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Three students hit by car outside school

Nelson College for Girls. Photo: Google Maps via RNZ

Three students hit by car outside school

Nelson College for Girls says it's working with police to understand how a car hit and injured three students, and if any changes are needed to improve safety around the school.

Private use of publicly-funded cancer drugs will widen inequities, doctors warn

Despite multiple assessments Mrs A's cancer went undiagnosed for months. Photo: Getty Images

Private use of publicly-funded cancer drugs will widen inequities, doctors warn

A move to allow private patients to access publicly-funded cancer drugs threatens to increase wait times for those in the public system, warn senior doctors.

Labour moves ahead in cost of living poll

Labour moves ahead in cost of living poll

Labour has overtaken National as the party New Zealanders consider most able to handle the cost of living, according to the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor survey.

Coroner takes aim at Runit after fatal league head injury

Coroner takes aim at Runit after fatal league head injury

A Coroner has taken aim at Runit competitions saying they should not be recognised as an official sport.

Kāinga Ora cans hundreds of new homes

Kāinga Ora CEO Matt Crockett (right) and Housing Minister Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ/...

Kāinga Ora cans hundreds of new homes

State housing provider Kāinga Ora is halting hundreds of housing developments which would have delivered nearly 3500 homes, and selling a fifth of its vacant land.

Father of six jailed for violent rampage

An angry man struck his partner while she was holding a baby because she wouldn’t talk to him, before going on to injure six other people, including three children, in a fit of rage.

61-year-old does burnout in front of South D cops

A 61-year-old Dunedin man gave police an exclusive skid show as he revved his engine, fishtailed and did a burnout in front of them in South Dunedin.

Pair in Dunedin road rage as feud boils over

An ongoing feud bubbling away between two Dunedin men hit boiling point when they tried to ram each other off the road.

'Heavy hearts': Cafe goes into liquidation

'Heavy hearts': Cafe goes into liquidation

The owners of the London Canteen have let their customers know with "heavy hearts" the cafe at Oderings Garden Centre in Barrington has gone into liquidation.

Cook Islands funding frozen over China links

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ

Cook Islands funding frozen over China links

New Zealand has paused its core sector support funding for the Cook Islands after its government signed partnership agreements with China earlier this year, Winston Peters office says.

'Unexplained' Christchurch car park death not missing woman

A woman who died after being found with critical injuries in a Riccarton car park was not Elisabeth Nicholls, police say.

Trump on Iran: 'Nobody knows what I'm going to do'

Smoke rises from a fire in Tehran, Iran. Photo: Social Media/via Reuters

Trump on Iran: 'Nobody knows what I'm going to do'

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender and the US president said his patience had run out.

NZ embassy staff evacuated from Tehran

An excavator removes debris from a residential building that was destroyed in an attack by Israel...

NZ embassy staff evacuated from Tehran

Two staff and their families have been evacuated from the New Zealand embassy in Tehran.

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New hospital build boss to get $2.5k a day

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New hospital build boss to get $2.5k a day

A corporate troubleshooter is being paid $2500 a day to lead the new Dunedin hospital’s build due to ministerial claims the project could drag down Health NZ without his leadership.

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'That’s not normal': Driver's quick exit from flaming tractor

A hedge-cutting tractor is engulfed in flames in Three Mile Hill Rd yesterday. Photos: Stephen...

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'That’s not normal': Driver's quick exit from flaming tractor

A Dunedin tractor driver confused why there was so much "fog" clouding the rear windscreen had to jump to safety when the vehicle burst into flames.

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Swindler rips off Larnach Castle to tune of $90k

Larnach Castle where Antonio Bae worked and swindled more than $80,000. Photo: ODT files

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Swindler rips off Larnach Castle to tune of $90k

A former supervisor at Larnach Castle who stole nearly $90,000 from his employer says he did it because he "wanted more".

Sounds of Swiss Alps echo across city

The Taranaki Swiss Club Alphorn Group performs in the Octagon, conducted by Alan Beck (below),...

Sounds of Swiss Alps echo across city

They are loud and proud and know how to attract a crowd.

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Educative approach to smoking, vaping sought

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Educative approach to smoking, vaping sought

Peer pressure will help stub out smoking and vaping in Dunedin public spaces, the city council hopes.

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First step toward demolition of award-winning lecture theatre

The University of Otago Archway Lecture Theatres. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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First step toward demolition of award-winning lecture theatre

A planner's recommendation could clear the way for the University of Otago to demolish an award-winning lecture theatre.

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Melting dolphins mimic threat

Otago Polytechnic Dunedin School of Art student Jemma Edenborough displays her 54 Māui dolphins...

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Melting dolphins mimic threat

A Dunedin artist has left 54 Māui dolphin sculptures made from ice to melt in the Octagon to draw attention to the species’ fast-approaching extinction.

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