Hamish MacLean

Sea lion, pup focus of dispute on beach

Contractors were criticised by beach-goers yesterday as they removed sand from Tomahawk Beach...

Sea lion, pup focus of dispute on beach

A Dunedin business is defending its actions after angry beach-goers accused it of endangering a threatened New Zealand sea lion and its pup as it worked on a city beach yesterday.

Port fleet renewed

Port Otago has spent $500,000 switching its light vehicle fleet to electric over the past few months.

Drug-checking at O Week now open activity

Know Your Stuff NZ Dunedin team leader Ashley Heydon legally tests a drug sample at the...

Drug-checking at O Week now open activity

For the first time at the University of Otago’s O Week, drug checking is out of a legal grey area and out in the open.

Drink-driver ditches car in dead-end street

Drink-driver ditches car in dead-end street

An alleged drink-driver caught a taxi after getting her car stuck down a dead-end street in Dunedin yesterday.

Otago calls on students to self-isolate

The Otago University Students' Association has disaffiliated with the Elohim Bible Academy. Photo...

Otago calls on students to self-isolate

Some students in Dunedin are self-isolating and the University of Otago has issued an alert aimed at tracking down any recent arrivals with connections to the latest Auckland Covid-19 cluster.

Cyclists’ annual breakfast get-together pleases organisers

Bicycles are lined up at the 2021 Bike Breakfast at the Dunedin Railway Station on Wednesday...

Cyclists’ annual breakfast get-together pleases organisers

For those with two wheels and a big appetite, the Dunedin Railway Station was the place to fuel up yesterday morning.

Parachute exercise conducted near Dunedin

A royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules flew over Dunedin and dropped parachutists into drop zones on the Taieri Plain at the weekend, the New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed.

Most MDMA samples a more dangerous substitute

The 'Pink Mitsubishi' MDMA pill is estimated to contain 250-300mg of the active ingredient. Image...

Most MDMA samples a more dangerous substitute

More than two-thirds of the popular party drug MDMA in Dunedin is a potentially dangerous substitute, drug testing in the city found last week.

‘Electric’ energy at party

Dunedin's annual O Week toga party returned to its roots last night.

Flood protection may be factor in fish kill

Hundreds of fish including several native species were found dead in the Kaikorai Stream and...

Flood protection may be factor in fish kill

Flood protection work by the Otago Regional Council in the Kaikorai Stream could have contributed to the deaths of hundreds of fish at the weekend.

Quake marked, effects recalled

Dunedin police and staff pause at the Dunedin Central Police Station in memory of the...

Quake marked, effects recalled

The scenes that greeted Dunedin firefighters in Christchurch in the days and weeks after the earthquake struck have stayed with them 10 years on.

Hundreds of fish found dead in estuary

Poor water quality could have contributed to the death of hundreds of fish in a Dunedin estuary at the weekend.

Reaping what we sow: tree choices in policy spotlight

Silverbeach forest in the Catlins near the Wisp River. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Reaping what we sow: tree choices in policy spotlight

While once there was a desperate push to plant our way out of climate change, the Climate Change Commission is now calling for real emissions reductions instead. Hamish MacLean looks into what the direction could mean for the South.

Emergency services called to Lawyers Head

Emergency services responded to reports of a person in the water at Lawyers Head in Dunedin earlier today.

Hydrogen fuel collaboration

Green hydrogen: an alternative that reduces emissions and cares for our planet. - Getty Images stock photo

Hydrogen fuel collaboration

A New Zealand collaboration with German researchers could accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy in the South using "green hydrogen".

First O Week gig postponed over Covid uncertainty

First O Week gig postponed over Covid uncertainty

The first event of this year's O Week has been postponed amid the uncertainty surrounding Alert Levels in Dunedin.

Number of foreign students in city vastly reduced

Lei Zhou (left) and Ting Chen, both of China, and Flynn Mankelow, of Oamaru, see the sights of...

Number of foreign students in city vastly reduced

This was the first year Chartsiri (Patty) Klinpibul has stayed in New Zealand over the summer.

Southern incomes rise but housing still unaffordable

Southern incomes rise but housing still unaffordable

Incomes appear to have kept pace with rising housing costs in the South before Covid hit, but only just.

Dental journey on massive scale

As part of the development of the Clinical Services Building, Dunedin muralist Guy Howard-Smith ...

Dental journey on massive scale

A technicolour scene now fills a once flat wall in a courtyard at the University of Otago dental school in Frederick St, Dunedin.

Woman missing near Lawrence found safe

Woman missing near Lawrence found safe

A woman whose disappearance sparked a search has been found safe and well roughly 40km from where she went missing on Sunday night.

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