Hamish MacLean

A Dunedin man did a petrol drive off, failed to stop for police, and then went immediately home where he was arrested by police, police say.

An alcohol-fuelled driver led police on a foot chase in South Dunedin on Thursday.

The Dunedin City Council’s chief executive says the council is actively progressing consents to extend the life of the Green Island landfill, even though no decision has been made to do so.

Seven hundred Otago children will have their field trips to Otago Museum paid for after a physics research institute stepped in when the museum’s government education programme funding was cut.

A boozed-up driver led officers on a foot chase in South Dunedin last night, police say.

A Dunedin man drove off without paying for petrol, failed to stop for an officer and then went immediately home where he was arrested, police say.

A long-time West Harbour cycling advocate says the new $43 million price tag to build the 5km cycleway to link Dunedin to Port Chalmers has not changed his mind about the project.

An evaluation of Otago lakes management is set to begin as calls for evidence-based management of the region’s "jewels" grow.

A $17 million increase in costs for the West Harbour cycle and walkway is part of a national trend of cycleway budget blowouts.

The "initial findings" of an investigation into the Otago Regional Council are in, but neither the environment minister nor the council is releasing them yet.

A young adult leopard seal resting on Warrington Beach yesterday morning made for a special sighting for a Dunedin researcher.

Human scientific and social progress halted and civilisation teetered close to collapse as war with hostile alien races and occult forces raged in Dunedin at the weekend.