Ani Ngawhika

Otago's first Pacific professor of psychology says the position is a huge honour, but the role has been "a long time coming".

Dahlias are certainly back on the hot list of flowers, and one floral enthusiast is celebrating the many-petalled bloom by travelling across the world to enjoy some Otago specimens.

Kiribati Minister of Employment and Human Resources Taabeta Teakai visited Dunedin at the weekend.

A United States couple have the "ultimate goal" of restoring a portion of Otago Peninsula to its natural state.

An Otago regional councillor has been accused of "wilful ignorance" after he attacked the council over a survey about its Treaty of Waitangi responsibilities.

Dunedin artist Ebenezer Shodavarian has found his new creative outlet is also a great way to make new friends.

A prominent legal scholar has "very ambitious" goals after being appointed the University of Otago’s first deputy vice-chancellor Māori.

Demonstrators swarmed the Octagon yesterday morning in support of the third nationwide Toitū te Tiriti protest.

Nationwide half-price adoption fees are giving one Dunedin dog a better chance at finding his forever home.

Taking their horses for a walk are Nikaela De-Lange (left), on her horse Sox, and her mother, Belinda Chettleburgh, leading Elite, along North Rd, Dunedin.

The national Kīngitanga hui held in Waikato at the weekend was one of the most significant hui in recent decades in New Zealand, a local iwi figure says.

The largest recorded albatross breeding season is in full flight and one new chick has won the race to be the first to hatch.

A continuing battle for funding has not stopped a Dunedin mental wellness group from helping more than 5000 people over the last five years.