News | Otago Daily Times Online News

SUBSCRIBER

Fireworks incidents fuel ban calls

Used fireworks sit atop a damaged couch in Castle St North yesterday morning. PHOTO: STEPHEN...

SUBSCRIBER

Fireworks incidents fuel ban calls

Incidents such as police and fire appliances being shot at by fireworks, which happened in Dunedin this week, does nothing to help those who want them to remain on public sale, an Otago firefighter says.

SUBSCRIBER

Portfolio structure will work better: Calvert

Otago regional councillors before yesterday’s meeting (back, from left) Matt Hollyer, Andrew...

SUBSCRIBER

Portfolio structure will work better: Calvert

A "cumbersome" relic of Otago Regional Council’s previous term has been replaced by a governance structure critics say lacks detail and leaves mana whenua out of the conversation.

SUBSCRIBER

Lower interest rates key to boost

SUBSCRIBER

Lower interest rates key to boost

Buyer confidence is picking up in Dunedin’s steady property market on the back of lower interest rates, sales agents say.

Belief Tomahawk blaze was started by fireworks

Fireworks are believed to have started a large vegetation fire at Tomahawk Lagoon last night.

Making the best of it

Making the best of it

Otago Girls’ High School Japanese teacher Bronwyn Thomson gives blood while taking part in a half-day strike yesterday

SUBSCRIBER

Service commemorates ‘dark day’ in country’s history

Memorial co-organiser Sue Mepham next to the Rongo Stone Memorial during the Parihaka remembrance...

SUBSCRIBER

Service commemorates ‘dark day’ in country’s history

Dunedin residents from all walks of life made time to gather together and remember a "dark day" in New Zealand history.

Lotto 2531

Results from last night's Lotto draw

Landing on course

An Otago Rescue Helicopter lands at the Otago Golf Club on Wednesday.

Vaping slows non-smoking trend: study

Vaping slows non-smoking trend: study

New Zealand’s progress in making the nation a smoke-free environment appears to be going up in smoke.

SUBSCRIBER

Special Olympians welcome $20,000 boost

Special Olympics Otago team members (front row, from left) Alysha Canning, chairman Rob Torrance,...

SUBSCRIBER

Special Olympians welcome $20,000 boost

Receiving $20,000 from the Freemasons is a "dream come true" for Otago’s Special Olympics athletes, bringing them a step closer to competing on the world stage.

SUBSCRIBER

Luna on top of world since win

Eclipse Cheerleading level 2 team Luna show off some of their moves after their successful...

SUBSCRIBER

Luna on top of world since win

A Dunedin cheerleading team were not expecting to take home gold in their first international competition.

SUBSCRIBER

Hear the people sing: they will rock you

The Rock Tenors (from left) Steve Jones, James Adams, Justin Wilson, Luke Butson and Ben Hayward...

SUBSCRIBER

Hear the people sing: they will rock you

Back stage, "it’s all camomile tea and gingernuts".

Take a kitten home 'to learn'

Foster parent Ayla Masson holds one-month-old kitten Eris, who she has been caring for since he...

Take a kitten home 'to learn'

As breeding season looms, a Dunedin couple are urging people to foster a kitten to help with socialisation.

Location accuracy down to the centimetre

Smartwatches could soon know where you are, within a centimetre of your actual location. PHOTO:...

Location accuracy down to the centimetre

Fear not — if you get lost or injured in the bush, your smartwatch could soon be your saviour.

Higher early death likelihood uncovered

Higher early death likelihood uncovered

Young people with a neurodevelopmental condition, such as autism, ADHD and intellectual disability, are nearly five times more likely to die before age 25 than those without

Fireworks thought cause of Tomahawk blaze

Firefighters fight a vegetation fire at Tomahawk Lagoon, thought to have been started by...

Fireworks thought cause of Tomahawk blaze

A large vegetation fire at Tomahawk Lagoon in Dunedin this evening is believed to have been caused by fireworks.

Govt mulls rough sleeping ban for central Auckland

Banning rough sleepers from central Auckland displaces the problem and causes more harm, critics...

Govt mulls rough sleeping ban for central Auckland

Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre.

Woman missing for more than two months

Te Anihana Pomana was last seen leaving the SkyCity Hotel in central Auckland just after 5am on...

Woman who travelled from Dunedin missing for more than two months

Police say they have not found a woman who disappeared in Auckland more than two months ago, after travelling north from Dunedin.

Cop pepper-sprayed compliant motorist three times

'You got it wrong': Cop pepper-sprayed compliant motorist three times

A Waikato policeman who pepper-sprayed a speeding motorist three times for not handing over his car keys will now have to pay his victim $1000.

Dozens killed by typhoon in Philippines

A woman sits on a fallen post amid the damage caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi in Talisay, in the...

Dozens killed by typhoon in Philippines

At least 58 people were dead after Typhoon Kalmaegi hit the central Philippines and continued to batter parts of Palawan island as it headed toward the South China Sea.

Search form

Search form