Dunedin City Council contractors led a procession of more than 100 stranded folk festival attendees out of a flood-affected Whare Flat Folk Festival yesterday afternoon.
Southerners ringing in the new year are being warned the pandemic that defined 2020 is far from over, and Covid-19 will continue to pose a threat in 2021.
Southern schools are among those in line to step away from fossil fuels as the Government minimises its carbon footprint after declaring a climate emergency.
Nearly 200 wealthy New Zealanders could have stayed in Dunedin at the end of January if a boutique French cruise ship had received approval to enter the country for domestic cruises sooner.
Royal spoonbills and other wading birds could find less room to roost in Otago Harbour’s margins as roads and cycleways progressively pave over habitat.