Record expected for singles ball
Record expected for singles ball
A mass of singles are set to mingle at a ball in Middlemarch tonight.
Shawn McAvinue
Weather watch over weekend
Dunedin flooding fears recede
The Dunedin Emergency Operations Centre will stand down today but authorities will continue to monitor the situation over the next few days.
Dunedin's fourth-wettest April day
Dunedin's fourth-wettest April day
Yesterday was the city's fourth wettest April day since records began in 1918.
Service uncertainty upsets
Service uncertainty upsets
Idea Services is ''in talks'' with disability support service providers to take over its home support and facility-based respite.
Chilli champ seeks more glory
Chilli champ seeks more glory
A chilli-eating champion will represent Otago at a national contest next month.
Prepare for a soaking
Prepare for a soaking
Downpours forecast to hit eastern Otago today are set to drench the region for more than 24 hours.
Woman injured in motorway crash
Woman injured after car and truck crash on motorway
A woman has been injured after a truck and car crashed on a Dunedin motorway tonight.
Drunk teen injured in Leith fall
Drunk teen injured in Leith fall
An ''extremely intoxicated'' teenager was injured after falling on to rocks in a shallow Dunedin river at the weekend.
Mosgiel pool site backed
Mosgiel pool site backed
Dunedin city councillors will today consider a recommendation the preferred site for an aquatic facility in Mosgiel be approved.
Idea cuts services; families in limbo
Idea cuts services; families in limbo
Dunedin families with children with intellectual disabilities are ''in limbo'' as IHC closes its only respite house in the city and prepares to slash other services.
Easter Bunny picks up supplies
Easter Bunny picks up supplies
The Easter Bunny stood resolute despite the roar of 140 motorcycles across Dunedin yesterday.
Woman killed, child airlifted after crash
Woman killed, child airlifted after crash near Waihola
A woman died and three other people were injured, one a 3-year-old girl, in a crash south of Waihola yesterday.
Ghost followers had really creepy times
Ghost followers had really creepy times
A honeymoon spent chasing ghosts across Otago was the origin of a supernatural thriller on a Dunedin stage.
Geared up for a shakedown
There I was, Top Gun, beating about the bushes
When you exit a rally car and find bushes caught in its panels, you know you’ve gone close to the edge, Shawn McAvinue writes.
Key to chilli eater's success
Showboating for distraction key to chilli eater's success
The secret to winning a chilli eating contest is to showboat to repress the impulse to vomit, a University of Otago student says.
It's 'timber' for 600 of club's trees
It's 'timber' for 600 of club's trees
Contractors have been swinging chainsaws at a Dunedin golf course.
Courage under fire
Courage under fire
Dr Venod Skantha (left) admits defeat to Otago University student Harrison Walmsley-Bartlett at the Dunedin heats of the NZ Chilli Eating Champs.
Body cameras for parking officers just the ticket
Body cameras for parking officers just the ticket
The Dunedin City Council hopes the body cameras its parking officers will wear from today will be just what is needed to stop threatening behaviour.
Disability support workers set to strike
Disability support workers set to strike
The staff supporting Southerners with intellectual disabilities are preparing to walk off the job to protest a lack of progress in pay talks.
Conservator consulted on mining submarine
Conservator consulted on mining submarine
A conservator from Auckland is coming on board a project in Middlemarch to try to preserve the oldest surviving submarine in New Zealand.