Chest-deep snow and a high avalanche risk forced Warrington couple Paul and Shelley Hersey to retreat to base camp on their final attempt to reach the summit of an unclimbed mountain in the Himalayas.
With legal highs expected to be banned from early tomorrow, the Southern District Health Board is giving advice about ways to cope with impending withdrawal symptoms.
The unsung heroes of maternity care were recognised yesterday, the International Day of the Midwife.
Dunedin ethical boutique The Cuckoo's Nest is closing after struggling to compete with shops selling mass-produced clothing.
Powergel ''sausages'' discovered in a Bacon St, Dunedin, shed were destroyed by the New Zealand Defence Force explosive ordnance disposal squad in the city yesterday.
Dunedin children got a perfect score in the latest Ministry of Transport survey of restraint use in vehicles.
Blind New Zealanders are losing their identity by listening to foreign accents on text-to-speech programs, Dunedin Social Services community co-ordinator Rob Tigeir says.
Police tasered fewer animals last year but diversified from just dogs to include a pig and a goat.
A man has been seriously injured after falling down a lift well at Speight's Brewery in Dunedin this morning.
Former children's television presenter Olly Ohlson lost his cool over the Government's handling of his red-zoned house in Christchurch and moved to Dunedin.
The best breeding years are behind purebred shih tzu Ted and he needs a home.
The cat population in Dunedin is booming and the Dunedin City Council needs to help before the situation becomes uncontrollable, SPCA Otago executive officer Sophie McSkimming says. The...
A new headquarters has been painted with military precision by a ''scarfie army'' in Dunedin.
Under an arrangement between opticians and the Government, beneficiaries and pensioners in the South will pay less for spectacles from next month.
The Strath Taieri Community Board submission on the Dunedin City Council's 2014-15 draft annual plan calls for maintenance levels in the district to remain the same and for a top-up in funding for the Middlemarch Pool, board chairman Barry Williams said.
The Middlemarch Anzac Day service will be similar to past services, despite the Mosgiel Memorial RSA withdrawing its funding.
Strath Taieri Community Board chairman Barry Williams will make a personal submission on Dunedin City Council's 2014/15 Draft Annual Plan to get bicycles registered.
Warrington couple Paul and Shelley Hersey have left Kathmandu to attempt to make mountaineering history on an expedition in the Himalayas.
Reassurances were given at a public meeting in Mosgiel last night about the capacity of the upgraded Waipori pump station.
The sports goods donated to a programme for disabled Tongan children will depart Dunedin tomorrow.
