Costs cut despite Treasury warning
Costs cut despite Treasury warning
The government ploughed ahead with cost-cutting at the new Dunedin hospital despite a warning from Treasury that the plan risked backfiring.
Impending closure of Oamaru House ‘a shock’
Impending closure of Oamaru House ‘a shock’
An Alexandra cancer patient is in shock at the impending closure of hospital accommodation that has been a godsend for rural people coming to Dunedin for treatment.
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Boost for city’s arts venues
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Boost for city’s arts venues
Theatre space to the tune of more than $17 million is back in Dunedin’s script for performing arts after the city council went improv on funding a multi-venue package.
Risk of deluge dissipates, snow still likely
Risk of deluge dissipates, snow still likely
A large weather system that threatened to bring a major deluge to Dunedin has moved off to the east of NZ. But snow about higher parts of inland Otago and Southland is still forecast.
Sweep for chess team’s youngest
Sweep for chess team’s youngest
A young Dunedin chess prodigy has cleaned up at the Otago secondary schools competition.
Dunedin to escape worst of wet weather - for now
Dunedin to escape worst of wet weather - for now
Dunedin residents can stand down and relax again, after a large weather system that threatened to bring a major deluge and flooding to the city moved off to the east of the country.
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Funds approved for carbon-friendly transport
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Funds approved for carbon-friendly transport
More than $60 million worth of carbon-friendly transport projects were put on DCC books as councillors sparred over combating climate change.
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‘Bandanna burglar’ returned to scene
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‘Bandanna burglar’ returned to scene
A Dunedin man known as "the bandanna burglar", after a series of student-flat break-ins, has returned to the scene of the crime, a court has heard.
Changes in personnel leading new hospital build continue
Changes in personnel leading new hospital build continue
The merry-go-round of faces leading the new Dunedin hospital build continues with the departure of a long-serving local health official and arrival of one of New Zealand’s top health bosses.
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Historic pub ready for loving ‘revival’
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Historic pub ready for loving ‘revival’
The new owners of a historic Dunedin restaurant and pub say they are taking over a beautiful building that just needs some love.
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Otago Museum to charge international visitors
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Otago Museum to charge international visitors
While a proposal to charge international visitors $20 to enter some of Dunedin’s cultural institutions has been thrown out, Tūhura Otago Museum is pushing ahead with the fee.
Stolen Cresta's cruise from Christchurch
Stolen Cresta's cruise from Christchurch
A 1980s luxury car stolen in Christchurch has turned up hundreds of kilometres away in Dunedin.
Aucklanders blown off course to Dunedin
Aucklanders blown off course to Dunedin
Aucklanders bound for Queenstown instead ended up in Dunedin after their Air New Zealand flight experienced ‘‘a change in wind direction’’.
'Entirely unconvincing': Disgraced Dunedin teacher guilty on new sex charge
'Entirely unconvincing': Disgraced Dunedin teacher guilty on new sex charge
A former Dunedin teacher who groped his students has had another sex conviction added to his record.
Cops called to dust-up outside cinema
Cops called to dust-up outside cinema
A dispute between two men outside a Dunedin cinema turned violent after one refused to leave, police say.
Chalking it up
Chalking it up
Contractors, suspended in a crane’s man-cage, remove numbered bricks from the Dunedin Gasworks Museum’s chimney yesterday.
Hundreds donate blood at university
Hundreds donate blood at university
About 250 people donated blood at the University of Otago’s Union Hall yesterday.
Outrage over one-game ban for stomper
One-game ban for stomper outrages disfigured player’s son
The son of a Dunedin club rugby player who has been left disfigured after being stomped on the head during a game is outraged the culprit was given just a one-game ban.
Photographers go a bit wild
Photographers go a bit wild
Judges for the 2025 Tūhura Otago Museum Photography Competition display some of the entries in the wildlife category of the annual photography competition.
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Smooth Hill landfill going ahead: council
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Smooth Hill landfill going ahead: council
It is time to get on with the job and construct the Smooth Hill landfill, Dunedin’s mayor says.
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