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A heady brew
A decade after starting his own specialty coffee business in Dunedin, Jason Moore remains at the forefront of the scene, navigating rising costs, technological advances and shifting tastes.
Debbie Porteous
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Vandervis slammed over mural comments
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'Shame on you!' Vandervis slammed over mural comments
A mural designed by Dunedin school children has been labelled "woke" and full of "crass ideology" by a city councillor.
Cinema bent on retaining status
Cinema bent on retaining status
The committee that runs the Roxburgh cinema is determined last week's fire will not scupper its status as the world’s second-longest continuously operating cinema.
Cinema’s (near) record-breaking run remembered
Cinema’s (near) record-breaking run remembered
Fire put a sudden stop this week to what was potentially the longest continuous run of any cinema in the world. Debbie Porteous gives a potted history of a picture palace.
Central city cafe, bar, music venue for sale
Central city cafe, bar, music venue for sale
Troy Butler and Sam Valentine are looking to go out on top.
Company apologises over leaked email
Company apologises over leaked email
A destination management company that works with cruise lines has apologised over the leaking of an internal email that criticised the company that books train tickets for the Taieri Gorge train trip.
Dementia patient bullied at rest home
'Culture of disrespect': Multiple caregivers bullied rest home dementia patient
A hidden camera in an Oamaru rest-home recorded multiple caregivers acting abusively towards a man in his 80s with dementia while he was attempting to use the toilet.
Dementia patient bullied at rest home
'Culture of disrespect': Dementia patient bullied at rest home
A hidden camera in an Oamaru rest-home recorded multiple caregivers acting abusively towards a man in his 80s with dementia while he was attempting to use the toilet.
Dunedin’s celebrity hound mourned
Dunedin’s celebrity hound mourned
John, from Maggie’s cafe in lower Stuart St, was the poster dog of the Dunedin City Council’s dog registration campaign and the dunedinnz.com insiders campaign.
Surrey St residents evacuated
Surrey St residents evacuated
South Dunedin residents were preparing to leave their homes as rain continued to fall on Dunedin last night.
Striving to make memories for Lily
Striving to make memories for Lily
Louise Scott has one wish — to live long enough so her baby daughter Lily remembers her.
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A decade of life at Maggies
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A decade of life at Maggies
It is New Zealand music month every month at Maggies. But this music month the burgeoning Dunedin venue has an additional reason to celebrate.
Artificial surface may turn others green with envy
Artificial surface may turn others green with envy
The Te Anau Bowling Club might just be the envy of every other small Southland bowling club now they can see what it’s got.
Times change: saying goodbye to a beloved part of our heritage
Times change: saying goodbye to a beloved part of our heritage
As the news that H&J Smith Department Store, beloved by generations of Southlanders, was set to close reverberated around the nation this week, Debbie Porteous was among the many who surely felt a little bit like crying.
DCC likely to cover $100k games loss
DCC likely to cover $100k games loss
Dunedin ratepayers look set to stump up more than $100,000 to cover losses for the 2022 New Zealand Masters Games. But it could have been worse.
Late rates bills investigated
Late rates bills investigated
The Dunedin City Council is investigating why some of its rates bills have been delayed or have failed to turn up at all before the payment deadline.
$37 million rejig for arterial road budget
$37 million rejig for arterial road budget
Budgets for projects in the Queenstown-Lakes district over the next 10 years have been rejigged to find another $37million for the new arterial road through the town’s centre.
Work soon on wharf-area bypass
Work soon on wharf-area bypass
Dunedin commuters are warned to expect delays as work begins on creating a new central city bypass.
Chamber damns Invercargill council
Chamber damns Invercargill council
A central government probe into the Invercargill City Council appears to trace back to a chance phone call to the city’s chief executive eight months before the matter became public.
Devotion to Beetles remains undimmed
Devotion to Beetles remains undimmed
Ken Berry has got the bug and he can’t stop.