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Kmart should be held accountable for asbestos sand - shopper

Some of the recalled sand products sold by Kmart. Photo: Supplied / MBIE

Kmart should be held accountable for asbestos sand - shopper

For Christchurch father of two Joe Baxter, there was no question he needed to act fast when alarms were raised over asbestos in children's play sand sold by Kmart.

Students get taste of life at university

Brian Wilson, 17, of Otahuhu College, gets into his biochemistry lesson at the Hands-On at Otago...

Students get taste of life at university

More than 400 secondary school students are dipping their toes into university life this week in Dunedin.

Drape escape from Dunedin motel

A person eluded capture at a South Dunedin motel yesterday by using what appeared to be curtains tied together to jump out of a two-storey window.

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Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils

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Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils

A meeting tomorrow will discuss what Otago regional councillors think about the proposal to get rid of regional councils but the council chairwoman has questioned if mayors have any idea what they...

Yachts battle for honours

Yachts battle for honours

Yachts compete in a Port Chalmers Yacht Club race on Otago Harbour on Saturday.

Bug off!

Bug off!

Caked in wind-blown sand, a resting sea lion on Smaills Beach lifts its head, disturbing a cloud of flies which were gathered around the moisture from its eyes.

Fear, uncertainty as family cut off in Iran

Mourners react, carry coffins during a funeral procession for members of security forces and...

Fear, uncertainty as family cut off in Iran

As anti-government riots in Iran lead to hundreds of deaths, a Dunedin-based expat says he is struggling to hear from family and friends at home.

Upgrades around Octagon to disrupt traffic for a month

Upgrades around Octagon to disrupt traffic for a month

Aurora Energy is making electricity upgrades in the Octagon including working on underground infrastructure to improve network reliability.

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Early interest as DCC by-election set

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Early interest as DCC by-election set

Early contenders for Dunedin’s vacant council seat have emerged, but the position will not be filled until mid-May.

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'Lots of reasons': Bus hub pub plans abandoned

The building at 1 Great King St is still yet to be filled after an application for a new pub was...

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'Lots of reasons': Bus hub pub plans abandoned

Plans for a new student pub and club in a long-vacant building on the doorstep of Dunedin’s bus hub have been abandoned after a public backlash.

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Accused massage therapist claims she was just doing her job

Annie Varghese is on trial defending charges of indecent assault. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Accused massage therapist claims she was just doing her job

A Dunedin massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting two clients says she was just doing her job according to her limited training.

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‘Lifelong consequences’ from botched surgery

Marvin Weyland with his daughter Mira, 3, who requires more surgery to fix her hip joints. PHOTO:...

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Botched procedures leave 3-year-old needing urgent surgery

A botched surgical procedure has worsened the condition of a 3-year-old Dunedin girl and left her needing urgent corrective hip surgery.

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Lovely day for cricket

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Lovely day for cricket

(Clockwise from above) Atawhai Foley, 9, raises the bat with a group of young cricket fans; Gabriel, 2, waves his flag with Yoshi Geerlofs and Arlo, 8, with Simon Greenall watch the...

Witnesses to Christmas Day shooting in Christchurch sought

Witnesses to Christmas Day shooting in Christchurch sought

Police are appealing to the public for information about an alleged shooting in Christchurch on Christmas Day.

Ardern joins boycott of Australian arts festival

Jacinda Ardern joins boycott of Australian arts festival

A top Australian arts festival has seen the withdrawal of dozens of writers, in a backlash against its decision to bar an Australian Palestinian author after the Bondi Beach mass shooting.

Four injured in highway crash near Rakaia

Four people have been injured, three seriously, in a crash that has closed State Highway 1 near Rakaia this evening.

Stranded ferry travellers left with thousands in costs

Multiple sailings on the Connemara ferry were cancelled due to a problem with the winch that...

Stranded ferry travellers left with thousands in costs

Bluebridge passengers have been left stranded or out of pocket after several cancelled sailings due to a ramp fault on the ferry Connemara.

Parliament to debate 'toughest hate laws Australia has ever seen'

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Reuters

Parliament to debate 'toughest hate laws Australia has ever seen'

Australia's Parliament will be recalled early to pass hate speech laws following the Bondi terror attack that claimed 15 lives and injured dozens more.

Homeland Security beefed up after Minnesota shooting, protests

Portraits of people killed in incidents involving US authorities are displayed near the site of...

Homeland Security beefed up after Minnesota shooting, protests

The Department of Homeland Security is sending "hundreds" more officers to Minnesota after thousands of people marched to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration agent.

Inquiry into deaths in separate homes on same property ongoing

Inquiry into deaths in separate homes on same property ongoing

The deaths of a man and a woman at the same Bay of Plenty property earlier this month remain under police investigation.

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