Glider pilot killed in crash near Omarama
Glider pilot killed in crash near Omarama
A pilot is dead following a glider crash in near Omarama tonight.
Ellie Constantine
Study links exercise with brain function
Study links exercise with brain function
Everyone knows the benefits of exercise for how your body functions, but what about your brain?
Refuge busy as ever in hard times
Refuge busy as ever in hard times
Last year was one of the Dunedin women's refuge's busiest. Reporter Elle Constantine tours one of its safe houses.
Show features Dunedin manager
Show features Dunedin manager
With her own extensive property portfolio, property manager Andrea Elliott has seen it all when it comes to rogue tenants, but one Dunedin rental proved television gold.
Women's refuge: Inside a safe house
Women's refuge: Inside a safe house
At the end of a suburban Dunedin street sits a brick house.
Stunt riders stand out at show
Stunt riders stand out at show
When your father has jumped monster trucks through burning double-decker buses and wheelied down, and back up, Baldwin St, it would be hard not to want to follow in his footsteps.
Researchers focus on food waste
Researchers focus on food waste
Food waste is full of untapped potential, and could be costing the country more than $2 billion a year, two points a group of University of Otago staff wants to change.
Milford challenge for neurosurgery campaign
Milford challenge for neurosurgery campaign
Known as one of the finest walks in the world, the Milford Track's beauty and wildlife have attracted people for more than 100 years, but there has never been a smarter time to walk it than now.
Forced house sales still dropping
Forced house sales still dropping
Mortgagee sales figures may have dropped since the harshest days of the recession, but 89 Otago properties still had to be sold in the 12 months to September 2011.
Second-hand school uniforms in demand
Second-hand school uniforms in demand
With the pinch of the holiday season still being felt, and a new school year looming, many parents are turning to second-hand stores for uniforms.
Relatively quiet fire season
Relatively quiet fire season
Last fire season was a quiet one for the Department of Conservation, despite a burn in Queenstown which cost $64,000 to extinguish.
Domestic milk prices set to drop
Domestic milk prices set to drop
New Zealand's milk prices are once again at the whim of the international market, but this time changes should be positive for consumers.
Second Burns success for poet
Second Burns success for poet
She may not be satisfied with her efforts, and is concerned with how it will be received, but Lynne Hill's entry in the Robert Burns Poetry Competition has come up trumps, again.
Walk a mile in her shoes
Walk a mile in her shoes
As demand for her artisan infant shoes grows, Lou Clifton is turning her attention to a long-term goal - creating footwear for adults. Ellie Constantine stepped into her studio.
Society has Taieri's history in safekeeping
Society has Taieri's history in safekeeping
A collection of Taieri history has been growing in Outram for 40 years, helping people remember, and others learn, about the area's rich past.
Parking officer putting scooter aside
Parking officer putting scooter aside
Fair and equitable parking opportunities for all. It seems a simple manifesto, but when it comes to enforcing it, Dunedin's parking officers frequently experience public wrath for the job.
Academic prowess proven
Academic prowess proven
Not many teenagers would want to spend all their spare time studying, but Shaun Markham had a worthy point to prove.
A couple who travel together ...
A couple who travel together ...
Lex and Cath Donaldson have travelled happily together through 68 countries, and 60 years of marriage.
Quake-risk fears spur facility shift
Quake-risk fears spur facility shift
Cocern for the safety of residents and staff at Dunedin's Hulme House has prompted the Southern District Health Board to move them to new premises.
Adept with needles of all sorts
Adept with needles of all sorts
There is not an area of Grace Ockwell's home that has not been touched by her well-practised, needle-wielding hand.