Dunedin

Significant tile failure has forced the spa pool at Mosgiel’s aquatic centre out of action for up to six months and prompted an independent report, the city council says.

After feeling moved by the effect of climate change on a small Pacific Island nation, a group of Dunedin secondary school students felt compelled to go the extra mile to support its people.

A Dunedin man tried to import class-A substances to his mother’s home in the name of his dead grandmother, a court has heard.

Climate risks are set to be considered in Dunedin City Council decision-making more consistently, as moves are made to ensure infrastructure is resilient long-term.

A hospitality newbie who quit her job to launch a cafe in a roadwork-plagued street says she is staying optimistic amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Tūhura Otago Museum has labelled a government minister ignorant and ill-informed over her suggestion regional museums and galleries are not primary destinations for travellers.

A former head of Health New Zealand’s infrastructure department says he is sick of ‘‘Band-Aid’’ solutions to bring Wakari Hospital up to modern standards.