Hamish MacLean

New long-term economic forecasts show a resilient Dunedin despite dire predictions for education, employment and visitor numbers in the short-term and medium-term.

A decision on a new district heating scheme in Dunedin will be made this year because infrastructure work for the scheme could coincide with underground infrastructure work required in George St.

All but one of the nine complaints about bright new LED streetlights have been resolved by the installation of shielding.

An early sceptic of the Dunedin City Council’s LED streetlight rollout says the jury is still out, despite installation of about 4000 of the brighter, bluer lights to date.

Research using fossils from Otago’s controversial Foulden Maar site shows possible future environmental conditions may be more favourable to plant growth and forest expansion, resulting in a global...

The tracks have not become any safer, but their names have.

Otago's economy took the hardest hit among New Zealand regions when the Covid-19 lockdown bit, economics consulting firm Infometrics says.

As Dunedin shifts back into Covid-19 restrictions, Dine Dunedin continues with venues that understand what is required under Alert Level 2 conditions, director Nicola McConnell says.

The Otokia archaeological landscape "has been hardly investigated", and its cultural significance should be understood before a proposed landfill at Smooth Hill is pursued, a university researcher...

Vandalism and threats have marred campaigning efforts in the South at the weekend.

The "phenomenal" work done by southern primary health professionals supporting New Zealand’s Covid-19 response should be recognised, WellSouth chief executive Andrew Swanson-Dobbs says.

A wheelchair user who spilled from his chair trying to navigate a well-worn detour says the response from the Dunedin City Council since he raised his concerns publicly had been "marvellous".

Less than a quarter of people coming into Dunedin’s city centre walk, cycle or take a bus, a city centre advocacy group says.

There were four submissions by yesterday afternoon on the application to demolish the former Cadbury factory in Dunedin’s city centre.