Maori students 'from the four winds' given welcome
Maori students 'from the four winds' given welcome
The University of Otago has held its largest welcome yet for first-year Maori students.
Elena McPhee
Tent City welcomes and courts students
Tent City welcomes and courts students
Orientation Week's Tent City has returned this year.
Students not to blame for chaos
Students not to blame for chaos
Police say non-students "out looking for trouble'' started several fights and threw bottles at Campus Watch in North Dunedin on Saturday night.
First-year students urged to make most of opportunity
First-year students urged to make most of opportunity
Moving to a new city is never easy, but the things that make you most nervous about leaving home are also the ones that should excite you the most - that is one of the messages Otago University...
Cancer cast aside on fun day
Cancer cast aside on fun day
Children affected by cancer had a whale of a time with their families yesterday on Ovation of the Seas, in an annual day of activities organised by the cruise line and Camp Quality.
Regulating scooter use could be an option - Cull
Regulating scooter use could be an option - Cull
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says bylaws to make e-scooters safer could be considered.
OUSA considering development of UBS building
OUSA considering development of UBS building
The University Book Shop is billed as Dunedin's quiet literary sanctuary but the building could soon feature some "exciting" new developments as the Otago University Students' Association announces it is taking it over.
Supper even more special this year
Supper even more special this year
Featuring musicians, dancers, poetry and more than 20kg of haggis, the annual Burns Supper in Dunedin tonight will be an extra-special celebration of Dunedin's Scottish heritage, as the University of Otago enters its 150th year.
Mayor fine with scooters - but not in Balclutha
Mayor fine with scooters - but not in Balclutha
Lime e-scooters intended for Dunedin are not welcome in Balclutha, the mayor of Clutha says, as the electric vehicles continue to turn up there following their launch.
Lime brakes allegedly tampered with
Lime brakes allegedly tampered with
A Lime e-scooter user involved in a near-miss in a Dunedin street yesterday morning believes someone deliberately tampered with the brakes of two scooters.
Not told to collect e-scooters at night, Lime juicer says
Not told to collect e-scooters at night, Lime juicer says
Lime e-scooter ''juicers'', paid to recharge the batteries of the company's electric scooters in Dunedin, have not been instructed to collect scooters at night.
Hit-and-run victim to need metal plate
Hit-and-run victim to need metal plate
A man injured in a hit-and-run in South Dunedin early on Monday says he will need a metal plate in his knee and expects to miss months of work, as police continue to search for the driver.
No helmet talk until trial ends
No helmet talk until trial ends
Further regulations - including rules around helmets - for e-scooters will not be considered until a trial in Auckland ends in March, the Associate Minister for Transport says.
Man hospitalised after Hillside Rd hit-and-run
Man hospitalised after Hillside Rd hit-and-run
Police are searching for a driver who fled the scene after a pedestrian was hit in the early hours of the morning yesterday.
Victim's family pleads for helmets
Victim's family pleads for helmets
The family of a 26-year-old Californian woman in intensive care in Dunedin Hospital is urging Lime to provide helmets with its e-scooters.
Fires in Sawyers Bay after winds bring lines down
Fires in Sawyers Bay after winds bring lines down
Helicopters were on standby this evening after two fires sparked by power lines broke out in Sawyers Bay.
Three hurt in crash near Waitati
Three hurt in crash near Waitati
Three people received minor injuries after two cars were involved in a head-on crash on Mt Cargill Rd near Waitati this evening.
Car 'completely burned out' near Winton
Car 'completely burned out' near Winton
A burning car was found in a gravel pit near Winton last night.
Rents high on OUSA agenda in election year
Rents high on OUSA agenda in election year
High rents in Dunedin must be a topic of discussion as the city heads into a local body election year, the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) says.
Driver trapped in rolled camper van
Driver trapped in rolled camper van
Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff attend an incident in which the driver of a camper van was briefly trapped inside it after it rolled on State Highway 1 near Waitati yesterday.