Goggle-festooned top hats, leather corsets and ray guns may have had their last hurrah in the steampunk capital of New Zealand.

A coroner has slammed the investigation into a Gore toddler’s death as “a shambles” and ordered a new police inquiry. 

Lachie Jones’ father feels his six-year campaign against police findings was "justified" after a coroner has directed further investigation into his son’s death.

The partial deconstruction of the historic Dunedin Gasworks Museum’s cracked brick chimney has been hailed as a success.

"Do you think it’s fair to shear a sheep without its permission?"

Armed police have swarmed a property in Gladstone Rd in north Dunedin this morning.

A rapid response to an imminent crisis that would have left an entire Dunedin borough without water has earned a construction company a top regional award.