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$2 million wheeled out for cycleway

Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston and Tunnel Trails Trust chairman Brent Irwing...

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$2 million wheeled out for cycleway

Backing a Dunedin cycleway that traverses two tunnels to the tune of $2 million was an "easy decision", Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston says.

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Twin sister makes first call

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Twin sister makes first call

It is large, but not quite large enough to be a big sister — more of a twin perhaps.

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Fenz fight another fire at old hospital

A pillar of smoke rises from the abandoned former Glamis Hospital following an early morning fire...

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Fenz fight another fire at old hospital

A neighbour of a derelict former Dunedin hospital hopes it can be made safe after fire crews spent close to 12 hours to suppress yet another blaze at the site yesterday.

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Psssst....free parking, don't pass it on

A parking meter in Albany St, Dunedin, remained switched off yesterday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Psssst....free parking, don't pass it on

Motorists are being asked to be "considerate" amid a parking free-for-all in Dunedin’s Albany St.

Medal for Sir Alan’s life work

Emeritus Prof Sir Alan Mark may be 93 but he is not slowing down around environmental issues.

Social club pushes back on licence objection

The Dunedin City Council’s staff-only social club has hit back at an objection to its liquor licence, labelling the concerns as "entirely without merit".

Pupils overcome older competitors to reach national Lego competition

North East Valley School First Lego League team members (from left) Oscar Chapman, 10, Sequoia,...

Pupils overcome older competitors to reach national Lego competition

Facing much older competition did not stop the pupils from a Dunedin primary school winning a regional Lego competition.

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$393k boost to lure Australians to South

Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Louise Upston announces $393,000 in funding to put the South...

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$393k boost to lure Australians to South

A shot of government funding will help the South flaunt its trademark scenery and hospitality to an international market, a regional tourism manager says.

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Larnach Castle visit exploration of family history for carver’s kin

Kenlyn Williamson (left), of Melbourne, is shown the laburnum walk at Larnach Castle yesterday by...

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Larnach Castle visit exploration of family history for carver’s kin

It was a walk back down the family tree for an Australian woman at Larnach Castle yesterday.

Operatic feast goes down well

The Dunedin Children’s Choir enjoyed the opportunity to hear an inspiring talk by visiting opera...

Operatic feast goes down well

Opera Otago is definitely alive and well, at present in the ideal venue of Nations Church in South Dunedin, cooking up a potpourri of arias and choruses

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Sunshine on cue as Vault 21 marks 10th year

A Lamborghini Huracan, a fountain made out of ice and an AC Cobra replica made for a lavish...

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Sunshine on cue as Vault 21 marks 10th year

Typically, an ice sculpture sitting in Dunedin’s Octagon is pretty safe.

Army chief gets immunity for life

Army chief gets immunity for life

Pakistan has granted lifelong immunity to Field Marshal Asim Munir, in a move that will further entrench the military’s grip on power in the nuclear-armed nation.

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Pupils share their cultures with school

George Street Normal School pupils Ledua Qera, 11 (left), and Nika Cooney, 10, dress in the...

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Pupils share their cultures with school

A Dunedin primary school pupil descended from a family of Soviet-era circus performers jumped at the chance to show off her Russian roots.

Obituary: Duchess of Kent, royal

Katharine, Duchess of Kent at the Chelsea Flower Show, London, May 22, 2000. Photo: Getty Images

Obituary: Duchess of Kent, royal

Katherine, Duchess of Kent, was the oldest living member of the Royal Family.

Obituary: scout, JP, teacher and organiser

Hec Browett and his vintage motorbike. Photo: Allied Media files

Obituary: scout, JP, teacher and organiser

Harold "Hec" Dryden Browett was born in Dunedin on December 9, 1934.

Obituary: John Searle, philosopher

John Searle, Carbonate, Italy, September 14, 2017. Photo: Getty Images

Obituary: John Searle, philosopher

United States philosopher John Searle expounded on the philosophy of the mind and of language, before pioneering work helping to create the "philosophy of society".

Family violence unit 'unaware' of fatal relationship

Nathan Boulter admitted murdering a woman in Christchurch earlier this year. Photo: Open Justice ...

Family violence unit 'unaware' of fatal relationship

A specialist multi-agency family violence unit was unaware a man had been in a relationship with a woman he harassed and stalked before fatally stabbing her 55 times.

Whakaari/White Island sends up big gas plume

A steam and gas plume from White Island rose to about 3km above sea level today. Photo: Supplied...

Whakaari/White Island sends up big gas plume

Residents on the Bay of Plenty coast may smell sulphur due to activity on the Whakaari/White Island volcano, GeoNet says.

Theft of one-tonne bell ‘extraordinary effort’

The Peace Bell at the Japanese garden complex in Henderson, gifted by Kakogawa City, Japan, in...

Theft of one-tonne bell ‘extraordinary effort’

An Auckland local board chairman is astonished a one-tonne bronze bell was stolen from the Japanese Garden in the suburb of Henderson.

Deadly heat sparks huge funding for health research

A man cools off in Rome's Barcaccia fountain during a heatwave in July where temperatures reached...

Deadly heat sparks huge funding for health research

With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $527m into developing life-saving solutions.

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