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Varroa infestation adds to beekeepers’ climate, price fluctuation worries
Otago beekeepers says the job has become more intense and technical, there being seemingly more questions than answers around the varroa mite.
Festival celebrates 90 years of club
Festival celebrates 90 years of club
After nine decades of playing bridge, Otago’s local club shows no signs of waning membership and is instead going from strength to strength.
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Seeing inside of whale ‘one of coolest things I’ve ever done’
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Seeing inside of whale ‘one of coolest things I’ve ever done’
Cool, calm and collected — that’s how Mahe Ewan reckons he would be if he was swallowed by a whale.
Car on roof; driver injured
Car on roof; driver injured
Emergency services attend the scene of a one-vehicle crash in Crawford St, Dunedin, on Saturday morning where a car rolled on its roof, leaving its sole occupant with moderate injuries.
Programme reduces netballers’ injuries
Programme reduces netballers’ injuries
‘‘Your greatest ability is your availability.’’
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Tireless effort to get bush tyre-less
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Tireless effort to get bush tyre-less
Enough tyres to fit a standard car and a motorcycle were pulled from the bush around the Dunedin Town Belt in a community effort to clean up the area.
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Sealions inspiration for dance
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Sealions inspiration for dance
Mimicking the movements of sealions while dancing towards the breaking dawn was a visual lesson on their return for a host of Dunedin performers.
Fever pitch
Fever pitch
Alt-rock duo Pearly*, guitarist Ryan Hill (left) and bass guitarist and vocalist Phaedra Love, perform to an enthusiastic crowd (below) at Wild Dunedin’s Pitch Choir event, which also featured Don...
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Sri Lankan children ready to welcome a new year
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Sri Lankan children ready to welcome a new year
A group of young Sri Lankan children are all dressed up to get ready to perform for Sri Lankan new year celebrations at the Sargood Centre, Logan Park, yesterday.
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Public pitches in to sting honey thief
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Public pitches in to sting honey thief
Bee warned. Anyone thinking of pilfering honey from a Waihola stall is likely to be stung.
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Tenders called for peer mental care
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Tenders called for peer mental care
Health New Zealand wants to establish a private ‘‘peer-led’’ mental health facility in the Southern district.
High turnover of physios ‘substantial threat’
High turnover of physios ‘substantial threat’
A ‘‘concerning, but not entirely surprising’’ high turnover of physiotherapists poses a ‘‘substantial threat’’ to the stability and quality of New Zealand’s public healthcare, new research has...
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Fast-track bid for inland port to be adjusted
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Fast-track bid for inland port to be adjusted
Backers of an inland port near Mosgiel have withdrawn their application for fast-tracked consent and look set to submit an adjusted version next week.
Ballots arriving as voting opens
Ballots arriving as voting opens
Voting has opened in the Dunedin City Council by-election.
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PR coup for HR student
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PR coup for HR student
At a time when Sophia Hardie should be celebrating, she is suffering a little bit of "imposter syndrome" after winning two major awards at the 2026 Human Resources New Zealand (HRNZ) Awards.
Four Otago professors elected to become fellows of RSNZ
Four Otago professors elected to become fellows of RSNZ
Professors Tim Anderson, Michael Baker, John Crump and Peter Dearden have been recognised by the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi.
Three injured in Opoho crash
Three injured in Opoho crash
Three people have been injured, one of them seriously, in a two-car crash in North Dunedin this morning.
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Accreditation restored for OHL youth services
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Accreditation restored for OHL youth services
The suspension of Te Kāika’s accreditation to deliver social care for children and youth has been lifted, but the charity’s approved status is on a tight leash.
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Student caught in $4m drug bust
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Student caught in $4m drug bust
Days after a Dunedin masters student was announced as a scholarship recipient, he was arrested in a sting on an international drug-trafficking syndicate.
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Rally fan relishing chance to further dream
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Rally fan relishing chance to further dream
If seeing a 4-year-old boy watching the animated movie Cars "all day, on repeat" was not a clue, then watching him progress to sitting in the driveway and listening to idling cars must...