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Concerns over viability of new venue build
Casting aside Dunedin’s Mayfair Theatre from being in contention for council funds for redevelopment could hold back performing arts in the city, a representative has warned.
Graduates to tackle Mongol Rally
Graduates to tackle Mongol Rally
Would you like your name plastered on the side of a beat-up old limousine bashing through central Asian rivers and traversing Tajikistan’s many snow-capped mountains?
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Two Dunedin pupils and their robot to take on world
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Two Dunedin pupils and their robot to take on world
Two Dunedin intermediate school pupils are taking on the world with a robot they built from scratch.
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Initiative ‘fantastic’ chance to learn
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Initiative ‘fantastic’ chance to learn
John Marrable is always looking for ways to improve.
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Fish found on Dunedin beach 'not a harbinger of doom'
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Fish found on Dunedin beach 'not a harbinger of doom'
An oarfish that recently washed up on Aramoana Beach is likely not a "harbinger of doom", but it is "certainly an unusual sight and a special one", the Department of Conservation says.
Clean and green
Clean and green
North East Valley Normal School pupils Luthias Gilmore, 10 (left), and Ashton Dawson, 11, pick up refuse scattered about Lindsay Creek yesterday.
Freezing start ahead of big snow dump
Freezing start ahead of big snow dump
Updated 8.25 am
Kiwis are waking to freezing temperatures in some places ahead of a wintry blast expected to bring heavy snow to parts of the South Island.
One in hospital after Pine Hill crash
One in hospital after Pine Hill crash
One person was taken to Dunedin Hospital with "minor to moderate" injuries following a single-vehicle crash in Pine Hill yesterday.
Dog Rescue gives Alfie new leash of life
Dog Rescue gives Alfie new leash of life
Back in the day, Alfie’s goose would nearly be cooked by now.
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Festival anti-social conduct ‘deeply stressful’
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Festival anti-social conduct ‘deeply stressful’
Inflammatory rhetoric from political leaders is to blame for a "significant" rise in anti-social behaviour at this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival, organisers say.
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Is Dunedin bar NZ's strangest pub?
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Is Dunedin bar NZ's strangest pub?
It is open for only four hours a week and last served a meal before the Covid lockdown — is this New Zealand’s most peculiar pub?
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Five-star social housing ‘still wonderful’ despite tenant's threats
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Five-star social housing ‘still wonderful’ despite tenant's threats
A five-star Dunedin social housing complex remains a "wonderful place" despite a tenant being evicted for threatening to blow up his neighbours with a gas bottle, the Salvation Army says.
Need for speed gets man busted for weed
Need for speed gets man busted for weed
A man speeding through Mornington was found with a haul of cannabis in the boot of his car when pulled over, police say.
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Scale of planting to meet zero carbon goal ‘unachievable’
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Scale of planting to meet zero carbon goal ‘unachievable’
It is "unachievable" for Dunedin to plant a path to its zero carbon goals, city councillors have been told.
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Waikato University pressing on with med school plan
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Waikato University pressing on with med school plan
The University of Waikato is pressing ahead with its third medical school proposal, despite all indications it is now on life support.
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Otago rivers by and large ‘in really good state’
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Otago rivers by and large ‘in really good state’
Otago's rivers are by and large "in a really good state", the latest summer recreation report card says.
Light show back for Matariki event
Light show back for Matariki event
Ōtepoti Dunedin is set to sparkle for Matariki once more, as the drone light show returns as part of a celebration of Māori culture, reflection and renewal.
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Wastewater more reliable: prof
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Wastewater more reliable: prof
With another wave of Covid-19 on the horizon, wastewater testing has become a more reliable sign of community infection than self-reporting, a Dunedin expert has said.
Calm before the storm
Calm before the storm
University of Otago students line up in the rain for their exams at Smithells Gym yesterday.
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‘Nothing’ achieved since bus hub killing
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‘Nothing’ achieved since bus hub killing
The owner of a Dunedin business in the heart of the city’s bus hub has accused city leaders of doing nothing other than a survey to address safety concerns.