A gift by wounded Japanese prisoners of war to a New Zealand nurse more than six decades ago has led to an emotional journey to Japan for a Dunedin couple and a surprise meeting with a former soldier.
The closure of the Dunedin Town Hall coupled with the redevelopment of the Regent Theatre has left several organisations scrambling to find alternative venues.
Scammers are checking in with Otago accommodation providers and then trying to check out with large sums of cash.
It was salmon for dinner at the Sem family home last night.
Otago lifeguard of the year Pru Casey is as comfortable with a pen and a clipboard as she is with rescue apparatus.
Competition has landed at Dunedin International Airport and so might cheaper transtasman airfares, with Air New Zealand confirming it will go head to head with low-cost carrier Pacific Blue on the Brisbane route next year.
If the video does not load immediately please refresh your browser. Three unwanted kittens have been given the gift of life from an unlikely source - a Chihuahua named Anna. The 2-week...
The number of recorded births and deaths are up in Otago - and so is life expectancy.
A 22-year-old Dunedin woman, whose friends have been affected by unemployment and suicides, has decided to help by starting a tourism venture aimed at tapping into the lucrative cruise ship market.
A man's body was recovered from Deborah Bay yesterday morning following the discovery of his partly submerged dinghy.
A war of words has erupted over cockle harvesting in Otago Harbour, with claims and counterclaims concerning research which concluded the fishery is not sustainable.
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt left for Norway yesterday, leaving behind a council deeply divided over his attempts to replace his deputy.
Concern over climate change has prompted Jonathan Squire to think nuclear - with the 21-year-old awarded a Fulbright scholarship to research solving the world's energy needs.
The proliferation of seals on the Mutton Bird Islands may prompt southern Maori to investigate culling the mammals, which have been protected for more than a century.
Invercargill is positioning itself as a new transtasman gateway to Queenstown, with a start-up airline set to fly into the city from Brisbane and Sydney, sources have revealed.
Hone Harawira is on a mission.
After fighting back from the brink of extinction, the Dunedin Ratepayers and Householders Association is heading in a new direction, which may include supporting its own candidates in next year's local body elections.
Corstorphine House has been sold and it appears the luxury boutique hotel may have checked out of the accommodation industry.
Despite agreeing to go into mediation next week with the deputy he wants dumped, Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt is not in a conciliatory frame of mind.
Smile Dunedin because Big Brother - or at least the New Zealand Transport Agency - is watching.
