Dunedin

Police kept busy with car break-ins

The registered owner of a car got a surprise when they saw a man using a coat-hanger, hammer and screwdriver to break into their car, which was parked on Ensor St, Dunedin.

Ripper dip

Ripper dip

Taking a dip at Dunedin’s St Kilda Beach yesterday are Tony Isamaeli (20, left) and Jake Greer (19) as the temperature reached 23degC in the city.

Shooting victim in stable condition: family spokeswoman

A helicopter takes off with a critically injured person on board from a house in Coast Rd north...

Shooting victim in stable condition: family spokeswoman

The victim of a shooting north of Dunedin on Friday afternoon is in a stable condition, a family spokeswoman says.

Break creates winning shot

This landscape, taken at the headwaters of the Eglinton River, in Fiordland, won the People’s...

Break creates winning shot

A small break in the clouds in a remote Fiordland valley was all a Niwa freshwater ecologist needed to capture a prize-winning photograph.

Writers hone skills at two-day festival

The Great Write Inn festival director Dr Julia Anne (foreground) welcomes attendees to the...

Writers hone skills at two-day festival

Writing can be a solitary business, but this was not so at Olveston Historic Home over the weekend.

Trio of women spooked by man with 'weapon' at Dunedin park

Aerial of the Dunedin Town Belt showing Prospect Park. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Trio of women spooked by man with 'weapon' at Dunedin park

A man gave three young women in Dunedin a scare last night when he shone a torch into their car before pulling out what appeared to be a weapon.

Keen bidders attracted to tractors

Outram farmer Graeme Young takes time to stop and smell the coffee at an auction of farm...

Keen bidders attracted to tractors

Everything had to go at a farm auction on Saturday as a prominent Dunedin farmer called time on nearly 50 years of growing produce on the Taieri Plain.

Following her nose: rhodos all the rage

Julia Godfrey (24) smells a Princess Alice rhododendron at the Rhododendron Dell in the Dunedin Botanic Garden on Saturday.

All decked out for annual Tweed Ride

James Bryan, of Dunedin, on his "Penny Fake Thing" bike in Anderson’s Bay.

Concerns held for safety of ORC staff

Concerns held for safety of ORC staff

Outrage over rate rises and anger from some in the farming community is fuelling increasing aggression towards Otago Regional Council staff, the council chief says.

Southerners answer call

Maia Puricelli (left) and Shima Jack (both 17) walk through the Octagon during Dunedin’s central...

Southerners answer call

Nearly 10,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered in the South on Super Saturday, the Southern District Health Board says.

Dunedin and Queenstown pass 90% vax rate

People queue for the vaccine bus in the Octagon in Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Dunedin and Queenstown pass 90% vax rate

Queenstown and Dunedin have both hit 90% vaccination rates for first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Southern District Health Board says.

Dunedin musician finding success with gospel song

Singer songwriter Lani Alo sings Tua I Manu at the First Church of Otago, in Dunedin. PHOTO:...

Dunedin musician finding success with gospel song

If you heard an unexplained bang recently, Lani Alo says not to panic — it was probably just his mind being blown.

Member who did not endorse jabs has no plans to leave DHB

Member who did not endorse jabs has no plans to leave DHB

A Southern District Health Board member who passed up a chance to endorse Covid-19 vaccination intends to continue in her role.

Young people share creative offerings

Max Cunninghame (16), of Dunedin, looks at an image by Helena Fitzgerald at the Dunedin Youth Council’s ‘‘Auaha Rangatahi’’ exhibition at the Otago Pioneer Women’s Hall.