Climber not at fault: friend
Climber not at fault: friend
Warrington mountaineer Paul Hersey has attended the funerals of many of his mountaineering mates but he will continue to climb.
Shawn McAvinue
Tindall grants help community initiatives
Tindall grants help community initiatives
The Tindall Foundation has granted $22,500 to help Otago families and communities.
Best - and worst - flats in spotlight
Best - and worst - flats in spotlight
Responsive landlords of cosy Dunedin flats were celebrated and an indifferent property manager of a rat-infested student abode was denounced at the Best and Worst Landlord Awards yesterday.
Brighton store refuses to stock 2degrees sim cards
Brighton store refuses to stock 2degrees sim cards
A Brighton dairy owner has returned the 2degrees sim card stock to signal her disappointment at the way the telecommunications company has treated the seaside community.
Doctors differ on health-check need
Doctors differ on health-check need
A new heart disease awareness campaign highlights the need for those at risk to be checked.
Dunedin satay stall began it all
Dunedin satay stall began it all
A satay restaurant empire was built from a small stall that opened in the Octagon 25 years ago.
Most young payees in training
Most young payees in training
Nearly all the 170 youth in the Work and Income Southern region on the new Youth Payment (YP) and Young Parent Payment (YPP) are undertaking some training or education.
Phoebe's chock-a-block day
Phoebe's chock-a-block day
Six-year-old Phoebe Miles had a perfectly sweet day in Dunedin yesterday.
Delta gives $5000 to SPCA for a new aviary
Delta gives $5000 to SPCA for a new aviary
A "bedraggled'' aviary at Otago SPCA in Dunedin will be replaced with a new purpose-built facility after a $5000 donation from Delta yesterday.
Kavanagh schoolboy woken from induced coma
Kavanagh schoolboy woken from induced coma
Dunedin schoolboy Matt Martin has been woken from an induced coma, but the recovery process will be long, Kavanagh College staff say.
No country can call itself nuclear-free: debater
No country can call itself nuclear-free: debater
Friendly fire was exchanged in Dunedin last night at the Hiroshima Day debate, which discussed whether New Zealand was safer being nuclear-free and out of the Anzus Treaty.
Mosgiel scooter fire possible arson
Mosgiel scooter fire possible arson
A Mosgiel mobility scooter fire last month could have been arson, East Otago fire risk management officer Paul Glanville says.
Relief as writer's stolen laptop recovered
Relief as writer's stolen laptop recovered
A stolen laptop and backup computer hard-drive belonging to a Dunedin writer has been recovered and two ''scumbags'' charged but the life story of the Dunedin woman with a degenerative disease was deleted - but could still be recovered.
OBHS old boys gather to share life's lessons
OBHS old boys gather to share life's lessons
Theologian Sir Lloyd Geering found his five years at Otago Boys' High School a ''grind'' but it taught him ''how to play the game''.
Dunedin rugby player (17) in coma
Dunedin rugby player (17) in coma
A Kavanagh College rugby player is in an induced coma in Dunedin Hospital after suffering a head injury on Saturday.
Academics had snags to overcome
Academics had snags to overcome
Female University of Otago academics told on Thursday of unwanted sexual advances by colleagues, lack of permanent positions and unread academic work, revealing gender inequalities.
Advice after scooter explosion
Advice after scooter explosion
Mosgiel pensioner Eleanor Moore's mobility scooter explosion could have been avoided by following some precautionary charging measures but one makes her feel unsafe and she hopes Housing NZ will provide greater protection.
$5 TV recycling ends in 3 weeks
$5 TV recycling ends in 3 weeks
Southeners have three weeks to recycle their unwanted televisions at a cost of $5 before the TV Takeback subsidy officially heads north.
Otago residents urged to switch
Otago residents urged to switch
The millions of taxpayers' dollars that fund the ''What's My Number'' campaign is money well spent because it keeps power companies price-competitive, Electricity Authority chief executive Carl Hansen says.
Tower protest stops work - for now
Tower protest stops work - for now
Contractors say they will shelve work on installing a 2degrees cellphone tower in Brighton until given further instructions by the telecommunications company.