Mark Price

Joe Karam has another book out on the Bain murders. And this time it's about guilt, not innocence, Mark Price reports.

How would New Zealand rescue 4000 passengers forced to abandon a cruise ship off the rugged and remote south coast?

The owners of the condemned Brocklebank Drycleaners building in the main street of South Dunedin are frustrated at a five-month wait, so far, for approval to knock down the building.

Will some street alterations, and new seating and planting, be enough to pull the down-at-heel South Dunedin commercial centre out of the doldrums? Mark Price takes a look.

Many Western economies struggled to make progress in 2011 - treading water at best and slipping into decline at worst. But how did Otago fare? Mark Price looks back for signs Otago moved forward in 2011.

The arrival of Sun Princess at Port Chalmers this morning marks exactly 50 years since the first cruise ship made its way into Otago Harbour.

Amid the rubble of its 2011 election-night defeat, Labour's loss of the party vote in Dunedin South stood out as a singular "disaster". The seat, traditionally regarded as "safe Labour", swung to National. Mark Price takes a closer look where the votes went.

Those who believe South Islanders get a raw deal in a country overendowed with North Island politicians, North Island business owners and North Island welfare beneficiaries might be a little disappointed in new member of Parliament Richard Prosser.

The deadline is Christmas. If by then a deal is not done, then it is goodbye to Milton's 114-year connection with the textile industry.