Skip to main content
  • ...
Home
fineDunedin 14 | 9
Monday, Mon, 11 MayMay 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
    Matthew Muir. Photo: supplied

    SUBSCRIBER

    Santana questions witness impartiality

    Santana Minerals is questioning the impartiality of two expert witnesses over social media activity it argues should disqualify them from part of the fast-track process.

    SUBSCRIBER

    200 mark 140 years of rural rugby

    Longest-serving life member Peter Miller, 90, and youngest current member Lottie Timms, 3, cut...

    SUBSCRIBER

    200 mark 140 years of rural rugby

    Past and present members of the Clinton Rugby Club reflected on the changing face of the sport during the club’s 140th jubilee at the weekend.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Pupils put forward case for improved school crossings

    Balclutha Primary School pupil Liam Hurring, 12, speaks to Clutha District Mayor Jock Martin ...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Pupils put forward case for improved school crossings

    Democracy appears to be alive and well in Clutha, as its youngsters back a recent stellar election turnout in one of its towns with a little direct engagement on road safety.

    Hundreds attend event centre opening

    The Doug and Donna Hurst Atrium features plaques for all donors to the event centre and was named...

    Hundreds attend event centre opening

    The Network Waitaki Event Centre is officially open for business.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Police arrest pair after two injured in ‘grievous assault’

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

    SUBSCRIBER

    Police arrest pair after two injured in ‘grievous assault’

    Police swarmed a central Queenstown property following a "grievous assault" on Friday night, which left two men seriously injured.

    Mt Iron land transfer reflects urbanisation

    QLDC general manager community services Kenneth Bailey and councillor Nicola King plant trees to...

    Mt Iron land transfer reflects urbanisation

    Sprawl of the Wānaka township has resulted in management of the Mount Iron Reserve passing from the Department of Conservation (Doc) to Queenstown Lakes District Council.

    Pair injured in Queenstown serious assault

    Police vehicles surround a house in Hallenstein St in Queenstown following a serious assault....

    Pair injured in Queenstown serious assault

    Police have swarmed a central Queenstown property following a "grievous assault" last night, which has left two men seriously injured.

    Fundraiser for driver tops $13k

    The aftermath of the crash. Photo: Givealittle

    Fundraiser for driver tops $13k

    A fundraiser set up to support the long-term recovery of a truck driver seriously injured in a crash in North Otago has topped $13,000.

    Local artists’ works in national IHC exhibition

    Artist Katrina Hewett proudly shows her "Untitled" artwork that will be part of the North Otago...

    Local artists’ works in national IHC exhibition

    An exhibition that promotes learning and gives people with intellectual disabilities an opportunity to earn money from their art will be held at The Loan & Merc next Friday.

    $180m funding boost for Q’town health services

    Since the Queenstown Lakes district’s last revaluation in 2021, the value of residential housing...

    $180m funding boost for Q’town health services

    Healthcare services in Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago will begin expanding in 2027 with $128m in additional operational spending over the next four years, the Health Minister says.

    Nth Otago bar sold to 'two local couples'

    Boulders Bar & Bistro in Hampden has been sold. Photo: supplied

    North Otago bar sold to 'two local couples' as owners retire

    The owners of Boulders Bar & Bistro will be calling last orders this month after nearly a decade running the Hampden establishment.

    Support needed to cope with pressures

    One million people visit Aoraki Mount Cook per year and it falls on approximately 5500 ratepayers...

    Support needed to cope with pressures

    The argument that the Queenstown-Lakes District should be getting more from the International Visitor Levy (IVL) is a valid one.

    From one kind of tussock country to another

    Musician Janie Shaw, raised near Saint Bathans in Central Otago, is going on tour across New...

    From one kind of tussock country to another

    An ode to the 1960s and ’70s is how a Central Otago musician describes her first album Mythology of the Girls.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Everest disaster 30 years on

    Guy Cotter on the South Summit of Mount Everest in 1997, the year following the 1996 
...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Everest disaster 30 years on

    Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, Wānaka resident Guy Cotter sat down with RuairiO’Shea  to reflect on the tragedy and lessons learned.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Concerns about fish farm effects on sea lions

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    SUBSCRIBER

    Concerns about fish farm effects on sea lions

    Sea lions may get addicted to salmon from a proposed giant fish farm, which would cause them to become more desensitised to humans, a marine mammal experts says.

    Former mayor ‘chuffed’ to see investment

    Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Former mayor ‘chuffed’ to see investment

    Former Queenstown mayor Glyn Lewers says he’s "really chuffed" the government’s finally investing in this district’s health services.

    30th anniversary of indoor stadium marked

    Meadowbank Bowling Club stadium committee chairperson Graham Thorn and secretary Aileen Blyth cut...

    30th anniversary of indoor stadium marked

    Meadowbank Bowling Club celebrated the 30th anniversary of its stadium as the indoor season opened last weekend.

    SKC netballers open season by beating arch rivals

    Rata beat Mossburn 47-27. PHOTO: ODT FILES.

    SKC netballers open season by beating arch rivals

    St Kevin’s College earned early bragging rights in a secondary school showdown to open the netball season.

    Cook Islands opportunity ‘pretty cool’

    North Otago cricketer Jeremiah Shields will represent the Cook Islands in a T20 World Cup...

    Cook Islands opportunity ‘pretty cool’

    Jeremiah Shields is the latest North Otago athlete to compete on the world stage.

    Queenstown McDonald’s site sold

    Queenstown McDonald’s site sold

    There's been a transaction at Queenstown’s McDonald’s that’s a tad bigger than your average Big Mac.
    Read more

    Connect with us

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Editors' Picks

    • Guy Cotter on the South Summit of Mount Everest in 1997, the year following the 1996 
...

      SUBSCRIBER

      Everest disaster 30 years on

    • Newly-minted Highlanders centre Jona Nareki looks for a way through the heavy traffic during a...

      SUBSCRIBER

      Nareki excited about ‘feeding the speed’

    • Leigh Albert’s graduation from the University of Otago today is expected to be ‘‘bittersweet’’....

      SUBSCRIBER

      ‘Really proud’ at bittersweet graduation

    • A view of the roadworks in Kaikorai Valley Rd looking south, near the intersection with Barr St....

      SUBSCRIBER

      Resident takes aim at ‘inconsiderate’ contractors

    • The son of Lumsden's Old Railway Hotel owner Danny Nicol, Jaxon (left) and his partner Sam Bonot...

      SUBSCRIBER

      Pub serving alcohol again after dry months

    • A concept design of the proposed Forsyth Barr Stadium hotel was included in a Dunedin Venues’...

      SUBSCRIBER

      Failed bid to get AC/DC concert revealed

    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.