Chris Morris

The Bluff oyster industry is holding its collective breath as it waits to learn if an oyster-killing parasite has made it across Foveaux Strait.

The challenges and engineering solutions involved in keeping the road to Otago Peninsula open were on show at a major conference in Dunedin yesterday.

The man behind a public campaign to save Dunedin's chocolate factory fears Mondelez International is ''not all that interested''.

The already cash-strapped Southern District Health Board will have to make do without millions of dollars of much-needed funding, after a $38 million mistake by the Ministry of Health.

Dunedin resident Ashley Boorer is considering buying a helmet after months living in the shadow of a crumbling cliff.

The stabbing of an elderly man at his Mataura home has shocked the small Southland settlement.

The Catholic Church has been accused of running an ''illegal'' hotel in Mosgiel.

A meeting in Bluff today will hammer out more details of the plan to remove thousands of tonnes of oysters from Stewart Island's Big Glory Bay.

A Dunedin forest remains closed to the public after a pine tree disease not previously found on the South Island's lower east coast reached the city.

A group of hackers is set to assemble in Dunedin with their eyes on a treasure trove of government data.

The man in charge of the Dunedin City Council’s multimillion-dollar property portfolio has quit following a review by independent auditor Deloitte.

Oysters will be pulled from the water at Stewart Island in a bid to save the Bluff oyster industry from a lethal parasite.

The bid to save Dunedin's Cadbury factory is off to a strong start, with pledges worth more than $2.4 million received on Thursday.