Hamish McNeilly

The year is 2021 and Dunedin is basking in the wealth of having the world's largest oil field off its coast. Veteran reporter Hamish McNeilly looks back to 2011.

Dunedin tourism operators are hoping the burgeoning cruise-ship industry, in tandem with the Rugby World Cup's lure for thousands of people, will be a panacea for the industry this year.

Two boy racers have had their cars impounded and will face a string of charges after terrorising the residents of a small Otago town.

A  freight plane landing at Dunedin International Airport missed hitting a Dunedin airport security officer's vehicle by 10m in appalling weather conditions, a report released yesterday reveals.

From a $7000 doer-upper in Mataura to a $15 million Auckland mansion - welcome to the highs and lows of the New Zealand property market.

An extreme makeover to transform the former Dunedin chief post office into a 170-bedroom luxury hotel will begin early next year.

The charitable trust at the centre of poker-machine issues earlier this year is unable to return proceeds to the community, it has been revealed.

Guidebooks may be a thing of the past, thanks to an innovative Dunedin company which turns smartphones into a mobile tourism information service.

A new luxury lodge owned by Larnach Castle has already attracted bookings, despite not opening until next month.

Transtasman capacity from Dunedin and Queenstown airports is set to increase, after an alliance between Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue was announced yesterday.

Livestock rustlers have taken money from her pocket, food from her table and ended up putting Lois Kinraid in hospital.

Teenage runaways stole vehicles, petrol and even a donation box as part of a crime spree yesterday.

Police officers were kicked, bitten and spat at by a Dunedin couple, whom they had coaxed out of bushes near the Forsyth Barr Stadium early on Saturday morning.

Tooth fairies, verbal altercations and wayward windsurfers - it hasn't been the best of weekends for Santa.

Happy tykes on tiny trikes greeted visitors at the Otago Polytechnic Childcare Centre yesterday, with donations bringing early Christmas cheer for staff and children alike.

All they want for Christmas is their trikes back.