Fire crews called out after heavy weather hits
Firefighters have attended multiple weather callouts overnight as strong winds battered the lower South Island, including for fallen trees and roofs lifting off houses.
Dunedin
Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready
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.
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".
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
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.
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Night in custody result of an error
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Night in custody result of an error
An unfortunate typo left a Dunedin protester in a police cell for the night before he was cleared of wrongdoing by a judge.
Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family
Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family
The family of a Dunedin club rugby player who was stomped on during a match feel like they have been kicked in the face.
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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan
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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan
City councillors have been accused by one of their own of saddling future Dunedin’s ratepayers with almost $100 million of debt.
Not going to police ‘matter of choice’
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.
‘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
MetService issues gale warnings for much of the South
Forget about wearing a hat today — you are likely to lose it.
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40 years of service enough for sergeant
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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.
Honorary degrees awarded
Honorary degrees awarded
It has probably been a long time since David Gerrard felt like a fish out of water.
Student pub still wanted: referendum
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.
Green coming soon
Green coming soon
St Clair School’s new field has been fenced off as it nears completion.
Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students
Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students
A Vietnam War veteran and a former Blackcap have been honoured by their secondary school in Dunedin.
Obituary: a life with three full courses
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
‘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.
Outreach initiative marking 10th visit
Outreach initiative marking 10th visit
Tūhura Otago Museum may have become a victim of its own success.