State of emergency in Selwyn, snow at Aoraki/Mt Cook
Updated 8.47 am
Large parts of the country are being hammered as torrential rain and gale force winds and snow set in for the next few days.
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ICU beds: Mayor has 'no intention’ of fighting cut
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ICU beds: Mayor has 'no intention’ of fighting cut
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says he has no problem with the govt’s plan to cut a third of intensive care unit beds from the city’s new hospital and has "no intention" of fighting the move.
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Teen car thieves to go unpunished
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Teen car thieves to go unpunished
A Dunedin woman says she is being "punished for someone else’s crime" after the teenagers who stole her car got away with a "mere slap on the hand".
Meet Doug from the uni
Robots quickening enrolment, admission processes
Doug is one of the more unusual members of staff.
60km car chase ends in arrest
60km car chase ends in arrest
A man has been arrested in Palmerston after leading police on a 60km car chase from Dunedin despite the vehicle he was driving being spiked.
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Commercial rents for South D library staying
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Commercial rents for South D library staying
Commercial rents for the top floor of the South Dunedin library complex are going nowhere.
Man charged with assault
Man charged with assault
An agitated patient allegedly assaulted two security guards and smashed a computer at Dunedin Hospital before being arrested, police say.
Alleged thief had knife
Alleged thief had knife
A man who allegedly stole about $2000 worth of items ranging from cosmetics to camping gear from Dunedin businesses was found to be carrying a knife when arrested in Jervois St, central Dunedin, on...
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DCC ‘party poopers’ nix fireworks
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DCC ‘party poopers’ nix fireworks
Calls to reinstate a fireworks display for Dunedin’s New Year’s Eve celebrations have been snuffed out.
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Rainbow crossing on horizon: councillor
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Rainbow crossing on horizon: councillor
Dunedin city councillor Mandy Mayhem hopes to be dancing over a Dunedin rainbow crossing before the year is out.
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Rally to protest ‘preposterous’ Bill
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Rally to protest ‘preposterous’ Bill
Organisations around Dunedin are joining forces to stand with the city’s transgender community against a proposed Bill they call "preposterous".
‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital
‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital
A nearly half-a-century-old copper sculpture by convicted child sex offender and artist John Middleditch has been uprooted from Dunedin Hospital.
Lotto 2477
Lotto 2477
Lotto: 1, 12, 14, 20, 24, 38.
Otago tops table for weather insurance claims
Otago tops table for weather insurance claims
Otago residents lodged more insurance claims for wild weather events than anywhere else in the country during spring and summer, new data shows.
Winter is coming
Winter is coming
Lily Permina, 3, tips out a bucket of autumn leaves at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.
Room for flight
Room for flight
Dunedin Model Aero Club member Noel Wilson flies a Synergy F3A category model plane at the Edgar Centre yesterday.
Educational hub project gains funding
Educational hub project gains funding
Cultural learning supportedAn ambitious project aimed at "transforming cultural capability" across Otago’s education sector has been given $1.804 million over the next three years.
Playground upgrade based on mana whenua stories
Playground upgrade based on mana whenua stories
Work has begun on a refurbishment of Dunedin’s St Clair playground, based on a design and theme which aim to help educate and connect users to mana whenua stories.
Health NZ confirms cuts to IT roles
Health NZ confirms cuts to IT roles
Health New Zealand has confirmed it will slash hundreds of IT jobs - about a third of all roles.
Spiked driver carried on with punctured tyres
Spiked driver carried on with punctured tyres
A motorist trying to evade police had his tyres spiked several times north of Dunedin but continued to drive before he was arrested in Palmerston this afternoon.