Dunedin

Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

Highland dancers (from left) Eleanor McKay Vercoe, 10, Lara Mills, 8, Elise Cookson, 7, and Lucy...

Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

While many of us will be blissfully sleeping in this weekend, hundreds of Highland and National dancers will be flinging themselves across a stage to the skirl of bagpipes.

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40 years of service enough for sergeant

Retiring Dunedin Sergeant Chris George, 61, outside the Dunedin District Court yesterday. PHOTO:...

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40 years of service enough for sergeant

From "good old-fashioned dust-ups" to prosecuting criminals in court, retiring sergeant Chris George has done it all.

Student pub still wanted: referendum

A new student pub gets a big tick, but a boycott on products with ties to the Israeli government proved less favourable among the student populace.

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

Mark Henaghan. File photo: Linda Robertson

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

A Dunedin secondary school was likely right to not go to police after having $365,000 misappropriated by a staff member, a legal expert says.

Some towns’ air quality still poor

Some towns’ air quality still poor

While some areas of Otago still face winter air quality exceedances, more than 70% of days across monitored sites during 2024 were classified as "Good".

Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

Heriot Row was cordoned off this afternoon while negotiations between police and a man behaving...

Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

A standoff with police in central Dunedin this afternoon ended in a man's arrest.

Seated scooters on city streets

Seated scooters on city streets

More Flamingos have flocked to Dunedin, as seated electric scooters, like the one seen here, join the city’s fleet.

Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

Port Otago tug Arihi tows fellow tug Otago from Dunedin to Port Chalmers yesterday, in...

Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

For more than two decades the tug boat Otago has been a familiar sight, plying the Otago Harbour channel with large ships in tow.

Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

Tree branches down on Doon St in Waverley after strong winds hit Dunedin overnight. Photo: Gregor...

Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

An electricity outage on Otago Peninsula is taking longer than expected to resolve after wild winds cut power to hundreds of people.

‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

A policeman talks to a group of secondary school pupils at the corner of Princes and Dowling Sts following an incident at the Great King St bus hub yesterday.

MetService issues gale warnings for much of the South

A light dusting of snow turns Naseby streets white yesterday. PHOTO: NASEBY FOREST RECREATION...

MetService issues gale warnings for much of the South

Forget about wearing a hat today — you are likely to lose it.

Green coming soon

Green coming soon

St Clair School’s new field has been fenced off as it nears completion.

Obituary: a life with three full courses

Food academic Nancy Carr. Photo: supplied

Obituary: a life with three full courses

In an era when a woman’s place in the world was seen to be at the heart of a household, Nancy Joy Carr smashed those perceptions.

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Dunedin residents facing 10.7% rates rise

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Dunedin residents facing 10.7% rates rise

Dunedin residents face a rates rise of 10.7% and councillors have been warned planned capital spending is so high it could be a struggle to deliver everything.

‘Damaging’ gales to buffet South

MetService has upgraded its wind watch to a warning for Dunedin and the lower South Island from 3pm today, forecasting severe gale southwesterlies gusting to 130km/h in exposed places.