Skip to main content
  • ...
Home
few showersDunedin 24 | 14
Saturday, Sat, 7 MarchMar 2026
Subscribe
Send us news & photos

Search form

  • News
    • Local Body Elections
    • Dunedin
      • DCC
      • Crime
      • Campus
      • Health
      • The Star
    • The South Today
    • National
    • The Star
    • International
    • Opinion
      • Editorial
      • Opinion
      • 100 years ago
      • Southern Say
    • Australia
    • Politics
    • ODTtv
    • Your News
    • Slideshow Section
  • Sport
    • Rugby
    • Cricket
    • Basketball
    • Racing
    • Football
    • Netball
    • League
    • Golf
    • Motorsport
    • Hockey
    • Other Sport
  • Life & Style
    • Food & Wine
      • Fresh Christmas Edition
      • Ask a Chef
      • News & Features
      • Chef's Garden
      • Recipes
      • Wine Reviews
    • Home & Garden
    • Magazine
    • Toitū te whenua
    • Resilient
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Design for Living
  • Entertainment
    • ODT Quiz
    • Film
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Books
    • Arts
    • Gaming
    • Dance
    • Television
  • Business
  • Regions
    • Queenstown
    • Wānaka
    • Central Otago
    • North Otago
    • South Otago
    • Southland
    • Canterbury
    • West Coast
  • Features
    • Grand Business South Awards
    • Build Buy Renovate
    • NZIA Southern Series
    • SOREC
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Drivesouth Reviews
    • Design for Living
    • Education Guide
    • Healthcare Providers
    • Conferences and Venues
    • Sponsored content
    • Southern Television
    • Health and Beauty
  • Video
  • Rural life

Search form

  • Send Us Your News
  • ...
  • Contact Us
  • Email
  • Facebook

Plus

  • Jobs
  • Wedding Guide
  • Death Notices
  • Privacy Policy
  • Drive South
  • Weather
  • Media Council Complaints

    • Queenstown
    • Wānaka
    • Central Otago
    • North Otago
    • South Otago
    • Southland
    Wānaka A&P Show general manager Jane Stalker. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    SUBSCRIBER

    New attractions, old classics at upcoming A&P show

    Set up for one of New Zealand’s most popular agricultural events has begun — and organisers say this could be the best show yet if the weather plays ball.

    Rich foreign buyers flock to properties

    Mark Harris

    Rich foreign buyers flock to properties

    The early foreign birds are circling the Southern Lakes to catch the rare golden worms.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Jones gives ground rules for Sir Ian debate

    Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones. Photo: RNZ

    SUBSCRIBER

    Jones gives ground rules for Sir Ian debate

    Sir Ian Taylor is waiting to hear from Shane Jones about their planned debate. The Resources Minister says he is ready but not going to a turn up to ‘‘a woke organic mung bean tea party fireside chat’’.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Airport claims ‘scaremongering’

    Photo: Files

    SUBSCRIBER

    Airport claims ‘scaremongering’

    Claims about the state of Oamaru Airport including safety issues are simply ‘‘scaremongering’’, a director of the New Zealand Airline Academy (NZAAL) says.

    Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze

    A helicopter with a monsoon bucket dumps water on the blaze. Photo: Guy Williams

    Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze

    Crews of firefighters and two helicopters with monsoon buckets are fighting a large vegetation fire near Arrowtown.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Moeraki cockle beds ‘sensitive, easily damaged’: prof

    Chris Hepburn

    SUBSCRIBER

    Moeraki cockle beds ‘sensitive, easily damaged’: prof

    A marine science professor says harvesting cockles at Moeraki was always going to end badly as the beds can be easily damaged by humans.

    Obituary: A whole-hearted Southern mayor

    The man of many mayoralties, Sir Tim Shadbolt. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Obituary: A whole-hearted Southern mayor

    Some people claim not to have a political bone in their body.

    ‘Remarkable’ cooler summer affects income

    Deep Canyon director Ross Goulding says the cold conditions affected the number of people taking...

    ‘Remarkable’ cooler summer affects income

    Below-average temperatures during Wānaka’s summer season were ‘‘quite remarkable’’, a meteorologist says.

    Shelduck season set, shooting starts

    Paradise ducks take off from a field near Middlemarch this week. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Shelduck season set, shooting starts

    Parries are back on the menu from today.

    Statutory manager appointed

    Cleave Hay

    Statutory manager appointed

    The board of Queenstown-Lakes’ oldest school, Glenorchy School, has called in a limited statutory manager (LSM).

    SUBSCRIBER

    Surprise literary selection

    Queenstown author Peta Carey says she is ‘‘absolutely floored’’ after being shortlisted for the...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Surprise literary selection

    Queenstown author Peta Carey is preparing to eat her hat.

    Tip leads to arrest of pair allegedly dealing cannabis

    Police lack an overall digital evidence handling system, and, so far, the funding to get one....

    Tip leads to arrest of pair allegedly dealing cannabis

    An anonymous tip has led to the arrest of two 50-year-olds who police say were dealing cannabis in Cromwell.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Angus ‘hanging on to life with both hands’

    The Grant family (from left), Angus, Cameron, Addison, Zoe and Bronnie, have a greater...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Angus ‘hanging on to life with both hands’

    Cameron and Bronnie Grant, and their children Addison, Zoe and Angus, were a typical Southland farming family when their world began unravelling at breakneck speed in mid- 2024. Rural editor ...

    SUBSCRIBER

    'Hospital in chaos': Claim theatres shut down

    Photo: Files

    SUBSCRIBER

    'Hospital in chaos': Claim theatres shut down

    Southland Hospital is in disarray, staffing so low in some departments operating theatres have been temporarily shut down, a staff member claims.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Call to set up hospice care at empty site

    Photo: file

    SUBSCRIBER

    Call to set up hospice care at empty site

    An exhausted Queenstown resident caring for her dying husband has called on the health minister to turn empty rooms in an unused wing at Frankton’s Lakes District Hospital into a temporary hospice...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Family pays it forward to help charities

    Angus Grant and his sisters Addison (left) and Zoe. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

    SUBSCRIBER

    Family pays it forward to help charities

    When young Angus Grant was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2024, his mother Bronnie was still recovering from the removal of a brain tumour the previous year.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Endometriosis in the spotlight

    Sending You Happiness Project fundraising gala co-founders Lichelle Guyan (left) and Becky...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Endometriosis in the spotlight

    A display of fashion, creativity and a community is hoped to spark a conversation about a painful disease that affects one in 10 women.

    SUBSCRIBER

    ORC decides not to build e-bus depot

    SUBSCRIBER

    ORC decides not to build e-bus depot

    The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has palmed off developing an electric bus charging depot in Queenstown to the private market.

    The helpful rubbish service used by just one person

    People unable to put their bins out can ask for special help in Invercargill. File photo: ODT

    The helpful rubbish service used by just one person

    A little-known fact about kerbside collection has come to light at Invercargill City Council — it's possible to have your bin retrieved by the truck driver.

    Teen charged with killing Greymouth man named

    Photo: RNZ

    Teen charged with killing Greymouth man named

    A teenager charged with murder days after police discovered a man dead at a Greymouth property can now be named.
    Read more

    Connect with us

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Editors' Picks

    • The late Neville Peat, of Dunedin, with the Antarctic Society Conservation Trophy he received in...

      Conservationist, author a ‘deeply loving’ man

    • Purchase of neighbouring farmland will allow Oceana Gold to expand its existing gold mining...

      Oceana Gold buys Hyde land

    • West Harbour resident Jarrod Hodson, who is also the local community board chairman, paints out...

      SUBSCRIBER

      ‘Absolutely disgusting’ graffiti removed

    • Photo: supplied

      SUBSCRIBER

      New fast-food outlet on way for South D

    • Dalliston Dias has repeatedly been hauled before the Disputes Tribunal and been ordered to refund...

      SUBSCRIBER

      Conman wrecks countless lives

    • Young Reflections owner and founder Joy Brown pictured at the business’ Invercargill toy store....

      SUBSCRIBER

      Old-fashioned toy store closure ‘hard call’ to make

    Home
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute
    • Facebook

    Subscribe

    • Subscriber Benefits
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Stops, Starts & Redirects
    • FAQs

    About us

    • Contact us
    • Site feedback
    • Send us your news
    • About us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Media Council Complaints
    • AI use
    • Removals policy

    Our Websites

    • Allied Media
    • Allied Productions

    Newspapers

    • ODT E-edition
    • The Star - Christchurch
    • Oamaru Mail
    • The Star - Dunedin
    • The News - Central Otago
    • The Ensign - Gore
    • Ashburton Courier
    • North Canterbury News
    • Southland Express - Invercargill
    • Southern Rural Life
    • Central Rural Life
    • The Courier - Timaru
    • Mountain Scene - Queenstown
    • Property Times South Canterbury
    • Extra! School Publication
    • Clutha Leader
    • Bay Harbour News
    • Selwyn Times
    • The Wanaka Sun

    Classifieds

    • Death notices
    • Drivesouth
    • Jobs
    • Classified Advertising

    Advertise

    • Upload print advertising
    • Advertising Terms
    • Advertise with us

    Services

    • Allied Productions
    • ODT Store
    • Otago Images
    • Corporate Logos

    Magazines

    • Classic Driver
    • Dunedin Guide
    • Drivesouth Best Motor Buys
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Home & Leisure
    • Kiwi Gardener
    • Kiwi Gardener Quarterly
    • Rugby News
    • South
    • 03 Magazine
    • With this Ring
    © Copyright Allied Press Limited 2026. All rights reserved.