Ugly antics caught on CCTV: Business owner sick of cleaning vomit
A Central Dunedin business owner is sick of the up-to 30-odd people who urinate, vomit, smash bottles and commit vandalism in the car park at the back of her shop each weekend.
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Opportunity too good to miss - new principal
Opportunity too good to miss - new principal
For Mark Jones, the opportunity to take on the top job at Bayfield High School was just too good to pass up.
More Otago Uni students speak up on placement scam
More Otago Uni students speak up on placement scam
More than 60 University of Otago medical students have come forward after an overseas placement rort was uncovered.
Volunteer service efforts rewarded
Volunteer service efforts rewarded
Prof Tony Binns, who helped pioneer the UniVol programme at Volunteer Service Abroad, has gained a rare life membership of the development organisation.
Fire-hit restaurants on list of NZ's best
Fire-hit restaurants on list of NZ's best
Two Otago restaurants have emerged from ashes to make the list of New Zealand's top restaurants.
Big blaze bad news for endangered species
Big blaze bad news for endangered species
A massive fire that tore through conservation land near Middlemarch may have had substantial biodiversity impacts in the area, including on a species of endangered native fish.
Anti-trans complaint misused govt email
Anti-trans complaint misused govt email
An Australian government official may face repercussions after making transphobic comments about a Dunedin sexual assault support service.
Closures at Edgar Centre for earthquake strengthening
Closures at Edgar Centre for earthquake strengthening
Three courts and the More FM Arena at the Edgar Centre will be closed from next week until March next year as earthquake strengthening work is carried out.
Exhibition a snapshot celebration of university staff
Exhibition a snapshot celebration of university staff
Photographs of 150 present University of Otago staff are on display at its Link area, in association with the university's 150th anniversary.
AOS callouts soaring in South
AOS callouts soaring in South
More community pushback against drugs, and increasing gang numbers, are likely to be behind skyrocketing Armed Offender Squad (AOS) callouts in the South.
Majority votes to retain iwi representatives
Majority votes to retain iwi representatives
Iwi representatives will remain on the Otago Regional Council policy committee, despite a determined bid by some councillors to alter how it consults Maori.
Road blocked after car rolls
Road blocked after car rolls
A person sustained moderate injuries when a car rolled on Portobello Rd this morning.
Military, cruise, and freight vessels visit port
Military, cruise, and freight vessels visit port
The Royal New Zealand Navy's multi-role vessel, HMNZS Canterbury, passing a busy Port Chalmers on its way to berth at the T/U sheds in the upper harbour yesterday.
Flare ups possible as wind picks up today
Flare ups possible as wind picks up today
Firefighters working to keep a massive fire that tore through conservation land near Middlemarch contained managed to quickly extinguish a flare up last night.
No signs of a struggle, forensic expert tells jury
No signs of a struggle, forensic expert tells jury
A scientist who examined the bedroom where a Dunedin teenager was stabbed to death says there were no obvious signs of a struggle.
Hoiho rescue groups applaud Govt funding
Hoiho rescue groups applaud Govt funding
The noisy yellow-eyed penguin took a big bite out of the $8million pie that is the Department of Conservation's Community Fund.
Academic: older staff are valuable, must be retained
Academic: older staff are valuable, must be retained
Despite recent progress, there is no room for complacency over retaining older staff in the workforce, Associate Prof Bevan Catley warns.
Rhododendrons not on schedule
Rhododendrons not on schedule
Bill Jackson, of East Taieri, takes a close look at rhododendrons in the upper section of the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.
Fishing jetty parts craned into harbour
Fishing jetty parts craned into harbour
A new fishing jetty at Port Chalmers is expected to be up and running by the end of next week, Port Otago says.
Witness a sex offender
Witness a sex offender
The teenager whose testimony has painted a Dunedin doctor as a murderer has been revealed to be a sex offender who previously lied to police.