Mary Williams

It's not usual for motel rooms to have big bolts on the backs of their doors, above head height.

A Dunedin homeless charity fears vulnerable people will be thrown on to the streets to make way for rugby fans willing to pay top dollar for a room.

Milford Sound tourism operators say the time for talking is over after an $18 million consultation about the world heritage site ended last week with its findings under wraps.

Jim O’Malley has pledged to forfeit the money he is owed by Ocho after leading a shareholder revolt to rescue the beleagured Dunedin chocolate company

Unsightly, limited patches of sea defences along South Dunedin’s beaches have stopped a rising tide rolling inland — so far. 

Charities for vulnerable children at risk of having government funding reduced or cut entirely are banding together to fight the cost-slashing.

A noxious landfill behind Dunedin’s rapidly-eroding Middle Beach is protected by a thin wall of sand, as narrow as 4m deep in places.

After a teenager was killed at Dunedin’s bus hub last week, questions are being asked about why tragedy wasn’t prevented at a well-known crime hot spot.

The chances of a homeless person in the South getting the keys to a home through the government’s transitional housing scheme seem to be nose diving, according to data unearthed by the Otago...

Repurposing Dunedin’s abandoned Aaron Lodge Holiday Park has been revealed as Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich’s solution to the city’s homelessness crisis.

Government officials have visited Dunedin’s homeless camp at the Oval this week, but at least one person living there remains sceptical help is on its way.

More than 30 people in desperate need of a home are about to be handed keys to "five-star" flats in a restored, historic central Dunedin warehouse - and there could be more in the future.

Dunedin charities caring for children are backing a study published yesterday claiming a government failure to protect children at risk.

Sports leaders planning games at a Dunedin park lined with homeless people in tents are meeting with city leaders to demand a solution to the "concerning" situation in plain sight.

Last-ditch decision-making on funding charity services for children in the South and nationally could see charities "turning the lights off" this winter.