Skip to main content
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
  • /
  • Register
Home
few showersDunedin 19 | 13
Thursday, Thu, 4 MarchMar 2021
Subscribe
Send us news & photos

Search form

  • News
    • Dunedin
      • DCC
      • Crime
      • Campus
      • Health
      • The Star
    • The South Today
    • National
    • The Star
    • International
    • Opinion
      • Editorial
      • Opinion
      • 100 years ago
      • Southern Say
    • Australia
    • Politics
    • ODTtv
    • Your News
    • Slideshow Section
  • Sport
    • Rugby
    • Cricket
    • Football
    • Netball
    • League
    • Golf
    • Racing
    • Basketball
    • Motorsport
    • Hockey
    • Other Sport
  • Life & Style
    • Food & Wine
      • Fresh Christmas Edition
      • Ask a Chef
      • News & Features
      • Chef's Garden
      • Recipes
      • Wine Reviews
    • Home & Garden
    • Magazine
    • Resilient
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Design for Living
    • Wedding Guide
    • New World Wine Awards Top 50
  • Entertainment
    • Film
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Books
    • Arts
    • Gaming
    • Dance
    • ODT Quiz
    • Television
  • Business
    • Farming
    • Local Business
    • Property
    • Technology
  • Regions
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
    • Central Otago
    • North Otago
    • South Otago
    • Southland
    • Canterbury
    • West Coast
  • Features
    • Education Guide
    • Wedding Guide
    • Healthcare Providers
    • Conferences and Venues
    • Free Classifieds
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Sponsored content
      • Design for Living
      • Southern Snow
    • Southern Television
  • Video
  • Rural life

Search form

  • Login/Register
  • Subscribe
  • Send Us Your News
  • Contact Us
  • Email
  • Facebook

Plus

  • Jobs
  • Wedding Guide
  • Death Notices
  • Drive South
  • Weather

    • DCC
    • Crime
    • Campus
    • Health
    • The Star
    Otago Girls’ High School pupil Carinn Gaspar has won two international awards. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Carinn’s game to take on world’s young code writers

    A time-travelling cat with no name, looking for a place to call home.

    Rapist avoids indefinite jail term

    Dwayne Keats’ victim said she came forward to police because she believed all women were at risk....

    Rapist avoids indefinite jail term

    A psychopathic sexual predator who repeatedly violated a woman while on parole for a previous rape has been jailed for 15 years.

    Wingatui offers Forbury club a new home

    Grant Gaskin

    Wingatui offers Forbury club a new home

    Otago Racing Club members are happy to share the Wingatui racecourse with Forbury Park Trotting Club if that is where they choose to move.

    Knife attacker denied parole

    Daryen Owens (48) says he will abstain from alcohol when he is released from prison. PHOTO: ROB KIDD

    Knife attacker denied parole

    A Dunedin man who stabbed his ex-wife’s friend 14 times and left her for dead has been declined parole.

    ‘Faffing about’ on hospital build: Woodhouse

    The latest concept design image for the new Dunedin Hospital buildings, supplied by the...

    ‘Faffing about’ on hospital build: Woodhouse

    Progress on the new Dunedin hospital has stalled and the Government is "faffing about", National Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse says.

    Nitrate levels in water could be cancer risk

    Nitrate levels in water could be cancer risk

    Otago and Southland water supplies could contain levels of nitrates that international research has linked to a risk of bowel cancer.

    Taking it to the streets

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Taking it to the streets

    St Clair School pupils (from left) Jakobi Richards (9) Jayme Birtles (10) Anja Radford (9) Leila McCaul (10) Olivia Mitchell (10) Stella Dorahy (9) and Ollie Caldwell (9) walk and scooter to school...

    Intoxicated driver stumbles upon police

    The IPCA has said the officer's decision was "fraught with risk". Photo: RNZ

    Intoxicated driver stumbles upon police

    A disqualified driver with a breath-alcohol level more than twice the legal alcohol limit was caught after coming across police investigating an unrelated callout in Dunedin.

    Frontline vaccination ethics complex

    Prof Michael Baker. Photo: Otago University of Wellington

    Frontline vaccination ethics complex

    The Ministry of Health has received reports of border workers refusing Covid-19 vaccines which a University of Otago academic says should result in them being taken off the front line.

    Police dog injured in chase through South Dunedin

    A police photographer takes photos at the scene of a car crash which left a police dog injured...

    Police dog injured in chase through South Dunedin

    A police dog was injured yesterday afternoon after a motorist who led police on a chaotic chase through South Dunedin rammed into a police car.

    Nervous time for museum staff

    McMillan&Co Lawyers principal Sally McMillan is matching public donations to help get a...

    Nervous time for museum staff

    Otago Museum staff are biting their nails as they try to raise thousands of dollars in a week so they can push print on a fashion catalogue that took up to 400 hours of work.

    Citizens urged to share shark information

    A sevengill shark in Stewart Island waters. PHOTO: SIMONE JARRETT

    Citizens urged to share shark information

    Dunedin's Shark Spy project team is urging all boaters, divers, and fishers to provide information about shark sightings.

    Waitati road worst risk in South for crashes

    Waitati firefighter Andy Beecroft, senior firefighter Craig Meade, and Inspector Craig Brown are...

    Waitati road worst risk in South for crashes

    Waitati's volunteer firefighters have attended the same number of crashes in the past two months as they did all of last year, sparking a plea for motorists to take care.

    Campus CCTV proving worth as crime deterrent

    University of Otago deputy proctor Geoff Burns oversees the university's extensive network of...

    Campus CCTV proving worth as crime deterrent

    An aggravated robbery and a hit-and-run are among the offences the University of Otago’s expanded CCTV network have captured.

    Urology dept improvement success story

    Alistair Hepburn. Photo: ODT files

    Urology dept improvement success story

    Southern urology services, the subject of a scathing health and disability commissioner report in 2019, are now being hailed as a success story.

    Murder victim ‘glue’ of family

    Brent Bacon’s sister, Lia Bezett (beside her husband, Sam), said the guilty verdict was a relief...

    Murder victim ‘glue’ of family

    A Dunedin father of three beaten to death with a cricket bat was "a funny, intelligent, loyal soul", his family says.

    Beach callout ends in unrelated bust

    Photo: ODT File

    Beach callout ends in unrelated bust

    A disqualified driver more than twice the legal alcohol limit was sprung after coming across police investigating an unrelated callout in Dunedin last night.

    Guilty verdict in cricket bat bludgeoning

    Brent Bacon.

    Guilty verdict in cricket bat bludgeoning

    A jury took a mere hour to unanimously find a man guilty of beating his friend to death with a cricket bat.

    Hotere biography among finalists

    Vincent O'Sullivan. Photo: ODT files

    Hotere biography among finalists

    Vincent O'Sullivan, one of Dunedin’s best known and most prolific authors, can add to a long list of accolades after being shortlisted for a national book prize.

    Crash driver flees, hits police car injuring dog

    Photo: File

    Crash driver flees, hits police car injuring dog

    A police dog was injured after a motorist who led police on a chaotic chase through South Dunedin today backed into a police car.
    Read more

    Connect with us

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Editors' Picks

    • Red light running continues after police plea

    • Aucklanders travelling sick concern for all

    • Three generations of the O’Malley family — Sarah (left), Noel and Madeleine — attend the...

      Three generations studying together

    • The team at Barnes Oysters are well practised at shucking oysters. PHOTO: LAURA SMITH

      Oysters back for ‘passionate’ Southland

    • Lake Wanaka. Pnoto: ODT files

      Wanaka A&P gambles on Covid alert level change

    Home
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute
    • Facebook

    Subscribe

    • Home Delivery
    • ODT Subscriptions
    • FAQs
    • Stops, Starts & Redirects

    Contact

    • Contact us
    • Site feedback
    • Send us your news
    • About us

    Our Websites

    • Channel 39 - Southern TV
    • Post a Note
    • Extra! Newspapers in Education

    Newspapers

    • ODT E-edition
    • ODT Archive
    • The Star - Christchurch
    • Oamaru Mail
    • The Star - Dunedin
    • The News - Central Otago
    • The Ensign - Gore
    • Ashburton Courier
    • North Canterbury News
    • Southland Express - Invercargill
    • Southern Rural Life
    • Central Rural Life
    • The Courier - Timaru
    • Mountain Scene - Queenstown
    • Property Times South Canterbury
    • Extra! School Publication
    • Clutha Leader
    • Bay Harbour News
    • Selwyn Times

    Classifieds

    • Death notices
    • Drivesouth
    • Jobs
    • Classified Advertising

    Advertise

    • Upload print advertising
    • Advertising Terms
    • Advertise with us

    Services

    • Allied Productions
    • ODT Journeys
    • ODT Store
    • Otago Images
    • Corporate Logos
    • ODT Print

    Magazines

    • Classic Driver
    • Dunedin Guide
    • Drivesouth Best Motor Buys
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Home & Leisure
    • Kiwi Gardener
    • Kiwi Gardener Quarterly
    • Rugby News
    • Style
    • With this Ring
    © Copyright Allied Press Limited 2021. All rights reserved.