A strong case exists to overturn unwanted heritage protection for award-winning brutalist lecture theatres planned for demolition, the University of Otago says.

Land once destined to provide state houses in Port Chalmers in Dunedin is being sold on Trade Me, but Kainga Ora is keeping quiet on whether there will be further land sales in the city.

Police were called to a Dunedin candidate meeting where a heckler’s verbal abuse threatened to escalate to violence, reflecting the "sad state of affairs" on the campaign trail, candidates say.

Like mother, like daughter. When St Hilda’s captain Aya Moetaua lifted the South Island secondary schools netball trophy this week, there was an engraving on the shield that meant more than most.