Trust campaigning for consecutive hoiho wins
Trust campaigning for consecutive hoiho wins
The 2025 Bird of the Year race has started — and it appears to be getting pretty political, pretty quickly.
Collecting rubbish to help the homeless
Collecting rubbish to help the homeless
King’s High School students Sam Moore (left), 17, and Charlie Heller, 18, pick up rubbish outside Woolworths Dunedin Central yesterday.
City-wide cleanup
City-wide cleanup
Aroha Kaikorai Valley volunteers Caroline Thomson and Paul Southworth (front) along with other volunteers add to a pile of rubbish collected during a public cleanup on...
SUBSCRIBER
Hitting 100 a surprise for centenarian
SUBSCRIBER
Hitting 100 a surprise for centenarian
A Dunedin centenarian says she is as surprised as anyone to be celebrating her 100th birthday.
SUBSCRIBER
Jigsaw championship brings enthusiasts together
SUBSCRIBER
Jigsaw championship brings enthusiasts together
A passion for puzzles is a common language connecting 3600 international speed puzzlers competing at the world champs, an Ōtepoti speed puzzler says.
Technically spectacular show modernises musical
Technically spectacular show modernises musical
Taieri Musical: Jesus Christ Superstar, Regent Theatre, Thursday, September 18.
SUBSCRIBER
Four selected for debate
SUBSCRIBER
Four selected for debate
They are generally considered to be the four main contenders for the Dunedin mayoralty — Andrew Simms, Sophie Barker, Lee Vandervis and Jules Radich.
SUBSCRIBER
Audience thrilled show ‘delivered a crash’
SUBSCRIBER
Audience thrilled show ‘delivered a crash’
Earmuffs were the headwear of choice at Forsyth Barr Stadium over the weekend, as thousands packed in to catch some rip-roaring monster truck action.
Hospital radiology scan rates 'grim' — APEX union
Hospital radiology scan rates 'grim' — APEX union
Health New Zealand data shows 18,000 patients had waited longer than 42 days for CT or MRI scans by June.
Arrest after laser 'pointed at planes'
Arrest after laser 'pointed at planes'
A man has been charged with endangering transport after pointing a laser at two commercial aircraft, police say.
Whale dies after stranding near Dunedin
Whale dies after stranding near Dunedin
Warning: distressing images. An adult humpback whale that got stranded on a sandbar at Dunedin's Blueskin Bay suffered significant injuries and later died, Doc says.
Commission spells out latest pay offers to teachers
Commission spells out latest pay offers to teachers
Commissioner Sir Brian Roche insists the latest offer to primary teachers is as high as it can go.
Caregiver tried to get elderly man's will changed
Caregiver tried to get elderly man's will changed
"I just want to get all my affairs in order before I snuff it," one handwritten note read.
Humpback whale dies after stranding
Humpback whale dies after stranding
Warning: distressing images. An adult humpback whale that got stranded on a sandbar at Blueskin Bay suffered significant injuries and later died, Doc says.
Info sought on Canterbury death
Info sought on Canterbury death
Canterbury police are investigating a sudden death in Heathcote Valley.
Monster trucks wow thousands in 'loud and exciting' show
Monster trucks wow thousands in 'loud and exciting' show
Earmuffs were the headwear of choice at Forsyth Barr Stadium this afternoon, as thousands packed in to catch some rip-roaring monster truck action.
Humpback whale stranded in Blueskin Bay
Humpback whale stranded in Blueskin Bay
Conservation groups and about 30 locals have gathered in Blueskin Bay as a humpback whale tries to free itself from a sandbar.
Neighbours breathe easy as home to be demolished
Neighbours breathe easy as home to be demolished
Steel gates, warning signs and the start of demolition works outside a mouldy, abandoned home has brought relief to a Wellington street.
Ardern calls for the end of 'genocide' in Gaza
Ardern calls for the end of 'genocide' in Gaza
Dame Jacinda Ardern has called the war in Gaza a "genocide", joining a growing chorus of international experts, world leaders and organisations saying Israel's actions meet the definition under international law.
Thousands protest against pay equity changes
Thousands protest against pay equity changes
Thousands of people are at rallies around the country to protest changes to pay equity laws.