Getting shipshape at sunrise
Getting shipshape at sunrise
Southern Discoveries vessel Pride of Milford sits on a slipway at Birch St wharf in Dunedin yesterday.
Shawn McAvinue
Man due in court after fire
Man due in court after fire
A 31-year-old Dunedin man has been arrested following a fire that extensively damaged a South Dunedin house yesterday.
Resident anglers seek protection
Resident anglers seek protection
A "xenophobic" group of Southern men is lobbying for greater protection of the freshwater fishery in New Zealand.
Fresh fields for fringe director
Fresh fields for fringe director
Josh Thomas lists two reasons for stepping down as Dunedin Fringe Festival director.
Possum control operation starts
Possum control operation starts
Cereal pellets are due to rain from a helicopter in the Silver Peaks today to tempt possums to eat poison later this month.
Call to move bus stop
Call to move bus stop
Dunedin City Councillor Mike Lord wants a bus stop on a road near Moana Pool that’s as "slippery as snot on a doorknob" relocated.
No stopping stream cleaner
Unusual car wash method criticised
Washing vehicles in streams has been slammed by the Otago Regional Council but the man who sparked the criticism has vowed to continue doing it.
Heat pump servicing firm under investigation
Heat pump servicing firm under investigation
The Commerce Commission is investigating a heat pump servicing company after a Dunedin pensioner raised concerns about its service.
GigCity grant brings Shakespeare to pupils
GigCity grant brings Shakespeare to pupils
The rehearsal of a Shakespearean play in Dunedin was broadcast live to pupils in three classrooms yesterday.
Bargain hunters play it by the book
Regent sale bargain hunters play it by the book
Darlene McLay surfaced from the rolling maul at the start of the Star Regent 24-Hour Book Sale in Dunedin with five books about rugby.
New horse dung rule pleases, riles
New horse dung rule pleases, riles
Horse droppings must be cleaned from Dunedin tracks by riders but they can remain on footpaths and roads, a new bylaw states.
Daughter 'taken too soon'
'Beautiful, feisty' soul remembered
A ''feisty and beautiful'' woman was remembered by her grieving family in Dunedin yesterday.
South D store robbed at gunpoint
Jewellery store robbed at gunpoint
A man armed with a handgun entered a jewellery store in South Dunedin yesterday and demanded money and gold.
Dunedin woman killed in Waimate crash
Dunedin woman killed in Waimate crash
Police have named a young Dunedin woman killed in a South Canterbury crash over the holiday period.
'No damage to $500k sculpture'
'No damage to $500k sculpture'
The University of Otago has disputed claims a $500,000 artwork on the campus in Dunedin was damaged at the weekend.
Plans dashed after Ford found in ford
Ford in a ford
A Dunedin man had to abandon plans to ''wash'' his 4WD in a local ford at the weekend after finding a partially submerged ute in the waterway.
SUV hits van, then house
Two hurt as SUV hits van, then house
Two people were injured when an SUV hit a parked vehicle, crashed through a fence and smashed into a house in North Dunedin last night.
Young musos shine at Gold Guitars
Young musicians shine at Gold Guitar Awards
Two Dunedin siblings are part of a group that won a top prize at the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards.
Moreporks rule the roost at workshop
Moreporks rule the roost at workshop
About 150 lanterns shaped as moreporks were created at Dunedin Midwinter Carnival workshops at Otago Museum on Saturday and yesterday.
Green light for climate support
Green light for climate support
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin is bathed in green light last night to protest against United States President Donald Trump withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change.