Bird Island rescue shows rip danger
Bird Island rescue shows rip danger
Dunedin Marine Search and Rescue is warning about the dangers of a strong rip running out to sea from Smails Beach on the Otago Peninsula.
Mark Price
Dunedin family's pride as soldier honoured
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Dunedin family's pride as soldier honoured
New Zealand's first casualty in World War 1 will be honoured at the National Army Museum, Waiouru, today, much to the delight of a Dunedin family.
Questions over secret stadium letter
Questions over secret stadium letter
The existence of a secret letter from Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin to the Government, seeking money for the proposed Otago stadium, has been leaked to the Otago Daily Times.
Dunedin company Forsyth Barr puts name to stadium
Dunedin company Forsyth Barr puts name to stadium
The $188 million stadium in Dunedin, if it goes ahead, will be named Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza.
Museum's mummy faces her admirers
Museum's mummy faces her admirers
The face of the mummy has finally been revealed and found to be . . . well, fairly ordinary.
Power self-sufficiency possible
Power self-sufficiency possible
When the cold southerly blows strong across Dunedin, Swami Hansa, in shorts, T-shirt and sandals, celebrates his investment in wind power.
Cockles 'clean' for farming
Cockles 'clean' for farming
Otago Harbour's cockles have been given a clean bill of health in a report produced for Dunedin company Southern Clams, which wants to harvest the shellfish for export.
Strategy outlined for rates revolt
Strategy outlined for rates revolt
The Stop the Stadium protest group has refined its proposal for a rates revolt.
Bengal cat rule claimed unfair
Bengal cat rule claimed unfair
A Dunedin breeder of Bengal cats, Teresa Richards, believes the breed is being treated unfairly by Environment Southland.
Council to debate new rate
Council to debate new rate
Big business could benefit at the expense of residential ratepayers if the Dunedin City Council today opts for a change in its differential rating system.
Anti-stadium group views rates revolt
Anti-stadium group views rates revolt
Stop the Stadium president Bev Butler says the group is "seriously looking into" co-ordinating a "rates revolt" if the Dunedin City Council votes to continue with the project next month.
Origin of matai beams is pointer to Dunedin's past
Origin of matai beams is pointer to Dunedin's past
The mystery over the origin of six timber beams dug up at a Dunedin supermarket construction site early last year seems to have been largely solved.
Invercargill short of duty solicitors
Invercargill short of duty solicitors
A dozen Dunedin lawyers have volunteered to help out in Invercargill because of a shortage there of lawyers willing to act as duty solicitors.
Obama made impression on student
Obama made impression on student
For one American living in Dunedin, the inauguration of Barack Obama as president tomorrow will have extra significance.
Having no baa of claim
Having no baa of claim
Dunedin will this weekend be at the centre of what may well be the first controversy over sheep racing.
Telephone directory discontent continues
Telephone directory discontent continues
The list of Otago individuals and businesses unhappy with the new telephone directory has grown to 14 since the issue was first raised with the Otago Daily Times last week.
Dunedin businesses unlisted
Dunedin businesses unlisted
Is it something to do with the letter "g"?
Gulls get regular rooftop lunches
Gulls get regular rooftop lunches
Tony Pemberton, of Dunedin, has taken seagull feeding to a whole new level.
Zoologists look at tourist behaviour
Zoologists look at tourist behaviour
Two University of Otago zoology graduates are stationed at Sandfly Bay on the Otago Peninsula this summer, not to study the bay's yellow-eyed penguins but the bevaviour of the humans who come to visit them.
Photos personal, but not too close
Photos personal, but not too close
Photography seems to be the main motivation for tourists wanting to get close to penguins, but just how far do tourists go to get that penguin family portrait when no-one is watching?