Two people are due to appear in the Dunedin District Court today after a gun was pulled during a road rage incident at the weekend. A 29-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were pulled over and arrested on State Highway 88 north of Dunedin about midday......
The former Dunedin Hospital doctor convicted of murdering 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush is back under investigation by the Medical Council. Venod Skantha was yesterday found guilty of stabbing Miss Rush to death in her bed in February last year. He......
A man has denied a charge of murder but admitted unlawfully taking the victim's car. John Kenneth Collins, 37, appeared before the High Court at Dunedin this morning, by audio-visual link from prison, in front of Justice Gerald Nation. He entered......
A woman has escaped with a warning after making the mistake of taking her cannabis stash to court. The 51-year-old was due to appear in the Dunedin District Court on Friday to face a drink driving charge. Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen said she realised......
A girl has died after collapsing on campus in a Northland school on Monday. Kamo Intermediate School year eight student Aimee Lindsay collapsed after an athletics event at the Whangarei school and was unable to be revived, the school said. Police......
As part of an investigation into recent shoplifting incidents in Dunedin, Police yesterday executed a search warrant at an address in Alexandra. A 51-year-old man was arrested and charged with three counts of shoplifting and will appear in Alexandra......
Amber-Rose Rush's sister sounded warnings about her friendship with her accused killer in the months before she died. The trial of former doctor Venod Skantha, who is accused of murdering the 16-year-old, today entered its second day in the High......
