5+ hour, 25+ min ago   (289+ words) A call from a worried Dunedin resident about an axe-wielding man turned out to be a wannabe Jedi or Sith lord chasing someone with a lightsaber. Police received a call about the man threatening another motorist and chasing them with…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (193+ words) Scottish police are investigating reports of foreign athletes, identified in the media as boxers from Uganda and Pakistan, who failed to return home after competing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow that ended on Sunday. "Police Scotland has received reports…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (642+ words) A new court decision could send the gang patch ban back to the government for review following a High Court ruling that a Wellington man's conviction for displaying gang insignia contravenes the Bill of Rights. But the Minister of Justice…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (403+ words) Shadi Al Mahamid, 39, is a former refugee from Syria who does not speak English, suffers cardiac issues and has mainly slept in his car for the past seven months on Dunedin’s St Clair Esplanade after separating from his wife. As…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (693+ words) Since 2015, refugees have arrived in Dunedin through a government settlement programme, after then-mayor Dave Cull campaigned for it to happen, citing the city’s community spirit and social services. The city had also welcomed refugees in previous decades. The Otago Daily…...