Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

A Gender Studies lecturer at the University of Otago has applauded Facebook for removing a page displaying intimate photos of Dunedin students.

The family of a Dunedin man found dead in a Thai apartment complex are distraught and angry they learnt of his death through radio reports yesterday, rather than from police.

The polar blast hit the South last night, closing roads and leaving some Southland motorists stranded.

Emotional pleas and cold, hard numbers dominated the first day of a public hearing that could change the rules for gambling in Dunedin.

Infrastructure company Delta has confirmed it will be shutting its Christchurch-based civil construction operation, making 40 people redundant.

At the height of her gambling addiction, Karen Hansen dreamed of being locked in a prison cell.