After months of hard work and a trip to the other side of the world by a Dunedin man, the fate of Dunedin’s world record is in the hands of the powers that be.
Tucked away in the tiny Otago town of Ettrick, Bart Kindt has spent the past 12 years working away on life-saving software that is used by search and rescue teams around the world.
The Dunedin City Council should cover the cost of upgrading Aurora Energy’s ageing infrastructure, not customers, Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says.
As Australia braces for what might be its worst day in an already deadly bushfire season, a Dunedin senior firefighter says he would go back in a heartbeat.