Dunedin

Use of opioids rising in Otago, survey finds

The use of opioids in the Otago region is climbing according to the latest survey of drugs in the workplace, although cannabis remains far and away the region’s illicit drug of choice.

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Time for more motels in Dunedin?

Cyril Coombe’s Alexis Motor Lodge has been pretty full over the past few weeks. Photo: Peter...

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Time for more motels in Dunedin?

Accommodation is in hot demand in Dunedin and one provider says it may be time for more motels to open in the city.

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Cookie Bear being brought out of hibernation

Maria Barta admires an image of her children Simon (left) and Rhian Hinkley with Cookie Bear. It...

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Cookie Bear being brought out of hibernation

After a public "dum-de-doo" over the banishment of Cookie Bear from Griffin’s biscuit packets, the company has been forced to bring the beloved mascot back.

‘Heartbroken’ over young son’s death

New Highlanders prop Angus Ta’avao has made the gut-wrenching announcement that his "beautiful boy" Leo has died.

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Ong’s movement restricted in council building

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Ong’s movement restricted in council building

A controversial Dunedin councillor is under restrictions in the council building over concerns he has been "accosting staff".

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Sir Ian 'totally blindsided' by Santana's claims

Sir Ian Taylor. File photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Sir Ian 'totally blindsided' by Santana's claims

Dunedin's Sir Ian Taylor has scrapped a visit to Santana Minerals’ planned goldmine after being "totally blindsided" by the company spreading "misinformation" about him.

Fire, ambulance callout to battery gassing incident

Fire, ambulance callout to battery gassing incident

Three people were taken to Dunedin Hospital yesterday after accidentally inhaling chemical vapour from a lithium ion battery at a South Dunedin store.

Dunedin home red-stickered after slip evacuations

The slip below Belmont Lane. Photo: Gregor Richardson

Dunedin home red-stickered after slip evacuations

A Dunedin resident can't return to their red-stickered home in the wake of this morning's landslip below properties perched on a Musselburgh cliff.

Highway reopens after critical injury crash

Highway reopens after critical injury crash

State Highway 87 has reopened near Clarks Junction after a crash left three people injured, including one critically, this afternoon.

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Prisoner assaulted corrections officers

The Otago Corrections Facility. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Prisoner assaulted corrections officers

A prisoner who attacked three corrections officers while behind bars received no further punishment for the assaults.

Cheap meals on wheels heading to campus

The $3 lunch lady Jane Beecroft is back, bringing cheap meals to Dunedin with her food truck...

Cheap meals on wheels heading to campus

The force behind the university’s famed $3 lunches is heading back to the campus with another cut-price meal deal.

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South gets tiny slice of infrastructure spend

RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ

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South gets tiny slice of infrastructure spend

The South has less than 5% of the total infrastructure spend the country wants over the next 30 years.

Towering presence at Regent Book Sale

Regent Theatre Book Sale volunteer Oliver Harman lends a hand getting thousands of books sorted...

Towering presence at Regent Book Sale

If you missed your chance to pick up one of over 30 copies of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code at the Regent Theatre Book Sale last year, rest-assured you will have your chance this weekend.

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Dear, oh so dear: $6.5m for Dunedin home

This Claremont St house in Maori Hill could be Dunedin’s most expensive home. Photo: supplied

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Dear, oh so dear: $6.5m for Dunedin home

An imposing three-storey modernist house in Maori Hill is now Dunedin's most expensive home after selling for a whopping $6.5 million.

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DCC pipes claim ‘BS’: resident

Water gushes from a manhole cover in Forbury Rd near Hillside Rd on Tuesday. PHOTO: GREGOR...

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DCC pipes claim ‘BS’: resident

Sewage spilling on to a Forbury Corner street during yesterday’s downpour shows the city council’s claim its pipes are working is "BS", a campaigner in the suburb says.