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Pakistan accuses India of 'blatant act of war'

Pakistani soldiers take security measures around the city of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan as people...

Pakistan accuses India of 'blatant act of war'

India has attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with at least eight deaths reported, and Pakistan called the assault a "blatant act of war" as the worst fighting in more than...

Cocaine with street value of $9m uncovered in South Island

More than 25kg of cocaine was seized, with a street value in excess of $9 million. Photo: NZ Police

Cocaine with street value of $9m uncovered in South Island

More than 25 kilograms of cocaine has been intercepted in Christchurch.

Person dies in South Canterbury quad bike accident

Person dies in South Canterbury quad bike accident

A person is dead following a quad bike crash in rural South Canterbury.

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Sports bodies demand leaky roof fix

Dunedin Netball general manager Lee-Anne Anderson (left) and Basketball Otago general manager...

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Sports bodies demand leaky roof fix

National sporting competitions will dodge Dunedin unless the council urgently repairs the roof of the leaky Edgar Centre, councillors have been told.

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Councillors’ conduct ‘appalling’

Mike Waddell makes a submission to the Dunedin City Council yesterday about the proposed Smooth...

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Councillors’ conduct ‘appalling’

The volunteer driver of Dunedin’s campaigning ambulance has called out councillors for showing a lack of respect and laughing while he presented at a hearing.

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Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre general manager Adam O’Byrne. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

A Dunedin city GP is predicting a ‘‘wave’’ of presentations to the hospital emergency department as the city’s busiest after-hours services announces it is cutting its operating hours.

Bubble tea shop falls foul of cup ban

Chatime manager Violetta Li says she supports sustainability but hopes the University of Otago...

Bubble tea shop falls foul of cup ban

A bubble tea shop in the Link at the University of Otago says it is being unfairly targeted by the university’s disposable cup ban.

‘Exceptional warmth’: temperature records tumble in April

Dunedin was the driest and sunniest of the six main centres. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

‘Exceptional warmth’: temperature records tumble in April

Temperature records were toppled left, right and centre across the southern regions during April, giving locals a welcome extension to summer.

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Desire to push trail project forward

Visitors explore the Chain Hills tunnel, planned to be part of a cycle trail between Dunedin and...

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Desire to push trail project forward

Dunedin's tunnels trail doesn’t need to be a ‘‘Rolls-Royce’’, it just needs to be done, the city council had been told.

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Youth call on council to keep venue alive

Advocating for the future of the Playhouse children’s theatre in Dunedin are (from left) Ted...

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Youth call on council to keep venue alive

Young actors from the Playhouse children’s theatre in Dunedin have urged the city council to play its part in keeping their venue going.

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'Intense ocean warming' on Otago coast

The coast from St Clair to St Kilda in Dunedin. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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'Intense ocean warming' on Otago coast

Otago's coast is experiencing ‘‘some of the most intense ocean warming’’ anywhere in NZ and a co-ordinated response is required to ensure its future health, an environment group says.

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No ‘significant decline’ in city gull numbers yet

A southern black-backed gull (karoro) reflects on its surroundings in the Otago Harbour steamer...

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No ‘significant decline’ in city gull numbers yet

Gull numbers may have passed their peak at Dunedin’s landfill, but the council says it has not yet seen any evidence of a significant decline in their numbers citywide.

Up, up and away

Up, up and away

A crane hoists away a section from one of two chimney stacks at Ravensdown’s Dunedin fertiliser plant yesterday.

Adding wontons recipe for disaster

Firefighters gather outside a Leith St student flat after extinguishing a fire in the kitchen....

Adding wontons recipe for disaster

Adding wontons to meatballs turned out to be a recipe for a kitchen fire in a north Dunedin flat.

Multiple crews called to battle farming shed blaze

Firefighters are seen battling a large 30m by 30m fire in a farming shed on Bush Rd, Dunedin,...

Multiple crews called to battle farming shed blaze

Firefighters from around the city were last night working to extinguish a fire in a large farming shed in Green Island.

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Restaurant owner shocked by assault

Ferry Indian Street Food restaurant. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Restaurant owner shocked by assault

A Dunedin business owner allegedly punched to the ground by a drunk man says he was shocked by the assault.

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Walk and Talk ‘sort of a living library’

Dr Dmitry Zavialov (centre) is joined by Natasha Seliutina and Dr Nick Baker on a Walk and Talk...

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Walk and Talk ‘sort of a living library’

Anything you want to talk about, Dmitry Zavialov is keen to hear about. But you'll have to tell him about it while you are walking.

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Prof ‘shocked’ to get science prize

Infectious diseases researcher Prof Jemma Geoghegan. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Prof ‘shocked’ to get science prize

Jemma Geoghegan never planned to become a science communicator.

When the boats come in

Three Port Otago tugboats and two pilot boats make their way through the lower Otago Harbour.

Pay equity law could save govt billions: PM

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the aim is to have one system with "maximum levels of...

Pay equity law could save govt billions: PM

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says new pay equity legislation could save the government "billions of dollars", just two weeks out from the Budget.

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