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Data to aid ‘informed’ merger talks
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Data to aid ‘informed’ merger talks
Analysis estimated to cost $60,000 is expected to bring focus to talks about reshaping local government in Otago.
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Two more senior staff resign from city council
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Two more senior staff resign from city council
Two more senior Dunedin City Council staff have resigned from the organisation.
Foggy mirror
Foggy mirror
Nature’s pre-sunrise paint brush coloured the underside of clouds which in turn reflected off fog hanging over Otago Harbour in this recent view from Unity Park.
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Woman adds to family plumbing legacy
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Woman adds to family plumbing legacy
Great-Granddad did it, granddad did it, uncle does it, the cousin does it, and now Bryleigh Scannell does it.
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Scathing attack on inquiry into mosque shootings
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Scathing attack on inquiry into mosque shootings
The mosque shooter, who moved to Dunedin 18 months before his terrorist attack, was on an inevitable path to destruction, the authors of a new book say.
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Man became ‘money mule’ in fraud ring
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Man became ‘money mule’ in fraud ring
A Dunedin man became a ‘‘money mule’’, attempting to launder more than $50,000 for an international fraud ring, after one online message.
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Man traps, threatens to shoot escort
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Man traps, threatens to shoot escort
After a Southern man became obsessed with an escort, he trapped her in his car and threatened to kill her, a court has heard.
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Vote divided as 8.9% rates rise approved for Dunedin
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Vote divided as 8.9% rates rise approved for Dunedin
Dunedin councillors lamented a missed opportunity for financial discipline as an 8.9% rates rise was approved.
Counting the chirps
Counting the chirps
A tūī arrives at a North-East Valley backyard bird feeder.
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A change of life-cycle
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A change of life-cycle
One of New Zealand’s best loved delicacies appears to be able to evolve when struck by sudden environmental changes.
New principal at Columba
New principal at Columba
After a year with no principal officially at the helm, a Dunedin secondary school have at last filled the role.
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Luxon defends GP funding despite push back
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Luxon defends GP funding despite push back
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon defended his government’s investment in primary healthcare during a visit to Wānaka yesterday.
Cranes arrive at hospital site
Cranes arrive at hospital site
Finally, you can see something interesting happening above the fence at the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building site.
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Departing cancer specialist cites 'worsening working environment'
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Departing cancer specialist cites 'worsening working environment'
A leading blood cancer specialist who is quitting Dunedin says the South’s medical laboratory service is in disarray and the consequences could be deadly.
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Muir relives the good old days
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Muir relives the good old days
Dame Lois Muir is never afraid to speak her mind.
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Rehearsal spaces opening up opportunities
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Rehearsal spaces opening up opportunities
Dunedin musicians are amped up and making a song and dance after the Dunedin City Council plugged local musicians into a network of community facilities where they can rehearse.
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Dunedin gravestone vandalism ‘troubling’
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Dunedin gravestone vandalism ‘troubling’
A Dunedin man has admitted scratching a name off a family gravestone because he was ‘‘angry about the past’’.
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Pupils help others rug up for bedtime
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Pupils help others rug up for bedtime
When tasked with giving back to the community, a group of Dunedin pupils blew the challenge out of the water.
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Clutha man violated young woman in car while mate filmed
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Clutha man violated young woman in car while mate filmed
A Clutha man who violated a teenage woman during a late-night hunting trip, while his mate filmed, has been sentenced to home detention.
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South Dunedin flood works views aired
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South Dunedin flood works views aired
Praise and disdain were levelled at city councillors ahead of a fraught debate on South Dunedin’s future.