Supermarket sold ‘rotten’ lamb
Supermarket sold ‘rotten’ lamb
A Dunedin supermarket that sold "rotten" roast lamb is offering customers refunds and its supplier has apologised as both companies launch an investigation.
Shawn McAvinue
Returned pet to be put down
Returned pet to be put down
A Dunedin family is set to put down its injured guinea pig today as police fear family pets are being stolen to order.
'Cool costumes and lanterns' ready for carnival
'Cool costumes and lanterns' ready for carnival
Moa feathers are being fluffed and Haast eagle claws sharpened in preparation for the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival on Saturday.
No Dunedin show for McCartney
McCartney to play in Auckland only
Is musician Sir Paul McCartney coming to Dunedin?
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.
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.