David Loughrey

A Dunedin drift car exponent says he has been waiting for the sport to come south, and he plans to be part of a December event at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

A certificate recognising Andrew Nicholson's efforts to become the fastest man in history to circle the globe on a bicycle has given an unexpected boost to the Dunedin cyclist.

A Dunedin runanga says freedom campers are dumping human waste on its burial grounds, as the fight to control camping at the Warrington Domain steps up to a new level.

Contractor Fulton Hogan looks set to pick up a $65 million, seven-year maintenance contract for the Central Otago highway network.

Dunedin tourism venture Natures Wonders will stay in Dunedin ownership, and is set to benefit from investment and its own catamaran to service cruise ship passengers.

Otago locations feature strongly in a new tourism video starring Canadian film-maker James Cameron.

Petrol prices have dropped up to 18c a litre in the past two months as falling oil prices and a rising exchange rate result in a boon for motorists.

A Dunedin developer has won a $6457 discount on his resource consent application fees after objecting to a bill from the Dunedin City Council of more than $21,000.

Dunedin has attracted conferences in just the last three months that will bring about $1.5 million to the local economy, and has applied for three more that could bring another $3.8 million.

One thing common to all of Dunedin's heritage buildings is their extreme age; some are more than 100 years old. In the final instalment of his series of scholarly articles on how to make the city much, much better, David Loughrey looks at the possibility of replacing them with something more modern(ist).

More than half a million dollars worth of major restoration work on Dunedin's historic prison is due to begin soon.

In the first of our series looking at places to go for short winter breaks David Loughrey headed to Wellington for a taste of culture, literature and art. The capital city provided all of that, as well as beer and native birds.

A hearing into Sammy Chin's liquor licence for his nightclub Sammy's should be reconvened soon.

A movie shot recently with significant footage from Tapanui is being targeted as the next big opportunity for movie tourism.

The Christchurch man who owns the Palmers Quarry Garden in Northeast Valley is trying to sell part of the land, hoping it will be picked up by a retirement home operator.

Almost half a million dollars of funding has allowed plans for a new roof for Dunedin's Dominican Priory to go ahead.