine is being pushed by gangs on a "willing market" in the south, police say.

Cries of pain, relief over guilty verdict

The family of an Otago man beaten to death in a prolonged and brutal attack cried out with pain and relief as his ''gutless'' killers were found guilty of murder.

Police apologise to 'manhandled' teens

Police have apologised to two Central Otago teens falsely accused of petty crime and then subjected to alleged harassment by officers.

Patient left alone for sausage rolls

An osteopath who left electric acupuncture needles in a patient's backside while he went to a cafe for sausage rolls has been found to have discredited his profession.

Couch-surf 'lunacy' slammed

Dunedin motorists were stunned to see a man sitting on a couch and holding on to the rear of a moving car as it left a trail of sparks behind him.

Aspiring model jailed for four years

A former Dunedin student and aspiring model has been jailed for four years on drugs charges.

Prestigious science prize awarded to housing champion

A researcher's tireless efforts to ensure every Kiwi can have a safe, warm and dry home has been rewarded with the country's largest prize for science.

Queenstown kidnapping: Teen granted bail

Man killed in tractor accident named

Police have named the 24-year-old man killed when he was thrown from the cab of a tractor that rolled north of Dunedin.

Queenstown kidnapping: Let my son recover

The father of the 22-year-old Queenstown man at the centre of an alleged kidnapping has asked for privacy to allow his son to recover from the ordeal.

Death of Wanaka tramper a 'real tragedy'

A 69-year-old Wanaka woman died yesterday after slipping and falling about 40m from a Department of Conservation walking track near Glendhu Bay, Wanaka.

Woman dies after 100m fall from Wanaka track

Fiordland: Listen to the sound of silence

Danielle Wright and family share the water with albatrosses, bottlenose dolphins and sea lions on a wilderness cruise through Doubtful Sound.

Middlemarch: Next stop Longford

In the splendid town of Middlemarch, Peter Feeney and his family stay on a sheep station and enjoy Southern hospitality that comes complete with locally brewed beer.