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Polytech's new chief executive 'honoured and humbled'

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Polytech's new chief executive 'honoured and humbled'

Staff at the embattled Otago Polytechnic are hoping the appointment of a new chief executive will lead to a more settled 2026.

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Hui suggested to break lead-in-soil deadlock

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Hui suggested to break lead-in-soil deadlock

A proposed hui between property developers and the Dunedin City Council over lead-in-soil regulations has been welcomed as a possible path to resolving an impasse.

‘ODT’ delivery reminder

Readers are reminded any changes for Christmas transfers (getting your home delivery redirected to your holiday address or placed on hold while you are away) is before 3pm on working days.

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Council keeps credit rating, outcome ‘pleasing’: mayor

"Keeping our credit rating unchanged means we won’t face the kind of additional pressures on our...

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Council keeps credit rating, outcome ‘pleasing’: mayor

Dunedin's elected officials are upbeat about the city council’s steady credit rating in the face of local government upheaval.

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Theatre career to take centre stage

University of Otago theatre student Ella Court has won a $10,000 Fund for Acting and Musical...

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Theatre career to take centre stage after winning $10k award

Ella Court’s student flat was a bit like an Academy Awards ceremony when she discovered she had won a prestigious $10,000 national performing arts award.

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Builders go extra mile for PNG build

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Builders go extra mile for PNG build

When a team of Dunedin builders heard a school in a remote region of Papua New Guinea was having a hard time attracting teachers, they travelled by air, sea and land to help.

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Bondi tragedy chance to deepen relations: pastor

Mornington Methodist Church minister the Rev Greg Hughson lights a candle for peace yesterday in...

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Bondi tragedy chance to deepen interfaith relations, pastor says

A Dunedin pastor says the Bondi Beach tragedy is an opportunity to deepen interfaith relationships by showing compassion and solidarity with each other.

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Pub given its final warning at hearing

The Bog Irish bar on the corner of London St and George St. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Pub given its final warning at hearing

A central Dunedin pub with a history of locked fire exits and patrons abusing police has been warned it could face prosecution if it slips up again.

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Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers

University of Otago master of science in human nutrition graduate Zahrah Hatraby collects food...

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Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers

A University of Otago researcher, who found about a third of food from the healthy lunches programme was going to the landfill, is fearful the situation has become worse

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Trial of car-free connection gets nod

A shared pathway will be trialled along Dunedin’s Queens Dr next year after city council approval...

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Trial of car-free connection gets nod

Queen Elizabeth was dragged into a debate on Dunedin’s Town Belt as councillors thrashed out the merits of a car-free connection in the area.

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Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures

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Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures

All lectures at the University of Otago will be available in recorded form from next year amid concern that fewer students are showing up to lectures.

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Tūhura photo competition opening to entries nationwide

Tūhura Otago Museum marketing manager Charlie Buchan admires a photo of a Kea, by Giles Bryant,...

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Tūhura photo competition opening to entries nationwide

Tūhura Otago Museum has widened the frame on its popular wildlife and nature photography competition, and opened it up to photographers across New Zealand.

Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m

Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m

A search for an antibiotic for multi-drug resistant and hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, has received a $1.16 million fellowship to support the research.

Liberty takes a fall

Liberty takes a fall

A replica of the Statue of Liberty has been toppled after being hit by strong winds in Brazil.

Mr Blue Sky, where did we go wrong?

Mr Blue Sky, where did we go wrong?

Threatening clouds rolled over Dunedin yesterday morning, bringing thunder and hail.

Nelson man jailed for extreme child abuse images

'Graphic and horrific': Nelson man jailed for extreme child abuse images

Storm Uriah Constable-Carter once told an internet user he wanted to be a “famous child sex offender”.

Eagle-eyed council officers spot illegal work on $2.4m property listing

Bay of Plenty man Michael Bryant has been fined for unconsented building work he did on his...

Eagle-eyed council officers spot illegal work on $2.4m property listing

A Bay of Plenty man has been fined for doing unconsented building work, including a poolside cabana with a kitchen, at his beachfront Pāpāmoa property.

Bondi gunmen inspired by Islamic State and had travelled to Philippines

People embrace as they visit a makeshift memorial following the attack on a Jewish holiday...

Bondi gunmen inspired by Islamic State and had travelled to Philippines

Two gunmen who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach had travelled to the Philippines before the assault which killed 15 people and appeared to be inspired by Islamic State, police said.

Bondi hero visited by steady procession of dignitaries

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who charged at...

Bondi hero visited by steady procession of dignitaries

Meeting the prime minister, governor-general and a top diplomat in the space of a few hours is an unusual recovery plan when suffering from multiple bullet wounds.

Subsidies cut for elderly and disabled

The subsidy will be reduced from 75 percent to 65 percent. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

Government cuts transport subsidies for elderly and disabled

The government is cutting transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people for elderly and disabled people from 75 percent to 65 percent.

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