Life-saving medicine stolen out of rescue chopper
Life-saving medicine stolen out of rescue chopper
Thieves stole potentially life-saving drugs from a South Island rescue helicopter at the weekend, police say.
Hamish MacLean
Life-saving drugs stolen from rescue helicopter - police
Life-saving drugs stolen from rescue helicopter - police
Thieves stole potentially life-saving medicine from an Otago Southland rescue helicopter at the weekend, police say.
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Ant ‘new to science’ found on return to Foulden Maar
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Ant ‘new to science’ found on return to Foulden Maar
After a five-year hiatus, researchers were allowed to return to Foulden Maar late last year and in a matter of hours they discovered a 23 million-year-old ant, an expert says.
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Councillors, ministers to meet over land and water plan
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Councillors, ministers to meet over land and water plan
A meeting between the ORC and government ministers later this month could allow councillors to "advocate for practical solutions" to local freshwater issues.
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International tourists filling rooms
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International tourists filling rooms
International visitors are back and their numbers have buoyed Dunedin’s tourism sector during a less than sunny start to summer, operators say.
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Warm weather ‘off for its own summer holiday’
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Warm weather ‘off for its own summer holiday’
Temperatures will remain depressed in Dunedin and below the summer average for much of the week, the MetService says.
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Fingers being crossed for ‘magic’ 35 pups
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Fingers being crossed for ‘magic’ 35 pups
Sea lions "seem to be everywhere" this summer in what is hoped to be a bumper breeding season for the threatened native species.
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When music was literally a free-for-all
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When music was literally a free-for-all
Before Spotify, before YouTube, people found new music by flipping through records or CDs at a record store.
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Lease move dismays after hopes raised
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Lease move dismays after hopes raised
City councillors knew the South Dunedin Community Network hoped to be part of the city’s new library but "were told no promises were made", one says.
Leaking hospital slammed as 'third world'
Leaking hospital slammed as 'third world'
Dunedin's leaking hospital has been described as "third world" by a Central Otago man who visited his mother there over the holidays.
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Renting library space ‘huge barrier’
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Renting library space ‘huge barrier’
Councillors campaigning against cuts to the city’s new hospital should look in the mirror after scaling back the South Dunedin library space, a former mayor says.
Fire at commercial property in Southland
Fire at commercial property in Southland
Crews are responding to a "hopper fire" at a Southland commercial property, fire officials say.
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Producers wanted for Toitū video project
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Producers wanted for Toitū video project
The Dunedin City Council is looking for help to produce a "short, sophisticated" video introduction to the city for Toitū Otago Settlers Museum’s new mini movie theatre.
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Young crew spend Christmas at sea
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Young crew spend Christmas at sea
Young environmentalists have sailed past the Dunedin coast at Christmas as those aboard retrace the path of Charles Darwin’s global journey 200 years ago.
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Green Island operations receive consent
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Green Island operations receive consent
Composting, recycling sorting, a bulk waste transfer station and a suite of other operations have all been approved at Green Island.
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Research set to resume at Foulden Maar
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Research set to resume at Foulden Maar
Research is set to resume at an internationally significant Otago fossil site, once controversially scheduled to be mined for a dog food supplement, then bought by the DCC to be preserved for environmental and scientific purposes.
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From military tool to the masses
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From military tool to the masses
With the new century entering its 25th year, Summer Times looks back at some of the events of 2000 and sees how we've fared since. Hamish MacLean looks at the GPS revolution.
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Call for faster pace for renewable energy
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Call for faster pace for renewable energy
New Zealand needs to be far more ambitious with its plans to transition to a low-emissions economy, a leading energy researcher says.
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Fear landfill may be leaching into estuary
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Fear landfill may be leaching into estuary
Otago Fish & Game and Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou have both raised concerns Dunedin’s Green Island landfill could be leaching into Kaikorai Estuary.
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Shooting ruled out for euthanised sea lion
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Shooting ruled out for euthanised sea lion
A female sea lion euthanised last month was not shot - but officials haven't ruled out a stabbing or another "nefarious" act leading to its death. It closely follows the shooting of a well-known mother and her pup in the area.