Otago tops table for weather insurance claims
Otago tops table for weather insurance claims
Otago residents lodged more insurance claims for wild weather events than anywhere else in the country during spring and summer, new data shows.
Winter is coming
Winter is coming
Lily Permina, 3, tips out a bucket of autumn leaves at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.
Room for flight
Room for flight
Dunedin Model Aero Club member Noel Wilson flies a Synergy F3A category model plane at the Edgar Centre yesterday.
Educational hub project gains funding
Educational hub project gains funding
Cultural learning supportedAn ambitious project aimed at "transforming cultural capability" across Otago’s education sector has been given $1.804 million over the next three years.
Playground upgrade based on mana whenua stories
Playground upgrade based on mana whenua stories
Work has begun on a refurbishment of Dunedin’s St Clair playground, based on a design and theme which aim to help educate and connect users to mana whenua stories.
Health NZ confirms cuts to IT roles
Health NZ confirms cuts to IT roles
Health New Zealand has confirmed it will slash hundreds of IT jobs - about a third of all roles.
Spiked driver carried on with punctured tyres
Spiked driver carried on with punctured tyres
A motorist trying to evade police had his tyres spiked several times north of Dunedin but continued to drive before he was arrested in Palmerston this afternoon.
Interislander's only rail-enabled ferry to be retired
Interislander's only rail-enabled ferry to be retired
Interislander's only rail-enabled ferry, the Aratere, will be retired this year to make way for the construction of new port infrastructure, seeing some jobs cut.
'Party poopers': DCC snuffs out fireworks return
'Party poopers': DCC snuffs out fireworks return
Any hopes fireworks would return to Dunedin's New Year's Eve celebrations this year have been shot down.
Oversight of new speed cameras defended
Oversight of new speed cameras defended
New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is defending its controls around an expanding and more powerful highway speed camera system that privacy experts had said lacked national oversight.
Mushroom murder-accused 'faked cancer diagnosis to lure victims'
Mushroom murder-accused 'faked cancer diagnosis to lure victims'
A woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband's family by poisoning their food faked a cancer diagnosis to lure the victims to a meal, prosecutors say.
Whangamatā Harbour searched for missing man
Whangamatā Harbour searched for missing man
Police looking for a man missing since Anzac Day are searching areas around Whangamatā Harbour in the Coromandel.
Mum vents anger after son injured in hit-and-run
'Just appalling': Mum vents anger after son injured in hit-and-run
A Christchurch mother is frustrated by a lack of communication from police after her son was injured in a hit-and-run.
Gore mayor meeting with the future of Gore
Gore mayor meeting with the future of Gore
The Just Four Kids tamariki team visited the Gore mayor marking the culmination of their sensory learning fun adventure.
Three killed in shooting in Sweden
Three killed in shooting in Sweden
Three people have been killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala and a murder investigation has been launched, police say.
Prisoners to be banned from voting again
Prisoners to be banned from voting again
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says Cabinet has agreed to reinstate a total ban on prisoners voting in general elections.
Acquitted and angry after 25 years' jail
Acquitted and angry after 25 years' jail
A man who spent 25 years in prison for the murder of Auckland tyre-fitter Deane Fuller-Sandys has been acquitted.
Canada's Liberals ride Trump backlash to comeback election win
Canada's Liberals ride Trump backlash to comeback election win
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals staged a major political comeback to retain power in parliamentary elections, fuelled by a backlash against US President Donald Trump's tariffs and...
Spain, Portugal switch back on after biggest blackout
Spain, Portugal switch back on after biggest blackout
Spain and Portugal have switched their power back on after the worst blackout in their history, though authorities offered little explanation for what had caused it.
Cops called to subdue Dunedin Hospital patient
Cops called to subdue Dunedin Hospital patient
An agitated patient assaulted two security guards and smashed a computer at Dunedin Hospital before being arrested police say.