News | Otago Daily Times Online News

SUBSCRIBER

Bid to ban taking cockles over fears group is 'gutting' fishery

SUBSCRIBER

Bid to ban taking cockles over fears group is 'gutting' fishery

Shutting down the taking of shellfish at Moeraki is needed to stop the ‘‘gutting’’ of a local resource by newcomers to New Zealand, an iwi leader says.

SUBSCRIBER

Staff in dark as engineering firm liquidated

SUBSCRIBER

Dunedin staff in dark as engineering firm liquidated

Dart Engineering Ltd was put into liquidation yesterday with staff still in the dark about their future.

SUBSCRIBER

Parking tech set to boost coffers

SUBSCRIBER

Parking tech set to boost coffers

The chances of getting caught by Dunedin’s parking police will soon be significantly higher, because of new technology.

SUBSCRIBER

Thirteen town houses set to occupy Baptist site

Developer Liam Horne is set to build some town houses on the site of the former North East Valley...

SUBSCRIBER

Thirteen town houses set to occupy Baptist site

Work will start next week on the construction of 13 town houses on the site of the now demolished North East Valley Baptist Church.

SUBSCRIBER

Assault while on bail adds to jail time

SUBSCRIBER

Assault while on bail adds to jail time

A high-profile criminal who beat up his former partner in front of their children has been granted name suppression.

Flat stones put to use

Flat stones put to use

A relic of the past holds a mob of sheep at Longford, near Middlemarch.

SUBSCRIBER

Poetic submission backs tree’s removal

A Mosgiel pin oak tree poses an urgent risk to people and property, the owners say. PHOTO: GERARD...

SUBSCRIBER

Poetic submission backs tree’s removal

An arboreal verse penned for a protected Mosgiel pin oak has joined artificial intelligence in backing the tree’s removal.

Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually

Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually

Firefighters work to clear fog from the On the Spot dairy in Taieri Rd, Wakari about 11.30am yesterday.

SUBSCRIBER

Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child

SUBSCRIBER

Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child

A day after attacking someone he believed had abused his child, an Oamaru man pinched his own daughter so hard he drew blood.

SUBSCRIBER

Dunedin man violated teenager at family party and cemetery

The teenager was violated at a party and then at the Northern Cemetery. Photo: Google Maps

SUBSCRIBER

Dunedin man violated teenager at family party and cemetery

A man in his late 30s violated a 15-year-old girl in the bathroom at a family party in Dunedin and the next day repeated the act after picking her up from school.

Watchdog 'horrified' at beer wrongly labelled

More than 2500 cases have been recalled. Photo: MPI/supplied

Watchdog 'horrified' at beer wrongly labelled

Alcohol Healthwatch's executive director says he is "horrified" after tens of thousands of Steinlager beer bottles were mislabelled as alcohol free.

Cromwell College student second in national poetry competition

Cromwell College student second in national poetry competition

Year 9 Cromwell College Student Katie Anne Ley has come second place in the Junior Section of a National Poetry Competiton with her poem, 'A Love Letter to Colours'.

Minister quizzed about exchange with TVNZ chair

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photo: RNZ

Minister quizzed about exchange with TVNZ chair

Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith says he "may have grunted" at TVNZ's board chair Andrew Barclay, who raised a crime story with him.

Equipment to fix sewage plant not yet ordered: company

Wellington Water's Moa Point treatment plant (file photo). Photo: Wellington Water

Equipment to fix sewage plant not yet ordered: company

A fault at the Wellington wastewater plant caused it to shut down, sending up to 70 million litres of untreated sewage into the sea daily.

Former All Black sells home for $2.45m with brother's help

Sam Whitelock at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Photo: Getty Images

Former All Black sells home for $2.45m with brother's help

Former Crusaders and All Blacks captain Sam Whitelock has teamed up with his brother Adam again - but this time it was to sell Sam's Christchurch home for $2.45 million.

Health worker forced to dip into son's account

Health worker forced to dip into son's account

About 5500 staff in Waikato didn't get paid due to a glitch.

Canada PM urges 'middle powers' to work together

Mark Carney has used his platform as Canadian Prime Minister to rally middle powers, including...

Canada PM urges 'middle powers' to work together

Canada's Prime Minister has signed Australia up to a powerful global alliance of critical minerals producers and urged the nations to boost their co-operation on a range of fronts.

Humpback population showing signs of recovery

An international study involving researchers from Auckland University shows humpback breeding is...

Humpback population showing signs of recovery

More than 50 years after the last whale was caught and killed in NZ, humpbacks are showing promising signs of recovery.

Family want settlement for alleged abuse

Family want settlement for alleged abuse at Christchurch school

The family of a former St Bede's College student who was offered $7k after he complained of being sexually abused by a teacher want an apology and a "very substantial financial settlement".

Construction worker pulls man from house fire in Auckland

Firefighters at the scene in Ponsonby on Thursday. Photos: RNZ

Construction worker pulls man from house fire in Auckland

A construction worker has described pulling someone from a burning house in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby this morning.

Search form

Search form