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Former Lake Alice nurse charged over ill-treatment of children dies

Dempsey Cockran in court in 2021. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

Former Lake Alice nurse charged over ill-treatment of children dies

The only staff member at the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit to face prosecution over the horrors at the Rangitīkei institution in the 1970s has died.

Iran weighs retaliation against US as Trump raises regime change

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a speech during a press conference as he attends...

Iran weighs retaliation against US as Trump raises regime change

Iran and Israel traded air and missile strikes as the world braces for Tehran's response to the US attack on its nuclear sites and Trump raised the idea of regime change in the Islamic republic.

‘Glad everyone is safe’ after fire destroyed home

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which tore through an Allandale Rd, Dunedin, house shortly...

‘Glad everyone is safe’ after fire destroyed home

A Dunedin man who lost his home to a blaze in St Clair overnight says he is relieved his family got out safely.

Hospital stall due to contract

Pete Hodgson. File photo: Peter McIntosh

Hospital stall due to contract

The government bungled the opportunity to crack on with the new Dunedin hospital’s in-patient building last year by blowing up contract negotiations in sight of the finish line, sources say.

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Living life to the fullest after beating all the odds

Phoebe Finlay, 17, visits staff and parents at Dunedin Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit...

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Living life to the fullest after beating all the odds

Phoebe Finlay looks pretty good for someone who has died several times.

Sing it with some country soul for the South

Sing it with some country soul for the South

Meila Scully, 12, of Riversdale, was a finalist in the junior gospel, junior solo and open western sections of the Southern Country Music Awards (SCMA), at the Taieri Bowling Club on Saturday night.

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Accident numbers putting pressure on ACC

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Accident numbers putting pressure on ACC

Nearly half the population of Otago had active Accident Compensation Corporation injury claims last year, prompting the government agency to raise concerns about the financial pressure it was...

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City celebrates Matariki at park

The Matariki Festival was held at Logan Park on Saturday night. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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City celebrates Matariki at park

Trees sparkled and there was a plentiful supply of food from trucks, but it was really the drones that drew crowds to Dunedin’s Logan Park.

Access to file on police woman’s death abused

Access to file on police woman’s death abused

An internal police investigation has revealed 50 employees snooped into the file relating to the death of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming without good reason.

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US attack on Iran will worsen conflict: prof

"I think it’s reflective of the fact that Mr Trump and his administration are living in something...

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US attack on Iran will worsen conflict: prof

The United States attacks on three principal nuclear sites in Iran will likely worsen conflict in the Middle-East, the University of Otago’s leading international relations academic says.

Korean society, veteran mark war’s 75th anniversary

Joined by family and members of the Dunedin Korean Society at WongGok Restaurant yesterday are Changsik Kim, Ken Wright, Avro Carman and Euija Kim.

Direct flights across the Ditch set to leave the runway

Direct international flights return to Dunedin Airport tomorrow. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Direct flights across the Ditch set to leave the runway

Fasten your seatbelts Dunedin, it is almost time for liftoff.

Housed youth commit less crime: study

Housed youth commit less crime: study

Having a safe, stable roof overhead appears to be one of the key factors in curbing New Zealand’s high rate of youth offending.

Pacific relationship will ‘remain constant’: Peters

Winston Peters out and about in the South Pacific. Photo: supplied

Pacific relationship will ‘remain constant’: Peters

Few people are as well placed to comment on the shifting sands of international politics in the South Pacific as Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

Hatching of condor chicks at zoo ‘a conservation win’

Condors at the California Condor Recovery Program at the Los Angeles Zoo. Photo: Getty Images

Hatching of condor chicks at zoo ‘a conservation win’

Once there were only 22 condors left on Earth. Last week, the Los Angeles Zoo hatched 10 chicks, reports Summer Lin, of the Los Angeles Times.

Censoring signs Trump’s attempt to rewrite history

A monument honouring the dead stands in the cemetery at Manzanar National Historic Site, near...

Censoring signs Trump’s attempt to rewrite history

US President Donald Trump has banned "negative" signage at national parks and is asking visitors to snitch on unpatriotic text, reports Jack Dolan, of the Los Angeles Times.