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Warning Aurora power bills may rise $10
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Warning Aurora power bills may rise $10
Household electricity bills for Aurora Energy customers could increase by an average of about $10 a month next year, the Commerce Commission says.
‘Chilly but dry’ weather tipped for city
‘Chilly but dry’ weather tipped for city
Dunedin is due to return to single-digit highs and freezing overnight temperatures after warm moist air brought unseasonably high night-time temperatures yesterday.
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Family the motivation for fighting on
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Wife, children the motivation, 25 years after fateful day
Twenty-five years after a fateful rugby match left Dunedin man Nick Chisholm with locked-in syndrome, he says his wife and three children are the reason he keeps fighting.
'Nurses are crying, it’s terrible'
'Nurses are crying, it’s terrible'
Dunedin nurses have been reduced to tears by the stress of working long shifts to cover staff shortages.
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$100k of cannabis stashed in storage unit
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$100k of cannabis stashed in storage unit
A Dunedin man who stashed $100,000 of cannabis in a storage unit will be on a curfew for the next six months.
Eating well on the cheap when you're a student
Eating well on the cheap when you're a student
Dunedin student Renata Herrera Rojas is determined to get young people feeding their brain properly - without busting the budget.
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MP ‘ill-informed’ on seesaw
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MP ‘ill-informed’ on seesaw
A National MP has been accused of getting his facts wrong after slamming council spending on a central Dunedin seesaw.
Pole 'arcing and burning' after Mosgiel crash
Pole 'arcing and burning' after Mosgiel crash
Emergency services in Mosgiel warned a crashed driver to stay put after seeing "arcing and burning" from a light pole.
‘Flaws’ in Waikato med school business case
‘Flaws’ in Waikato med school business case
The University of Otago is criticising the business case for the Waikato medical school that the government used to justify the project.
Trial for those keen to crew a dragon boat
Trial for those keen to crew a dragon boat
There is a place in the dragon boat for everyone.
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Council tight-lipped on ‘major event’
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Council tight-lipped on ‘major event’
Dunedin appears set to hold a "major event", but the council is refusing to say what it is.
Grant spurs cancer test research
Researchers hunting early pancreatic cancer markers
Dunedin researchers are heading up an international study to identify abnormal DNA markers in order to detect a deadly cancer before it is too late.
Scaffolding put up at court building for maintenance
Scaffolding put up at court building for maintenance
Brazier Scaffolding workers erect scaffolding at the Dunedin District Court yesterday morning.
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Lilliput built as tribute to daughter
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Lilliput built as tribute to daughter
A Mosgiel father is keeping his daughter’s memory alive with a touching tribute that incorporates her love for literature.
Offering a helping paw
Offering a helping paw
French bulldog Ruby casts a critical eye over winter maintenance work being done by the Dunedin BMX Club’s track manager Derek Jelgersma at Forrester Park yesterday.
Teenager allegedly ran woman over
Teenager allegedly ran woman over
A Dunedin woman says she was "petrified" after a teenager followed her home, attempted to ram her car, missed, and ran her over instead.
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Major retail chains on way for George St
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George St retail excites investor
Four new retailers, including three major chains, are part of a promising future for Dunedin’s main street, a property investor says.
Dunedin driver clocked at 142kmh in bid to beat supermarket closing time
Dunedin driver clocked at 142kmh in bid to beat supermarket closing time
A Dunedin man racing to the supermarket before it closed was clocked by police going 142kmh in an inner-city street.
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Cr chided over digs about mayor
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Cr chided over digs about mayor
A councillor who labelled the Dunedin mayor a "buffoon" and "a baby Trump" has been called an embarrassment to city governance.
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Business case flawed: Brooking
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Business case flawed: Brooking
The release of a "flawed" business case means more information is needed before Labour decides whether it would dump the planned Waikato Medical School, a Dunedin MP says.