'Nothing in Budget' for families living day to day
'Nothing in Budget' for families living day to day
Yesterday's Budget announcement does nothing for families trying to survive day-to-day, three Otago mothers say.
Rhys Chamberlain
Frost catches drivers after cold start
Frost catches drivers after cold start
Many Dunedin people scraped ice from windscreens and trod carefully as the first significant frost of the year affected most of the city yesterday. Dunedin Airport recorded -4degC about 6am....
Search and rescue volunteers honoured
Search and rescue volunteers honoured
Two Otago volunteers were recognised for their work in search and rescue at the New Zealand Search and Rescue Council Awards at Parliament last night.
Care urged on roads after flooding, snow
Care urged on roads after flooding, snow
Surface flooding and snow that affected roads around the South yesterday continue to cause problems this morning, but conditions are easing in most places.
Police seek owner of unclaimed cash
Police seek owner of unclaimed cash
Dunedin police are looking for a person missing hundreds of dollars in cash.
Paua poaching ‘massive issue’
Paua poaching ‘massive issue’
Two Dunedin students have pleaded guilty to poaching 459 undersized paua in two separate incidents at Warrington Beach over the past four months.
Arrest over St Clair fire
Arrest over St Clair fire
Police have arrested a 31-year-old South Dunedin man in relation to an apartment fire in St Clair on Saturday.
Evil Meth (+ video)
Evil Meth (+ video)
Speed, glass, ice, P or meth. These are just some of the street names given to methamphetamine - the synthetic drug ripping apart lives across New Zealand and, increasingly, right here in...
Garage targeted in Anzac Day theft
Garage targeted in Anzac Day theft
About $3000 worth of property has been stolen from an Old Brighton Rd property on Anzac Day, police say.
'I actually thought we were going to die'
'I actually thought we were going to die'
A Karitane father spent an hour in the sea yesterday preventing a jet ski with two distraught children on board from smashing into rocks after its battery went flat.
Serious crash: 'The car just lost it on the corner'
Serious crash: 'The car just lost it on the corner'
Three people remained in a serious condition in Dunedin Hospital this morning, after a car ploughed into a parked vehicle and rolled in Brockville Rd yesterday.
Pair facing paua charges apprehended again
Pair facing paua charges apprehended again
Two people due in court on paua poaching charges have been apprehended again, this time with 67 allegedly undersized paua.
More reports ordered after balcony collapse (+ video)
More reports ordered after balcony collapse (+ video)
The Government has ordered additional reports into loading standards for balconies after collapse of a balcony on Castle St which injured 18 people.
Ammonia leak at Bluff contained
Ammonia leak at Bluff contained
An ammonia leak that threatened to force the evacuation of Bluff has been contained.
Three serious after Dunedin crash
Three serious after Dunedin crash
Three people are in a serious condition in Dunedin Hospital after a car ploughed into parked car on Brockville Rd this afternoon.
Seacliff man charged with murder
Seacliff man charged with murder
A Seacliff man has been charged with murder after the death of his neighbour who died from a single gunshot to the head.
Man seriously hurt in Dunedin assault
Man seriously hurt in Dunedin assault
A man is lucky to be alive after a ''one punch'' assault in Dunedin late last night left him in a serious condition with a fractured skull.
Timber! And costs mount up for businesses
Timber! And costs mount up for businesses
Businesses were hit hard when a felled tree cut power to about 4100 properties in Dunedin yesterday.
Property again deluged
Property again deluged
One of Dunedin's most badly flood-affected properties last June faced more of the same, when heavy rain pummelled the city yesterday.
Stolen ute winds up in Mataura
Stolen ute winds up in Mataura
Police are investigating the theft of a ute near Dunedin Airport that was later was found in the Southland town of Mataura.