Hot Topics

The Dunedin City Council has been forced to pare back original plans for the controversial South Dunedin Cycle Network, as the true costs of the project become apparent.

National MP Michael Woodhouse has slammed the defacing of electoral billboards as ''a thuggish and ignorant act of vandalism'', as opponents boast online about other signs to tag.

A well-travelled artisan baker says it is too hard to make a crust in Dunedin, so he closed his shop on Saturday, making four staff redundant.

Dunedin city councillor David Benson-Pope feels sick about street vomit in Dunedin - and now he has the pictures to prove it.

A South Dunedin resident upset at cycleway initiatives has presented a 600-strong petition to the Dunedin City Council calling for the changes to be reversed.

Dunedin physio pool users will have to pay the cost if they want to keep the pool open.

The Highlanders will make some money, but not a lot, out of making the playoffs as the cash is to be made in hosting a finals game.

New Zealand is the land of milk and honey - if you have the money, food bank staff say, as meat and milk hit record highs.

Dunedin police are cracking down on dodgy driving, after a double-digit increase in central-city crashes.