Hamish MacLean

Manufactured chemicals leaking from a proposed Smooth Hill landfill would present a low and acceptable risk to human health, a report commissioned by the Dunedin City Council says.

The Otago Regional Council has formally adopted its $109 million annual plan for next year.

The Covid-19 death toll reached 100 in the Southern region at the weekend, doubling the milestone of 50 deaths reached in the South only last month.

One of Logan Park High School’s longest serving and most loved teachers has said "au revoir" after 46 years.

A $1.4 million addition to Catholic Social Services’ family support services footprint in South Dunedin could open its doors next year.

The Otago University Squash Club in Dunedin could be nearing the end of its 54-year existence as a deadline for finding a new home looms.

Dunedin's theatre community remains in the dark and withers while speculation around another new performance space for the city takes the spotlight, a professional theatre advocacy group says.

Work continues yesterday on Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s $43 million cycleway and footpath alongside SH88, connecting Dunedin to Port Chalmers.

A Dunedin man did a petrol drive off, failed to stop for police, and then went immediately home where he was arrested by police, police say.

An alcohol-fuelled driver led police on a foot chase in South Dunedin on Thursday.

The Dunedin City Council’s chief executive says the council is actively progressing consents to extend the life of the Green Island landfill, even though no decision has been made to do so.