News | Otago Daily Times Online News

Error sends thousands of 'emergency' texts to volunteer firefighters

Mary Argue of RNZThousands of texts about non-existant emergencies have caused confusion among firefighters. Fire and Emergency said its alert system was undergoing testing on Tuesday morning, when...

NZer gagged by Facebook forced to sit in silence

Author Sarah Wynn-Williams sits on stage in silence at Hay Festival. Photo: Instagram

Kiwi author gagged by Facebook forced to sit in silence on stage

New Zealand author Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in silence during an hour-long panel discussion about the memoir that details her time working at Facebook.

Funding woes halt camera trial to detect WOF fraud

A trial using cameras in billboards has helped spot cars with fraudulent warrants of fitness (WOF) but the Transport Agency is not rolling out more of this surveillance because it can't afford to.

DoW AI war project info ‘delusional’

Participants in the Five Eyes combined digital leadership summit, held in Washington in earlier...

DoW AI war project info ‘delusional’

"Delusional" and a possible "piss-take" is how geopolitical and security analysts are describing information from the United States Department of War (DoW) about an artificial intelligence-enabled,...

'Atrocious': Hefty price tag for library website slammed

Wellington's deputy mayor Ben McNulty. Photo: Ben McNulty

'Atrocious': Hefty price tag for library website slammed

Wellington's deputy mayor has slammed the council's more than $600,000 spend on a website for the capital's new library, labelling it ''an atrocious amount of money''.

Republicans break with Trump over $1.8b 'slush fund'

The President has come in for sharp criticism after details of the fund were made public. File...

Republicans break with Trump over $1.8b 'slush fund'

President Donald Trump's nearly US$1.8 billion fund to compensate ‌victims of alleged government “weaponization" has been put on hold after the White House faced fierce opposition from Republicans in Congress.

Long weekend road toll worst in a decade

Emergency staff at the scene on Friday night. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Long weekend road toll worst in a decade

Seven people have been killed the roads this long weekend, and the small town of Waiouru is reeling after a triple fatal crash on the Desert Road, the area's mayor says.

Saturday sunrise in St Clair

Saturday sunrise in St Clair

Managed to get Jed n Peep to pose long enough to get this shot.

Roads closed but warnings lifted for sodden Tasman

Roads closed but warnings lifted for sodden Tasman

Homes have lost power and roads are closed across the top of the South Island after heavy rain caused flooding overnight.

SUBSCRIBER

Aim to get poor land back to earlier state

Eddie Roxburgh gets ready to plant a flax at Karitane yesterday. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

SUBSCRIBER

Aim to get poor land back to earlier state

A slice of nature is being laid out in Karitane — driven by personal experiences from living further south.

What is it, home town or birth town?

What is it, home town or birth town?

Embattled councillor Benedict Ong has cast doubt on a statement he made repeatedly during his election campaign — that he was born in Dunedin.

SUBSCRIBER

Ong dodges business interest questions

Cr Benedict Ong. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

SUBSCRIBER

Ong dodges business interest questions

A verbose Dunedin city councillor is dodging questions about his companies and a promise he made before the election.

Crews arrive to find house fire ‘well-involved’

Crews arrive to find house fire ‘well-involved’

A firefighter is sprayed down after attending a house fire in Mosgiel yesterday.

Support for festival humbling

Coco Sun, of Japan, brings some colour, rhythm and celebration at the Edgar Centre yesterday....

Support for festival humbling

This year’s Eid al-Adha multicultural festival went so well the organisers want it to become even bigger next year and get other groups on board.

SUBSCRIBER

Drug could double survival time: prof

SUBSCRIBER

Drug could double survival time: prof

A newly tested drug for treating pancreatic cancer could double the survival time of sufferers, a University of Otago oncologist says.

SUBSCRIBER

For sale — but with a wee catch

Planner Conrad Anderson is hoping someone will remove the historic house at 56 Cargill St rather...

SUBSCRIBER

For sale — but with a wee catch

The house of Dunedin’s first secondary school rector has sat, long forgotten, below a central city street, and now someone has the chance to breathe new life into it.

SUBSCRIBER