The weather should be settled enough for Matariki drone shows in Dunedin to proceed successfully tonight and draw big crowds, an organiser says.

A Dunedin student who raped a woman in their hall of residence has been jailed after initially claiming he was the victim.

The high-powered troubleshooter brought in to fix Dunedin’s plagued hospital build previously quit the project because he was too busy with his day job.

Dunedin developers will still be put off from building new homes despite a council compromise to phase-in a steep increase in charges, a planner says.

A North Dunedin liquor store owner says his business has been hit by students consuming less alcohol.

Residents in certain areas of wider Dunedin are being urged to keep their cats and dogs "under control", as the city’s population of kākā continues to grow.