Dunedin

Million-dollar upgrade

Kiwirail is spending almost $1million upgrading tracks in the Mosgiel area.
Residents out in cold

Co-founder of the City Rise Up community group Meg Davidson is "outraged" bus shelters have been removed, before next week’s Otago Regional Council vote over a discontinued section of bus route.

SPCA centres band together

SPCA centres band together

The massive rebuilding project at SPCA Otago’s Opoho animal shelter continues against a backdrop of major change for the animal welfare organisation.
Aim to up community health sector voice

Aim to up community health sector voice

Giving patients, families and the community a stronger voice within the health sector is the focus of the newly formed Southern District Health Board Community Health Council.
Polytechnic memorials logged and put online

Polytechnic memorials logged and put online

From pounamu to plaques, time capsules and trees, Otago Polytechnic can now remember its memorials accurately with the creation of a memorial and commemorative register.

Helping to save our native birds

The takahe chick explores the Orokonui Ecosanctuary. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Helping to save our native birds

Dunedin residents can help the dire situation of New Zealand’s native birds in various ways, environmental advocacy groups say.

SPCA centres band together

SPCA Otago animal care manager Hannah Hunsche and pup Max look over progress on building the new education and animal reception building at the Opoho animal shelter. PHOTO: Brenda Hardwood

SPCA centres band together

The massive rebuilding project at SPCA Otago’s Opoho animal shelter continues against a backdrop of major change for the animal welfare organisation.

CCTV cameras could cost up to $17k

A live feed from this CCTV camera outside the Dunedin City Library is being monitored by police. ...

CCTV cameras could cost up to $17k to install

Installing CCTV cameras in central Mosgiel could cost up to $17,000.

Information sought about Boer War soldiers

Peter Trevathan next to a display in Toitu Otago Settlers Museum of New Zealand volunteers who fought in the South African War. PHOTO: JOSHUA RIDDIFORD

Information sought about Boer War soldiers

A Dunedin military researcher is seeking information from Otago people whose ancestors fought in the South African Boer War between 1899 and 1902.

Polytechnic memorials logged and put online

Otago Polytechnic Communication Design student Zane Carter has logged memorials and commemorative features across the Forth St campus. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Polytechnic memorials logged and put online

From pounamu to plaques, time capsules and trees, Otago Polytechnic can now remember its memorials accurately with the creation of a memorial and commemorative register.

Aim to up community health sector voice

Southern District Health Board Community Health Council chairwoman Sarah Derrett (right) and member Takiwai Russell-Camp are helping give the community a voice on health matters. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD

Aim to up community health sector voice

Giving patients, families and the community a stronger voice within the health sector is the focus of the newly formed Southern District Health Board Community Health Council.

Nocturnal creatures shine at carnival

The wild things came out to play in the Octagon tonight as luminous nocturnal creatures invaded for the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival.

Car drives through fence, hits vehicle

Two cars were badly damaged in a crash in Mosgiel.

Police consider possible link in robberies

Police enter Sue Todd Antiques in Stuart St after an alleged robbery about 3.45pm yesterday....

Police consider possible link in robberies

Dunedin police are keeping an open mind over whether two robberies within an hour yesterday afternoon were linked.

Boost for museum

Boost for museum

Otago Museum has benefited strongly from refreshment of the museum’s Southern Land Southern People gallery, and a new menu at the museum cafe.

Family escapes from burning home

A firefighters dampens down hot spots in a charred house in Waikouaiti yesterday. Photo: Craig...

Family escapes from burning home

A family is without a home after a house fire in Waikouaiti yesterday.

Trailer overturns

Emergency services attend a flipped trailer on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway yesterday.

Time to spot those garden birds

Kereru are protected birds under the Wildlife Act. Photo by Gerard O'Brien

Time to spot those garden birds

People in Otago are being encouraged to take part in the latest annual nationwide Garden Bird Survey, which starts today and ends on July 2.

Million-dollar upgrade

Workers upgrade the railway line near Factory Rd, Mosgiel, yesterday. Photo: Peter McIntosh.

Million-dollar upgrade

Kiwirail is spending almost $1million upgrading tracks in the Mosgiel area.

Mysterious young man early suspect

Roses growing at the Northern Cemetery after 40% of the plants there were poisoned last year....

Mysterious young man early suspect

A mystery Delta worker in his 20s seen spraying roses at the Northern Cemetery was an early suspect in a mass rose poisoning, but was never identified.

Engineering projects on show

Inspecting the Turnbulls Bay retaining wall on Otago Peninsula yesterday are (from left)Kathy...

Engineering projects on show

The challenges and engineering solutions involved in keeping the road to Otago Peninsula open were on show at a major conference in Dunedin yesterday.

Funds raised for surgery

Funds raised for surgery

The fundraising campaign to pay the surgery bill of a guinea pig reached its target yesterday.

Pay rise passed on to Pact mental health staff

Pay rise passed on to Pact mental health staff

Mental health workers at Pact, in Dunedin, will get the same pay rise as their colleagues, despite not being part of the equal pay settlement.

Shop owner left shaken by robbery

A Dunedin antique store owner feels vulnerable after being robbed by a masked man who claimed to carry a gun.

Woman dies in crash on SH1

A rescue helicopter lands at the scene of a fatal two-car collision just south of Waikouaiti...

Woman dies in crash on SH1

A woman died and four people were seriously injured in a two-car collision north of Dunedin yesterday.

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