Joyful night at ball for young Brianna
Joyful night at ball for young Brianna
After being diagnosed with cancer in February, six-year-old Brianna Steedman deserved to be treated like a princess for a night.
Otago Daily Times
Tarras International Airport — genius or madness?
Tarras International Airport — genius or madness?
The answer depends on our vision for the future of New Zealand and the world, writes Bruce Munro.
Satellite monitor of NZ’s algal blooms
Satellite monitor of NZ’s algal blooms
A NZ-based company has joined forces with Nasa on an Earth-observing satellite mission to detect the most microscopic producers of harmful or potential killer toxins.
Highlanders make change on wing
Highlanders make change on wing
The Highlanders have made just one change to their team to take on the Crusaders on Sunday in Christchurch.
Tough task for Highlanders in Chch, but nothing to lose
Tough task for Highlanders in Chch, but nothing to lose
It is going to be tough for the Highlanders to win on Sunday against the Crusaders, but the side is not going to hoist the white flag.
‘Rough sex’ consensual, jury hears
‘Rough sex’ consensual, jury hears
A Dunedin man says two women he met through Tinder whom he is accused of raping consented to rough sex.
Man subjected woman to ‘vile’ ordeal
Man subjected woman to ‘vile’ ordeal
A man has been sentenced to home detention for what a judge called one of the "most bizarre acts" he had come across in his many years on the bench.
Whoops! Stock trailer fails to make it under overbridge
Whoops! Stock trailer fails to make it under overbridge
A stock truck has crashed into a railway overbridge, blocking both lanes of the Kaitangata Highway in the second crash near Balclutha this morning.
'Extremely embarrassed': Woman calls cops over neighbour's indecent act
'Extremely embarrassed': Woman calls cops over neighbour's indecent act
A Dunedin man caught performing an indecent act by his neighbour was "extremely embarrassed'' when police turned up at his door.
Woman who escaped quarantine hotel given deferred sentence
Woman who escaped quarantine hotel given deferred sentence
A push for a diversion for the woman who scaled a five-foot wall to escape a Covid-19 quarantine hotel was declined by the head of prosecutions in Wellington.
Snow conditions not unusual
Snow conditions not unusual
Unseasonably warm temperatures have created almost spring-like conditions at the skifields but it is not unusual, scientists say.
Christchurch’s heart to beat
Christchurch’s heart to beat
Christchurch’s reawakened tourist draws offer a fresh safari of sights and experiences, as Mike Yardley discovered on a post-lockdown exploration of his hometown.
Covid-19 could lead to 'explosion' in Tapanui flu cases
Covid-19 could lead to 'explosion' in Tapanui flu cases
In a cruel twist, many Covid-19 survivors could be affected by a once-obscure chronic fatigue condition, initially termed the Tapanui flu, and whose existence was once ridiculed and denied.
Mooney picked as National candidate for Southland
Mooney picked as National candidate for Southland
Queenstown lawyer Joseph Mooney has been picked as the National Party's candidate for Southland in September's general election.
'Delusional' Kloogh sentenced to almost nine years
'Delusional' Kloogh sentenced to almost nine years
A disgraced Dunedin financial adviser whose "unconscionable'' offending included visiting victims of his multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme on their deathbeds has been sentenced to almost nine years in prison.
Wife of man defrauded on deathbed happy with sentence
Wife of man defrauded on deathbed happy with sentence
A woman who lost her husband to cancer while being defrauded of more than $700,000 is full of praise for the judge who sentenced Dunedin fraudster Barry Kloogh to almost nine years in prison.
Push for change after daughter's death
Push for change after daughter's death at party
The parents of a 19-year-old who died at a Dunedin flat party are not angry, but want to see change.
The South Today bulletin: Thursday, July 30
The South Today bulletin: Thursday, July 30
The South Today bulletin: Thursday, July 30
Man knocked on motel doors looking for 'single ladies'
Man knocked on motel doors looking for 'single ladies'
A man trespassing at a South Island motel last night knocked on the doors of rooms asking if there were "any single ladies".
'How could you do that to a dying man?'
'How could you do that to a dying man?': Kloogh victims speak out
A woman who lost her husband to cancer while being defrauded of $712,000 by Barry Kloogh fails to understand how he could be so cruel to a dying man.