Santa tools into town for parade
Santa tools into town for parade
For one day only Santa ditched his traditional reindeer and sleigh opting instead for a motor and three wheels for the Balclutha Santa Parade on Saturday.
Tim Miller
Sunny skies for Santa parade
Sunny skies for Santa parade
Santa may have wished he packed shorts for his visit to Balclutha as the town turned on a hot sunny day for its annual parade today.
Sutton Bridge reports held
Sutton Bridge reports held
The Dunedin City Council is delaying the release of two reports into the destruction of the historic Sutton suspension bridge as it seeks legal advice on their findings.
Outram subdivision expansion rejected
Outram subdivision expansion rejected
A proposal to expand an Outram subdivision to 41 lots on the site of a former market garden has been rejected by a Dunedin City Council hearings committee.
Demise of buildings feared
Demise of buildings feared
A heritage advocate fears character buildings will be demolished or abandoned ahead of possible changes to Dunedin’s heritage rules.
Missing crew from Korean ship still at large
Missing crew from Korean ship still at large
Police were still searching late yesterday for three crew members who fled a Korean fishing ship on Monday afternoon.
Material sought for club history
Material sought for club history
Past and present members of the Taieri Recreational Tramping Club are being asked to dig into their rucksacks for any hidden memories.
Call for more smoke-free areas
Call for more smoke-free areas
A smoke-free advocate is pushing for the Dunedin City Council to make more areas of the city off-limits to smokers.
Witnesses to Glamis fire being sought by police
Witnesses to Glamis fire being sought by police
Police have finished their investigation into the suspicious fire which gutted parts of the old Glamis Hospital in Mornington on Sunday morning.
Witnesses to old hospital fire sought
Witnesses to old hospital fire sought
Police are calling for witnesses to come forward in relation to the fire that gutted parts of the old Glamis Hospital in Mornington on Sunday morning.
Rescued after close shave with shark
Rescued from rocks after close encounter with shark
A Dunedin teenager had to hold his mate's head above the water as he struggled to make it back to shore after an extremely close encounter with a large shark off Second Beach last night.
Skirls and twirls for St Andrew’s Day
Skirls and twirls for St Andrew’s Day
A sea of moving tartan swished and the skirls and drones of bagpipes permeated the Octagon yesterday as Dunedinites demonstrated Scottish heritage to celebrate St Andrew’s Day.
Fire at former hospital no surprise, resident says
Fire at former hospital no surprise, resident says
Neighbours of the abandoned building gutted by a suspicious fire yesterday morning say the former hospital has been a nuisance for the past two years.
Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Roxburgh
Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Roxburgh
Heavy rain is causing flash flooding in Roxburgh this afternoon.
Charge after log falls off truck
Charge after log falls off truck
Police have charged a truck driver with carrying an unsecured load after an incident in Port Chalmers last week.
50-plus adverse events: SDHB
50-plus adverse events
The death of a newborn baby is one of more than 50 adverse events reported by the Southern District Health Board in the past year.
Health board high on adverse events list
Health board high on adverse events list
The SDHB still has the third highest number of reported adverse events in New Zealand despite a slight decline in the past year.
Call for less speed after log truck spill
Call for less speed after log truck spill
There are renewed calls for a speed limit reduction in the main street in Port Chalmers after a large log fell from a logging truck last week.
Team heading south for some cold, hard facts
Team heading south for some cold, hard facts
Spending Christmas thousands of kilometres away from home is slightly easier when you are studying an area of the world which has never been seen before, a University of Otago professor says.
Tuapeka Mouth fire under control
Tuapeka Mouth fire under control
Firefighters are battling a small grass fire near Tuapeka Mouth this afternoon.