Dunedin

"Arts matter" is the message from thousands of students who have signed a petition in a bid to stop the university ditching its art history programme.

Allegations of bad behaviour levelled against both staff and students at the University of Otago have been rising since 2013, and sciences and health sciences staff make up the majority of all...

Farmers are preparing for wintry weather as a polar southerly digs in across Otago and Southland today, bringing heavy snow and rain.

It is easy to think of the hectic 10-day arts spree that is the Arts Festival Dunedin as an unrestrained bout of spectacle, with glamorous, beautiful actors and performers sweeping imperiously...

In a bamboo forest, on an ancient monolith, drifting in front of stone buildings followed by phantoms of light, Japanese dancer Meri Otoshi performs on a continuous video loop at the Toitu Otago...

The recorder section plays during a performance of The Saints Glory Train at the Saturday Morning Music Classes’ 50th annual demonstration concert in the Dunedin Town Hall yesterday.

A dashcam has captured the moment a dodgy driver races along the newly installed cycle path in Castle St (left) on a busy Friday afternoon before swerving back into traffic and passing right)...

More than 100 purple-clad people marched along George St, Dunedin led  by a piper on Saturday, to raise awareness for World Alzheimer’s Month.

Rural pupils who travel long distances could be less active than their urban counterparts in getting to school, early results of a large study show.