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User sceptical over changes to needle exchange service

The Christchurch Needle Exchange at the Rodger Wright Centre. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

User sceptical over changes to needle exchange service

Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a South Island drug-user and health expert worried the decision will breed distrust, potentially leading to needle-sharing.

School curriculum rewrite had 'serious problems'

School curriculum rewrite had 'serious problems'

Internal Education Ministry documents seen by RNZ reveal serious problems plagued the rewrite of the school curriculum and managers were considering using AI to help with the work.

'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies by drowning at 54

American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Photo: Reuters

'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies by drowning at 54

American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Bill Cosby's son Theo on the 1980s TV hit "The Cosby Show," has died at age 54 by drowning.

NZ condemns 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza

Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Nuseirat,...

NZ condemns 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza

New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the inhumane killing of Palestinians.

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Majority backs going with the flow

South Dunedin Community Network chairman Mike Hammond wades through water ponding at South...

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Majority backs going with the flow

A future where South Dunedin is dotted with waterways and wetlands has been backed by residents as the best hope to address climate change.

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‘Otago is being overlooked’

A new medical school will be established at the University of Waikato. File photo

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‘Otago is being overlooked’

The government’s backing of a third medical school at Waikato is yet more evidence it cares little about Dunedin, opponents say.

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Fearless advocate for Grey Power gave it her all

The late Grey Power Otago president Jo Millar in front of the new South Dunedin Public Library...

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Fearless advocate for Grey Power gave it her all

Jo Millar never really knew what the word "retired" meant.

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Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

East Otago Taiapure management committee chairman Brendan Flack. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

A proposal to make a popular fishing area off the Otago Coast into an iwi-managed reserve is on the table as a way to protect the area and still allow fishing to take place.

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ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

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ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

Flood damage from the past three years will cost the Otago Regional Council nearly $4 million, a new report says.

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‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

Regent Theatre Music Sale co-ordinator Mark Burrows examines a pressing of Eccentric Soul: The...

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‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

Whether it is French field recordings, esoteric minimalist music or a 1959 concert at Dunedin’s Town Hall, "crate diggers" are in for a treat at this year’s Regent Theatre Music Sale.

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Call to delay cycleway project

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Call to delay cycleway project

A contentious central city cycleway should be delayed two years to prevent "another round of chaos" being dumped on business owners’ doorsteps, a Dunedin property investor says.

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Councillors opposed to plan to remove wellbeing provisions

"I’m a little bit tired of the business as usual ... vibe" — Mandy Mayhem. Photo: supplied

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Councillors opposed to plan to remove wellbeing provisions

Undemocratic, dictatorial and an attack — a government plan for councils to refocus on core services has hit a flat note with Dunedin representatives.

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Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

Dunedin author and University of Otago Stuart Professor of Scottish studies Liam McIlvanney’s...

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Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

What could be worse than your child disappearing?

Residential college wins construction award

University of Otago organisational delivery senior project manager Kirsten Eichstaedt and capital...

Residential college wins construction award

Te Rangihīroa College has become more than just a place to sleep for University of Otago students.

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Single-cell classrooms are ideal: principal

Columba College principal Charissa Nicol (right) waits as assistant principal Marion Hogg marks...

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Single-cell classrooms are ideal: principal

A Dunedin secondary school with a traditional campus says single-cell classrooms are better at keeping students focused on learning.

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Impact of heritage listing decisions felt

Vaughn Malkin feels vindicated after his Michie St home in Belleknowes was not heritage listed by...

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Impact of heritage listing decisions felt

A Dunedin homeowner says he is "vindicated" after successfully challenging his house being heritage listed.

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Man jailed for assault that permanently scarred victim’s face

Kyle Thornicroft’s lawyer asked the judge to look past his tattoos. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Man jailed for assault that permanently scarred victim’s face

A heavily Nazi-tattooed Dunedin man who brandished a knife to commit a robbery left his victim permanently scarred, a court has heard.

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Man sent rude images to probation officer

Sean Maguren, outside the Dunedin District Court, after admitting he sent an explicit image to...

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Man sent rude images to probation officer

A Dunedin man who sent his former probation officer salacious and incriminating images claimed the woman texted him first.

Four kilos of cocaine found in suitcase at Auckland Airport

Four kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in a suitcase at Auckland Airport. Photo:&nbsp...

Four kilos of cocaine found in suitcase at Auckland Airport

Customs officers have found $1.6 million worth of cocaine "intricately" hidden in a suitcase at Auckland Airport.

China starts work on world's largest hydropower dam

A section of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Medog County, Tibet. Photo: Getty Images

China starts work on world's largest hydropower dam

China says construction has begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau, at an estimated cost of at least $US170b.

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