Dunedin

SUBSCRIBER

Fingers being pointed after plants gone

Upper Junction resident David McFarlane is upset at the removal of native plants at the...

SUBSCRIBER

Fingers being pointed after plants gone

A war of words has broken out in Upper Junction over the removal of native plants, a former Dunedin city councillor being accused of throwing his weight around.

Peninsula slip: Property issued dangerous building notice

Emergency services at the Irvine Rd slip. Photo: Linda Robertson

Peninsula slip: Property issued dangerous building notice

An Irvine Rd property has been issued a “dangerous building” notice by Dunedin City Council geotechnical engineers, following a landslip on the Otago Peninsula.

SUBSCRIBER

Critical care paramedic career ‘rewarding’

Hato Hone St John critical care paramedics Pat Bain and Jenetta Johnson are part of a small team...

SUBSCRIBER

Critical care paramedic career ‘rewarding’

First responder Jenetta Johnson loves her job — even if half her patients do not remember her.

SUBSCRIBER

Music department shake-up would be ‘death blow’

University of Otago music performance department lecturer Dr Tessa Romano, pictured outside...

SUBSCRIBER

Music department shake-up would be ‘death blow’

The University of Otago’s music performance department is up for a major restructure, with jobs and promotion paths set to go.

Properties evacuated after peninsula slip

Police and Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel discuss a plan for evacuations following a...

Properties evacuated after peninsula slip

A Peninsula resident says she can only wait with ‘‘fingers crossed’’ to find out if she can return to her home after a landslip forced the evacuation of nine properties yesterday.

SUBSCRIBER

Scanners lifted into place at hospital

A CT scanner is manoeuvred into the new Dunedin outpatient building on Monday. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

SUBSCRIBER

Scanners lifted into place at hospital

Two key new machines have been lifted into the Dunedin hospital outpatient building.

SUBSCRIBER

Woman attacked by neighbour's dog on own property

A woman claims she was bitten by her neighbour’s dog, triggering a response by the council to...

SUBSCRIBER

Woman attacked by neighbour's dog on own property

A Dunedin woman bitten four times during a dog attack in her garden is still chilled by how easily it could have been her young son instead.

SUBSCRIBER

South Dunedin infrastructure top of mind at public meeting

Cr Benedict Ong (left) and deputy mayor Cr Cherry Lucas were at loggerheads over Cr Ong’s...

SUBSCRIBER

South Dunedin infrastructure top of mind at public meeting

South Dunedin flood management was top of mind for city councillors and attendees at a public meeting last night.

SUBSCRIBER

Get up out of that chair — research

SUBSCRIBER

Get up out of that chair — research

Uninterrupted sitting for long hours has long been known to be linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers.

Weather forces festival indoors

Matariki Festival at Logan Park on Saturday evening. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Weather forces festival indoors

Dunedin’s Matariki festival has been moved indoors after heavy rain left the original site unsafe for celebrations.

SUBSCRIBER

JTee’s Golf sold after 18 years

Ken and Helen Spittle are moving on from JTee’s Golf Course in East Taieri. PHOTO: STEPHEN...

SUBSCRIBER

Moving on after a solid 18 on the course

It has been a long, but in the end perfectly timed, sale for Ken and Helen Spittle.

SUBSCRIBER

Dunedin still in running for events: minister

Workers at the Scenic Hotel Southern Cross meet Tourism and Social Development Minister Louise...

SUBSCRIBER

Dunedin still in running for events: minister

Tourism Minister Louise Upston says Dunedin is not missing out on events funding, but yesterday declined to name any event heading this way.

Port Chalmers highway reopens after flood closure

The state highway linking Dunedin and Port Chalmers was closed for a time today because of flooding,

Some allowed home after landslip on Otago Peninsula

Emergency services in Irvine St, Otago Peninsula, where eight properties have been evacuated....

Some allowed home after landslip on Otago Peninsula

Some residents have been allowed to return to properties evacuated on Otago Peninsula after a landslip.

'If you do not need to be out travelling - stay put!'

Essential travel only is being urged in parts of Central Otago where heavy snow has closed highways amid a wintry blast hitting the country.

Hands-on art making

Hands-on art making

Dunedin Public Art Gallery facilitator John Neumegen looks at a painting by Violet Wilson, 7.

Teen gears up to swim length of Lake Wakatipu

Waitati teenager Jemimah McIlroy is aiming to complete a marathon swim across Cook Strait that...

Teen gears up to swim length of Lake Wakatipu

Swimming the length of Lake Wakatipu in the middle of winter is just part of the training schedule for a Dunedin teenager.

Flooding and a fire damage rental cars

About a dozen Avis rental cars were damaged when the company’s fleet was not moved in time during Monday’s deluge.

SUBSCRIBER

Mural a message for Matariki

SUBSCRIBER

Mural a message for Matariki

A mural called Matariki Messenger is emerging on the northern exterior wall of Forsyth Barr Stadium in Anzac Ave.

Canister an intriguing find

Canister an intriguing find

Some people thought a mysterious object washed up on a Dunedin beach could have been space junk.

Search form

Search form