Hope church will be restored
Hope church will be restored
Kakanui resident John Chetwin hopes that any sale of the area's distinctive former Presbyterian church will lead to a positive outcome.
John Gibb
Latching on
Latching on
Ella Deans (24) and her baby, Riley Eaton (6 months), took part in Dunedin's Big Latch On community event yesterday, which also celebrated International Breastfeeding Week.
'Fantastic' encounter elicits kiwi creche praise
'Fantastic' encounter elicits kiwi creche praise
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says a "fantastic" encounter with the country's rarest kiwi species yesterday has highlighted the value of the Orokonui Ecosanctuary's kiwi creche.
Entranceway being created for museum
Entranceway being created for museum
A master carver is preparing a new ''spectacular entranceway'' for the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.
Cyclists spin their wheels for heart health
Cyclists spin their wheels for heart health
Ever get the sense that you're spinning your wheels but going nowhere?
Young JP looking forward to leadership challenge
Young JP looking forward to leadership challenge
Dunedin clinical psychologist Valerie Tan (30) is looking forward to the challenge of being one of the country's youngest justices of the peace.
Marchers call for family support first
Marchers call for family support first
Carrying placards and singing waiata, about 100 protesters marched up Princes St, Dunedin, yesterday to press home the message ''Hands Off Our Tamariki''.
Museum's attic animals appear on Highgate
Museum's attic animals appear on Highgate
Imagine if some stuffed or bony creatures from the Otago Museum's Animal Attic escaped and ended up in Highgate.
Man attacked in Musselburgh
Man attacked in Musselburgh
Police are making inquiries after a seemingly random attack on a man in the Dunedin suburb of Musselburgh this evening.
Keen to find missing medals
Keen to find missing medals
The niece of a pioneering Dunedin seabird scientist is keen to find two missing medals awarded to her uncle.
Ability and hard work take village boy a long way
Ability and hard work take village boy a long way
Isaac Benning has walked a long way, flown a long way and soon will have a university doctorate.
Otago apprentices put their skills to the test
Otago apprentices put their skills to the test
Jonty Horwell has won the industrial section of the Otago Master Electricians Apprentice Challenge after a demanding contest.
Showing healing power of plants
Showing healing power of plants
A new mini-exhibition at the Otago Museum's Tuhura Tropical Forest highlights the "power of plants", museum science communicator Alice Morrison says.
Decades go past at a fast clip
Decades go past at a fast clip
The year was 1969, and Invercargill resident Dave Loudon was 9 years of age when veteran hairdresser Selwyn Grave last cut his hair.
Stress study seeks key to to depression
Stress study seeks key to to depression
Better understanding the brain mechanisms that suppress maternal stress during pregnancy could also shed new light on wider problems with depression, researchers believe.
Prompt response means fire contained in roof cavity
Prompt response means fire contained in roof cavity
A Dunedin home owner's quick phone call to firefighters minimised the damage from a house fire yesterday morning.
Tools targeted in night-time break-ins
Tools targeted in night-time break-ins
Building tools have been taken and several cars damaged in recent night-time break-ins around Dunedin, police say.
Firefighters battle Dunedin ceiling fire
Firefighters battle Dunedin ceiling fire
Firefighters are still looking for hot spots in a ceiling space after battling a small fire in a wall and ceiling in a house at the Dunedin suburb of Musselburgh this morning.
Volunteers 'devastated' by diesel leak
Volunteers 'devastated' by diesel leak
Community volunteers are "extremely upset'' diesel has apparently leaked from old underground tanks at Dunedin's Valley Community Workspace into Lindsay Creek.
Doubts about Archives NZ's future
Doubts about Archives NZ's future
Doubts remain about the future of Archives New Zealand while its links with Internal Affairs are unclear, an archives advocate says.