Dunedin

'Spectacular' Dunedin track to reopen in time for summer

A popular walking track to an iconic Dunedin beach will reopen tomorrow in time for the busy summer visitor season after extensive repair work.

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Young designer inspired by ‘fun and vibrant’ Italy

Third-year bachelor of design (fashion) student Kennedy Lahood-Timu displays her end-of-year...

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Young designer inspired by ‘fun and vibrant’ Italy

Inspired by Italy, pieced together in Dunedin, a young designer’s latest fashion collection showcases the essence of the people from one of the fashion capitals of the world.

Bottle-O scales back bid to increase hours

An opposed off-licence renewal application for Bottle-O Cumberland was heard by Dunedin's&nbsp...

Bottle-O scales back bid to increase hours

A liquor store in the heart of Dunedin’s student quarter has trimmed back plans to extend its opening hours but questions remain about whether it is doing enough to reduce alcohol harm in the area.

Banned driver fesses up

Banned driver fesses up

A man forbidden from driving turned himself in to police after his car ran out of petrol in the middle of a central Dunedin street.

Bowled over

Bowled over

Wakari School pupil Willa Ewing, 8, got a mini bat signed by Black Caps Mark Chapman, Tim Robinson and Zac Foulkes yesterday

Dunedin teen admits threatening to blow up mosque

Kilbirnie Mosque in Wellington. Photo: RNZ

Dunedin teen admits threatening to blow up mosque

A Dunedin teenager has admitted threatening to blow up a Wellington mosque.

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Solar storms send supplier scrambling

An Aurora Australis as seen from Hoopers Inlet, near Dunedin. PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN

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Solar storms send supplier scrambling

A severe (G4) geomagnetic storm sent Transpower scrambling to remove some South Island electricity transmission lines from service yesterday, in a bid to protect the power grid.

FENZ called to Little Sisters of the Poor

FENZ called to Little Sisters of the Poor

Firefighters use cutting equipment to remove a loose piece of material from a structure at the Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Rest Home in Brockville yesterday.

Laying the foundations

Contractors get under way with a massive concrete pour at the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building site yesterday.

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Tobacco interference index fall ‘shameful’

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Tobacco interference index fall ‘shameful’

New Zealand’s dream of becoming smokefree by the end of 2025 appears to have gone up in smoke.

Invercargill, Q’town lead home gains

New figures show the resort is the most expensive place to rent a house in New Zealand. Photo:...

Invercargill, Q’town lead home gains

Invercargill and Queenstown have posted the strongest home value gains among New Zealand’s regional centres, bucking a largely flat national market.

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Simms gets his way in last-minute deal

Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker and Cr Andrew Simms discuss the economic development portfolio before...

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Simms gets his way in last-minute deal

An eleventh-hour agreement with Dunedin’s mayor has elevated first-term councillor Andrew Simms to joint leadership of the city’s economic development portfolio.

Windy work high above rest home

Windy work above Brockville rest home

Firefighters used an aerial appliance to remove a loose cowling flapping in high winds at a rest home in Dunedin today.

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Small schools to fight closure proposal

Taieri Beach School pupils (from left) Ryker Cardiff, 11, Colt Weir, 6, Maine Weir, 5, Lucy...

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Small schools to fight closure proposal

Two Otago schools with single-figure rolls and earmarked for closure are pushing back against the proposal.

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Tuition fee increase regrettable: Robertson

Grant Robertson. File photo: Gregor Richardson

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Tuition fee increase regrettable: Robertson

University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson says it is "highly regrettable" the university has had to increase tuition fees by 6% for the second consecutive year.

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