Passengers scared in driverless crash
Passengers scared in driverless crash
A runaway bus with passengers on board but no driver left a trail of destruction in Dunedin yesterday.
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Pupils to get back to nature
Pupils to get back to nature
The seeds sown on the Andersons Bay Primary School playground redevelopment are starting to grow.
Voting rate low in first week
Voting rate low in first week
Voting returns appear low in Dunedin after the first week of this year’s polling.
Bank closure ‘pretty devastating’
Bank closure ‘pretty devastating’
The closure of the North Dunedin Gardens Westpac bank branch will impact the lives of elderly and families living in the area, business owners say.
Bowie show cancelled because of slow sales
Bowie show cancelled because of slow sales
The Arts Festival Dunedin show Bowie: Waiting in the Sky has been cancelled because of low ticket sales.
Smooch a pooch at SPCA open day
Smooch a pooch at SPCA open day
The kissing booth is ready and a pack of Dunedin dogs are prepared with pursed lips.
Labour confident in its 100th year
Labour confident in its 100th year
An election win for the Labour Party next year is "all the more certain" because of Andrew Little’s leadership, party president Prof Nigel Haworth told party faithful in Dunedin last night.
Accord on abuse at med school
Accord on abuse at med school
Reports of bullying and sexual harassment of trainee surgeons have prompted an agreement between the surgeons’ professional college and the Otago Medical School.
Probus clubs threatened with action
Probus clubs threatened with action
Social clubs for retirees have been threatened with legal action if they continue using the Probus name while not affiliated to an Australian organisation.
Daylight Saving starts tomorrow
Daylight Saving starts tomorrow
Daylight Saving comes into force tomorrow.
Goldman Sachs axes Asian jobs
Goldman Sachs axes Asian jobs
Goldman Sachs is cutting almost 30 percent of its 300 investment banking jobs in Asia outside Japan in response to a slowdown in activity in the region.
Clinton leads Trump ahead of first debate - poll
Clinton leads Trump ahead of first debate - poll
Democrat Hillary Clinton had a four-percentage point advantage in support over Republican Donald Trump ahead of their first US presidential debate, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos national...
FARC ratifies peace accord to end five-decade war
FARC ratifies peace accord to end five-decade war
Colombia's FARC rebel group has voted unanimously to approve a peace deal with the government and form a new political party, a top commander says.
Roxburgh dam article
Roxburgh dam article
Just a comment: for several years after the dam was commissioned the local area continued to have black outs, being supplied by the Teviot scheme. This was a major source of irritation to my...
Ig Nobel awards: How do polyester pants affect rats' sex lives?
Ig Nobel awards: How do polyester pants affect rats' sex lives?
Scientific research into how polyester pants affect the sex life of rats, what it's like for a human to live like a badger and how different the world looks when viewed through your legs was...
Bomb kills Thai police in ambush
Bomb kills Thai police in ambush
Three Thai policemen were killed and two wounded in a bomb and gun attack in the southern province of Yala where Muslim separatists have been waging a simmering insurgency against the state.
Fierce airstrikes on Aleppo
Fierce airstrikes on Aleppo
Warplanes have launched some of the heaviest air strikes yet on rebel-held areas of Aleppo.
Charlotte protests diminish
Charlotte protests diminish
Protests have dwindled in Charlotte, North Carolina, as police chose not to enforce a curfew put in place after a black man was killed by a police officer.
Bus hits three parked cars
Bus hits three parked cars
A bus hit three parked cars in Dunedin this afternoon after the driver stepped out of his vehicle to help a passenger.
ODTtv: ACT Party asks ' why no Minister for Men'?
ODTtv: ACT Party asks ' why no Minister for Men'?
ODTtv panellists Pat Brittenden and Lisa Scott discuss ACT Party leader David Seymour's comment that "we've got a Minister for Women, so why not a Minister for Men?"