Police want 'at risk' children as young as nine to be targeted for social investment to prevent them becoming criminals. A fire investigator was last night trying to ascertain the cause of a fire ...

With the holiday road toll season upon us, ODT editorial artist Austin Milne recounts how his father was killed by a drunk ...

A Dunedin man is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into his flood-damaged house keeps ...

Crews are responding to a "hopper fire" at a Southland commercial property, fire officials say. Santa got a last-minute ...

A family-owned restaurant in the Far North is making sure people who could have gone hungry today will instead go home full ...

Dunedin's Town Hall was packed to the rafters with merry-makers from all over the city for a special Christmas meal today. A ...

A child has died after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway in Masterton this afternoon. A family-owned restaurant in the ...

Fire and Emergency NZ is warning holidaymakers to have a plan and be prepared for the possibility of a wildfire this summer. Buildings on the old polytech site in Ashburton have been marked for ...

Dangerous fire conditions are sweeping across several states as Australia's southeast endures a Boxing Day scorcher. Fire and Emergency NZ is warning holidaymakers to have a plan and be prepared for ...

In a six-part series Mike Houlahan looks back at how the Otago Daily Times covered burning issues of yesteryear. We begin by considering the moral panic which ensued in some quarters when the ...

Knives, tasers, screwdrivers, knitting needles, knuckledusters, fireworks and even an axe were among the banned items people have tried to take into courts across NZ recently. Police and DOC are ...

Victims advocates warn some women fearing for their safety this Christmas will not call the police, thinking they will be ...