Scaffold shortage slowing sector
Scaffold shortage slowing sector
A scaffolding shortage could be another sign of a red hot building market putting pressure on the construction sector.
Hamish MacLean
Nitrate levels in water could be cancer risk
Nitrate levels in water could be cancer risk
Otago and Southland water supplies could contain levels of nitrates that international research has linked to a risk of bowel cancer.
Call to fly Maori flag at Otago Polytechnic
Call to fly Maori flag at Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic Students’ Association president Ezra Tamati is campaigning for the Dunedin institute of skills and technology to permanently fly the Maori flag outside its Forth St campus.
ORC investigating beach work
ORC investigating beach work
Complaints made against a Dunedin construction company working at Tomahawk Beach during the breeding season of the rare New Zealand sea lion last week will be investigated, the Otago Regional...
Campus CCTV proving worth as crime deterrent
Campus CCTV proving worth as crime deterrent
An aggravated robbery and a hit-and-run are among the offences the University of Otago’s expanded CCTV network have captured.
Fish & Game blames ORC for fish kill
Fish & Game blames ORC for fish kill
The ecological "disaster" unfolding in the estuary of Dunedin’s Kaikorai Stream is the result of a regional council failing to manage its waterways, Fish & Game New Zealand says.
Aurora price hike lower than forecast for Central, Wanaka
Aurora price hike lower than forecast for Central, Wanaka
Aurora Energy has announced its price hikes for this year as the lines company says it has aligned its revenue with a Commerce Commission draft decision.
Strong polytech identity leader’s focus
Strong polytech identity leader’s focus
Otago Polytechnic’s new governance leader wants the institution to maintain its nationally important identity as it eases into life as a subsidiary of New Zealand’s new, merged vocational education...
Sea lion, pup focus of dispute on beach
Sea lion, pup focus of dispute on beach
A Dunedin business is defending its actions after angry beach-goers accused it of endangering a threatened New Zealand sea lion and its pup as it worked on a city beach yesterday.
Port fleet renewed
Port fleet renewed
Port Otago has spent $500,000 switching its light vehicle fleet to electric over the past few months.
Drug-checking at O Week now open activity
Drug-checking at O Week now open activity
For the first time at the University of Otago’s O Week, drug checking is out of a legal grey area and out in the open.
Drink-driver ditches car in dead-end street
Drink-driver ditches car in dead-end street
An alleged drink-driver caught a taxi after getting her car stuck down a dead-end street in Dunedin yesterday.
Otago calls on students to self-isolate
Otago calls on students to self-isolate
Some students in Dunedin are self-isolating and the University of Otago has issued an alert aimed at tracking down any recent arrivals with connections to the latest Auckland Covid-19 cluster.
Cyclists’ annual breakfast get-together pleases organisers
Cyclists’ annual breakfast get-together pleases organisers
For those with two wheels and a big appetite, the Dunedin Railway Station was the place to fuel up yesterday morning.
Parachute exercise conducted near Dunedin
Parachute exercise conducted near Dunedin
A royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules flew over Dunedin and dropped parachutists into drop zones on the Taieri Plain at the weekend, the New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed.
Most MDMA samples a more dangerous substitute
Most MDMA samples a more dangerous substitute
More than two-thirds of the popular party drug MDMA in Dunedin is a potentially dangerous substitute, drug testing in the city found last week.
‘Electric’ energy at party
‘Electric’ energy at party
Dunedin's annual O Week toga party returned to its roots last night.
Flood protection may be factor in fish kill
Flood protection may be factor in fish kill
Flood protection work by the Otago Regional Council in the Kaikorai Stream could have contributed to the deaths of hundreds of fish at the weekend.
Quake marked, effects recalled
Quake marked, effects recalled
The scenes that greeted Dunedin firefighters in Christchurch in the days and weeks after the earthquake struck have stayed with them 10 years on.
Hundreds of fish found dead in estuary
Hundreds of fish found dead in estuary
Poor water quality could have contributed to the death of hundreds of fish in a Dunedin estuary at the weekend.