Budget 2025: Govt looks to make promises add up
Budget 2025: Govt looks to make promises add up
"It feels like a kid robbing his mum to pay for his mates" says library assistant Alex Cass, as she prepares for the government to reveal Budget 2025.
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Closing down - for real this time
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Closing down - for real this time
The owner of a central Dunedin gift shop says the store is closing down — and this time he means it.
Two knocked out at Auckland 'Run It Straight' event
Two knocked out at Auckland 'Run It Straight' event
Two men were knocked out during last night's 'Run It Straight' event held in Auckland, in which two competitors collide at full speed.
Close call for rail contractors after wrong all clear signal
Close call for rail contractors after wrong all clear signal
Contractors working on a rail line in Christchurch managed to avoid being struck by an oncoming train after they were given the all clear to work on the track, TAIC says.
Trump ambushes SA president with false anti-white persecution claims
Trump ambushes SA president with false anti-white persecution claims
US President Donald Trump has confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House with allegations of mass killings and land seizures from white people.
Student midwife attacked leaving work
Student midwife attacked leaving work
Health chiefs have increased security at Christchurch Hospital's birthing unit after a student midwife was attacked on the way to their car after leaving work.
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Dunedin supermarket reveals expansion plan
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Dunedin supermarket reveals expansion plan
Foodstuffs plans to knock down two central city buildings to expand operations at its flagship Dunedin supermarket.
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Eighth time lucky for Vandervis in mayoral bid?
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Eighth time lucky for Vandervis in mayoral bid?
Longtime Dunedin councillor Lee Vandervis has announced he will make his eighth run at the mayoralty, while first-term councillor Mandy Mayhem has thrown her top hat in the ring to lead the city.
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Discharge plan had ‘higher chance of failure’
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Discharge plan had ‘higher chance of failure’
A senior health boss says a Dunedin poet’s hospital discharge treatment had "a higher chance of failure than an ideal plan".
Work flowing
Work flowing
Contractors work on water pipes in Bath St, Dunedin yesterday.
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Dead person's house raided for war memorabilia
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Dead person's house raided for war memorabilia
A woman found with war memorabilia from a dead person's house in Dunedin says she was committing crimes to send money to a threatening ex-partner in prison.
Emmy to Animation Research
Emmy to Animation Research
Animation Research Ltd has won its fourth Emmy Award at the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony in New York.
Sprayed with deodorant
Sprayed with deodorant
A Dunedin police officer had an asthma attack after a man sprayed her in the face with his deodorant.
Kitten living high on the hog with pig pals
Kitten living high on the hog with pig pals
A little Naseby kitten — who thinks she is a pig — is "living high on the hog" with Kunekunes Starsky and Hutch.
Lotto 2483
Lotto 2483
Results from last night's Lotto draw
Hope to waddle away with win
Hope to waddle away with win
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it might just be judged the best duck in show.
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Inland port competition fears
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Inland port competition fears
Port Otago competing with Calder Stewart to establish an inland port could have a "serious impact" on the Otago Regional Council’s financial position, a regional councillor says.
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'Not sustainable': Bowls clubs in downward spiral
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'Not sustainable': Bowls clubs in downward spiral
Dunedin has too many bowling clubs to be sustainable, which could lead to a reduction of up to five clubs over the next few years, a bowls leader warns.
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Soiled bedding swamps charity
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Soiled bedding swamps charity
A Dunedin charity has been inundated with blankets infested with mould, urine, faeces and blood stains, causing much-needed funds to be redirected to waste removal.
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Ill health forces abrupt closure of iconic cafe
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Ill health forces abrupt closure of gardens cafe
The abrupt closure of the Dunedin Botanic Garden cafe feels like the "end of an era" for its ill manager.