Queenstown road re-opens after flooding closure
Queenstown road re-opens after flooding closure
A key road in Queenstown has re-opened to stop/go traffic management after being closed for most of the afternoon.
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Set netting closure area doubles
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Set netting closure area doubles
The closure area for set netting off the Otago coast has doubled as the process for consultation on long-term measures to protect hoiho from the effects of fishing gets under way.
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Chidgey, Iti among festival’s guest speakers
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Chidgey, Iti among festival’s guest speakers
Acclaimed New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey and activist and artist Tāme Iti are among the guests at this year’s Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival.
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Trampers lost, cold, lucky to get phone coverage: police
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Trampers lost, cold, lucky to get phone coverage: police
Five young Dunedin trampers were "too cold to move" as they awaited rescue after getting lost in harsh weather near Middlemarch, police say.
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Missionary says sacrifices of his calling worth it
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Missionary says sacrifices of his calling worth it
A young missionary came to Dunedin knowing he was unlikely to see his mother alive again.
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Together on stage ‘weird’, but special
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Together on stage ‘weird’, but special
A former Dunedin opera singer’s homecoming was made extra special by performing with her mother on stage.
Vocal local
Vocal local
A tūī sings at Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
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11 new ‘life-changing’ social housing units being built
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11 new ‘life-changing’ social housing units being built
Eleven social housing units, under construction inside a historic Dunedin warehouse, will be life-changing for future tenants, the Salvation Army says.
Three escape with minor injuries as truck, car crash in Waitati
Three escape with minor injuries as truck, car crash in Waitati
Three people received minor injuries after a crash involving a car and a truck in Waitati this afternoon.
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Govt accused of inaction on bed cuts at new hospital
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Govt accused of inaction on bed cuts at new hospital
The government has been accused of sitting on its hands after making cuts to mental health for older people beds at Dunedin hospital on the promise community beds would pick up the slack.
Fleeing Dunedin driver winds up in ditch
Fleeing Dunedin driver winds up in ditch
An alleged petrol thief’s attempt to flee Dunedin police came to an abrupt end when she crashed into a ditch.
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Contrasting reactions to closure of set net fishery
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Contrasting reactions to closure of set net fishery
The Otago Peninsula fishing industry is reeling and feels bewildered after a large part of its fishery was closed to save the hoiho, a move described as a good start but not going far enough by...
Chinese festival brings cultures together
Chinese festival brings cultures together
Columba College students Ruby Nicolson, 16 (left), and Shanti Kara, 17, performing at the Dunedin Senior Chinese Association Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day at Trinity Catholic College.
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$2m professorship to investigate skeletons
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$2m professorship to investigate skeletons
The poor, working class, women, children, the enslaved and those under colonial rule — many of their skeletons are in closets all over the world.
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Lung cancer researcher granted $80,000 to help find biomarker
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Lung cancer researcher granted $80,000 to help find biomarker
An accurate, easy and fast test for lung cancer could be within reach in the next decade, after a Dunedin cancer researcher was awarded a major funding grant to collaborate with a world-renowned...
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Rival Vandervis labels mayor’s debt claim 'absurd'
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Rival Vandervis labels mayor’s debt claim 'absurd'
The Dunedin mayor’s claim city council debt is under control has been called desperate and absurd.
Weka chick spotted in North Dunedin
Weka chick spotted in North Dunedin
A weka chick has been sighted in Dunedin but whether its existence means we have a colony of the birds in the city is up for debate.
Derelict Dunedin hospital hit by further vandalism
Derelict Dunedin hospital hit by further vandalism
Mornington residents were forced to become temporary firefighters after a pair of alleged teenage arsonists set fire to a tree at an abandoned hospital which has become a magnet for vandals.
Middle-aged milk-fiend nabbed by cops
Middle-aged milk-fiend nabbed by cops
A Dunedin man with a penchant for a sweet drink is facing a court date after repetitive alleged chocolate milk thefts.
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