Dunedin

Oysters arrive in Dunedin after Southlanders supplied

Best Cafe’s chef Lisa Chan serves up a plate of Bluff oysters a day after the shop received their...

Oysters arrive in Dunedin after Southlanders supplied

Dunedin has finally been granted access to the South’s favourite seafood delicacy, after the lion’s share were gobbled up quickly by Southland.

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Parking tech set to boost coffers

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Parking tech set to boost coffers

The chances of getting caught by Dunedin’s parking police will soon be significantly higher, because of new technology.

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Poetic submission backs tree’s removal

A Mosgiel pin oak tree poses an urgent risk to people and property, the owners say. PHOTO: GERARD...

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Poetic submission backs tree’s removal

An arboreal verse penned for a protected Mosgiel pin oak has joined artificial intelligence in backing the tree’s removal.

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Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child

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Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child

A day after attacking someone he believed had abused his child, an Oamaru man pinched his own daughter so hard he drew blood.

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Assault while on bail adds to jail time

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Assault while on bail adds to jail time

A high-profile criminal who beat up his former partner in front of their children has been granted name suppression.

Flat stones put to use

Flat stones put to use

A relic of the past holds a mob of sheep at Longford, near Middlemarch.

Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually

Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually

Firefighters work to clear fog from the On the Spot dairy in Taieri Rd, Wakari about 11.30am yesterday.

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Staff in dark as engineering firm liquidated

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Dunedin staff in dark as engineering firm liquidated

Dart Engineering Ltd was put into liquidation yesterday with staff still in the dark about their future.

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Disappointment as storied Otago student mag downsized

Former editor Joel MacManus with an edition of the Critic. Photo: Craig Baxter

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Disappointment as storied Otago student mag downsized

An award-winning Otago University student magazine has been significantly cut down in size just one year after celebrating its centennial.

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Bid to ban taking cockles over fears group is 'gutting' fishery

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Bid to ban taking cockles over fears group is 'gutting' fishery

Shutting down the taking of shellfish at Moeraki is needed to stop the ‘‘gutting’’ of a local resource by newcomers to New Zealand, an iwi leader says.

Initiative out to bring women to fly-fishing

Otago Anglers Association president Mark Barrett shows a rabbit tail streamer fly to Carrie...

Initiative out to bring women to fly-fishing

Women are being encouraged to learn the cast, select the right nymph and get the drift.

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Alarm over mental health field staffing

Mental health for older persons specialist Dr Yoram Barak is worried about the lack of staffing...

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Alarm over mental health field staffing

Mental healthcare for older people in the South is ‘‘dangerously under-resourced’’ at a time when demand is at its highest, a senior clinician says.

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Dunedin man violated teenager at family party and cemetery

The teenager was violated at a party and then at the Northern Cemetery. Photo: Google Maps

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Dunedin man violated teenager at family party and cemetery

A man in his late 30s violated a 15-year-old girl in the bathroom at a family party in Dunedin and the next day repeated the act after picking her up from school.

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'No choice': Council votes to boost stadium funding

More financial help will be needed in Forsyth Barr Stadium’s sunset years, the Dunedin City...

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'No choice': Council votes to boost stadium funding

Dunedin's councillors have agreed to pour more money into Forsyth Barr Stadium to control its debt, but at least one found this "a bitter pill" to swallow.

Service station snoozer busted for boozing

The man was sleeping at a petrol station on Portsmouth Drive. Photo: Google Maps

Service station snoozer busted for boozing

A man napping in his car at a Dunedin petrol station with an open bottle in his hand blew over the legal alcohol limit when roused, police say.

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Teacher, vege garden guru retires after 40 years

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Teacher, vege garden guru retires after 40 years

A Dunedin teacher responsible for getting generations of children obsessed with cauliflower says it is time to retire after 40 years in the profession.