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Climate, community, arts to fore

More than 200 people took part, most of them online, in a symposium devoted to climate change, community and research in the creative arts, at the Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic at the...
Art with a message at beach

If you thought you spotted a maui dolphin at a Dunedin beach at the weekend, that was a pile of rubbish.

‘Peanut’ roundabout work hits businesses

‘Peanut’ roundabout work hits businesses

Businesses have been "coned off" in Forbury Rd and St Clair Four Square owner Sandra Millar says customers are now avoiding the small St Clair shopping area.
The butterfly effect: Green Party co-leader interrupted mid-speech

The butterfly effect: Green Party co-leader interrupted mid-speech

Green Party co-leader James Shaw was lost for words after he was interrupted during a campaign stop in Dunedin by a curious insect.
‘Best job in world’: new station officer

‘Best job in world’: new station officer

Being appointed a station officer is an achievement for any firefighter, but for Barbara Olah it represents a positive societal change.

‘Peanut’ roundabout work hits businesses

Roadworks at the intersection of Forbury, Bay View and Allandale Rds are expected to be ongoing...

‘Peanut’ roundabout work hits businesses

Businesses have been "coned off" in Forbury Rd and St Clair Four Square owner Sandra Millar says customers are now avoiding the small St Clair shopping area.

The butterfly effect: Green Party co-leader interrupted mid-speech

Green Party co-leader James Shaw was lost for words after he was interrupted during a campaign stop in Dunedin by a curious insect.

‘Best job in world’: new station officer

St Kilda Fire Station’s newly appointed Station Officer Barbara Olah, with (from left) Qualified...

‘Best job in world’: new station officer

Being appointed a station officer is an achievement for any firefighter, but for Barbara Olah it represents a positive societal change.

Impromptu firefighters credited with saving house

Members of the public David Thode and Jason Rosie work to bring a blaze under control that was...

Impromptu firefighters credited with saving house

The efforts of members of the public to help put out a blaze near a Dunedin home probably saved it from destruction.

‘I can’t believe I got out at the right time’

Paige Davis, of Dunedin, said she asked to be let out of a car less than a minute before it went...

‘I can’t believe I got out at the right time’

Paige Davis felt unsafe and demanded to get out of a car that she considered was being driven dangerously.

Park mandate likely for freedom campers

Freedom campers in the Thomas Burns car park. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Park mandate likely for freedom campers

Dunedin’s Thomas Burns St car park appears poised to become a regular stopping point for the city’s freedom campers.

Nautical knowledge comes to the fore

Nautical knowledge comes to the fore

Oxford Court Lifecare residents (from left) Tony Roche, Roy Innes and Les Hodges show off the display they created to celebrate the recent International Maritime Day, in Dunedin.

WATCH: Dunedin City Council meeting

The council chamber in the Municipal Chambers.

WATCH: Dunedin City Council meeting

The Dunedin City Council is holding a full council meeting today.

Driver charged with threatening police, assault

Driver charged with threatening police, assault

A motorist accused of assaulting his female passenger after drinking all afternoon later threatened to kill police.

Two hurt after van crashes into bridge, rolls on SH1

A vehicle lies on its side after crashing into the bridge this morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Two hurt after van crashes into bridge, rolls on SH1

Two people have been taken to hospital after a vehicle crashed into the bridge near Otokia this morning.

Watch: Snow turns city's roads into rinks

It was slow and slippery going for many motorists in Dunedin this morning after snow settled on some of the city's roads.

Co-housing project a light for NZ, Green leader says

Green Party co-leader James Shaw checks Dunedin’s Toiora High Street Co-housing development with...

Co-housing project a light for NZ, Green leader says

A Dunedin co-housing development could lead the way for the rest of the country and help with affordable housing, a Green Party co-leader says.

Climate, community, arts to fore

One of the co-ordinators of a Dunedin symposium, Pam McKinlay, stands in front of a photographic...

Climate, community, arts to fore

More than 200 people took part, most of them online, in a symposium devoted to climate change, community and research in the creative arts, at the Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic at the...

Woodhouse denies endorsing Top man

Woodhouse denies endorsing Top man

If The Opportunities Party (Top) candidate Ben Peters was momentarily backed by National’s Michael Woodhouse for the Dunedin electorate, it is no longer the case.

Conditions set to ease in wake of weather bomb

Conditions are set to ease after a weather bomb lashed the South, bringing heavy snow and strong winds that disrupted flights, closed roads, and caused grave concerns for farmers.

Art with a message at beach

Our Seas Our Future events co-ordinator Alice Dee (far left) and her friend Grace McKee Cagney ...

Art with a message at beach

If you thought you spotted a maui dolphin at a Dunedin beach at the weekend, that was a pile of rubbish.

Underage prostitution offender avoids jail

A man who paid two young teenagers with cash and alcohol to provide him with sexual services has narrowly avoided a prison term.

Water quality ‘everyone’s responsibility’

Water quality ‘everyone’s responsibility’

More work will be needed — both in rural and urban areas — to stop rivers degrading in the South.

Uni building programme faces delays

Three Otago University researchers received part of the Health Research Council and Ministry of...

Uni building programme faces delays

Much of the University of Otago’s building programme could be put off for three or four years, after the Government rejected all five of its "shovel-ready projects" applications.

More work to do on roads, city police say

A police officer breath-tests a motorist.

More work to do on roads, city police say

A bevy of drink-drivers caught over the weekend shows Dunedin police they still have work to do, a top roading officer says.

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