Will some street alterations, and new seating and planting, be enough to pull the down-at-heel South Dunedin commercial centre out of the doldrums? Mark Price takes a look.
The owners of the condemned Brocklebank Drycleaners building in the main street of South Dunedin are frustrated at a five-month wait, so far, for approval to knock down the building.
Many Western economies struggled to make progress in 2011 - treading water at best and slipping into decline at worst. But how did Otago fare? Mark Price looks back for signs Otago moved forward in 2011.
The arrival of Sun Princess at Port Chalmers this morning marks exactly 50 years since the first cruise ship made its way into Otago Harbour.
Amid the rubble of its 2011 election-night defeat, Labour's loss of the party vote in Dunedin South stood out as a singular "disaster". The seat, traditionally regarded as "safe Labour", swung to National. Mark Price takes a closer look where the votes went.
Those who believe South Islanders get a raw deal in a country overendowed with North Island politicians, North Island business owners and North Island welfare beneficiaries might be a little disappointed in new member of Parliament Richard Prosser.
The deadline is Christmas. If by then a deal is not done, then it is goodbye to Milton's 114-year connection with the textile industry.
According to Wikipedia, the Silver Peaks is a "largely uninhabited" area "of rough forest and scrub-covered hill country". According to the Department of Conservation, it is "right at Dunedin's back door". And, according to an accumulation of media reports, it is a place where people often get lost on tramping trips.
Once albatross eggs on Otago Peninsula were fair game, for vandals or perhaps for lunch. But that all changed after "amateur" ornithologist and "citizen scientist" Lancelot Eric Richdale came along. His story is told in a new biography by Dunedin writer Neville Peat. Mark Price reports.
When Bernice Armstrong was young, Princes St bustled. There was the DIC, Whitcombe and Tombs, Woolworths, Brown Ewings; there were trams and cable cars; hat and fabric shops; and cream freezes from...
The owner of the former Dunedin chief post office, in Princes St, hopes he will have Dunedin City Council consent by February 7 for the first stage of work required to turn the building into a hotel.
New Zealand taxpayers will spend almost $600,000 over the next three years on a University of Otago academic's study of the links between the stars and ancient Greek religion. At a time when government spending is under pressure and when research funding is hotly contested, is this the best use of so much money?
A small Southland meat company is increasing its facilities to cater for a growing interest in rabbit meat for human consumption.
Earlier this year, Otago Daily Times reporter Mark Price and wife Cathy toured Spain, France and Germany by bicycle, pedalling their way through a northern hemisphere spring.
If you are on holiday but inside sheltering from an Otago summer breeze ... If you are already dreaming of a winter holiday somewhere with a tropical climate ... Mark Price has a suggestion.
Lots of drugs, lots of money, lots of executions and lots of fear - Undercover: A novel of a life could be described as a ''rollicking good yarn''. Author Keith Bulfin claims however it is...
Otago Museum director Shimrath Paul is contemplating his future as the winds of change blow through the boardroom of the Otago Museum.
In July 2009, Otago Museum Trust Board chairwoman Margaret Collins described disgruntled former museum staff as "deadwood". In response, "incensed" former staff set up a group called "deadwood central". And, last month, this loose-knit group enjoyed the irony of Mrs Collins herself being "pruned" from the museum board she has chaired for a decade. Mark Price reports.
They're often more expensive and they're often harder to find. But would a New Zealand-made gift, rather than an imported one, be the patriotic choice this Christmas, considering the country already owes at least $61,000,000,000 overseas? Mark Price reports.
Police have confirmed there was an explosion at the Pike River coal mine on the West Coast today and they believe there is no chance any of the 29 miners survived.