Daisy Hudson

Getting official answers about Seacliff proves to be a struggle

Grace Low (right), pictured sitting beside her mother, died in the Seacliff Mental Hospital fire....

Getting official answers about Seacliff proves to be a struggle

The families of women killed in the Seacliff Mental Hospital fire are calling for a law change to allow them to access their relatives’ records.

Motorcyclist gives police the slip

A motorcyclist has made a quick getaway across a cricket pitch during a police pursuit in Dunedin.

Woman charged over Dunedin stabbing

Woman charged over Dunedin stabbing

A woman will appear in court today after an alleged stabbing in Dunedin last night.

Drug decision may ‘pave way’

Drug decision may ‘pave way’

A funding announcement for a drug that will help dozens of cystic fibrosis sufferers could pave the way for future boosts, a Dunedin campaigner says.

Crew trained for precarious rescues

Dunedin senior firefighter Joe Begley prepares to extricate himself and his ‘‘patient’’, station...

Crew trained for precarious rescues

They clamber down banks, buildings and cliffs to rescue people from hard-to-get-to places. But few people know about the Dunedin fire lines rescue crew. Daisy Hudson headed along to a training...

Death of beloved musician

Death of beloved musician

Dunedin's jazz scene has lost one of its founding fathers.

Hopes to find son’s ashes urn

Mosgiel woman Ngairena Hibbs is hoping someone will find the missing urn containing some of the...

Hopes to find son’s ashes urn

A Mosgiel woman is appealing to the public after losing her son’s ashes while moving house.

Flight firms get father to injured daughter’s side

The bus carrying Chinese tourists that was involved in the crash.

Flight firms get father to injured daughter’s side

The father of a girl who lost both of her hands in a bus crash near Queenstown has been able to get to her Christchurch Hospital bedside, thanks to a pair of flight businesses.

Mum heartbroken after son's ashes lost during move

Ngairena Hartman holds a photo of her son Todd Campbell. Photo: ODT files

Mum heartbroken after son's ashes lost during move

A Mosgiel woman says her heart is broken after losing her son’s ashes while moving house.

Artists on show at station

Artists on show at station

Visitors to Dunedin’s Railway Station will be able to see artists working on their masterpieces this summer.

Teens caught after fleeing crashed car

There were two police pursuits in Christchurch on Saturday night and another on Monday morning.

Teens caught after fleeing crashed car

Police are speaking to four teens who fled the scene of a crash on State Highway 1, north of Dunedin, this morning.

Cooking cause of fire

Cooking cause of fire

Unattended cooking sparked a small kitchen fire at a Corstorphine house yesterday.

Masonry falls from newspaper building

Engineers were suspended from a towering crane in a steel basket as they inspected a historic central Dunedin building yesterday.

Dunedin houses even more unaffordable

Dunedin houses even more unaffordable

Dunedin people are being evicted from their rentals and struggling to keep a roof over their head, as a new report reveals the city’s houses are more unaffordable than the capital's.

Left cooking causes kitchen fire

Left cooking causes Corstorphine kitchen fire

A kitchen fire in the Dunedin suburb of Corstorphine today was caused by cooking that had been left unattended.

Masonry falls from Allied Press building

Masonry fell from the Allied Press building last night. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

Masonry falls from Allied Press building

An engineer has inspected the Allied Press building in central Dunedin after a large piece of masonry fell onto the footpath overnight.

Retrofuturist ‘tea duelling’ at luncheon

Enjoying the Dunedin Steampunk Society high tea at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday are (from...

Retrofuturist ‘tea duelling’ at luncheon

Croquet, skipping ropes and competitive biscuit dunking were the order of the day at a high tea with a Victorian twist in Dunedin yesterday.

Numbers drop at Otago prison

The Otago Corrections Facility is generally working effectively but a review has highlighted...

Numbers drop at Otago prison

The number of prisoners locked up in Otago is dropping, as the minister responsible says a potential crisis has been averted.

Feb 29 kids sought for leap-year photoshoot

Dunedin photographer Justine Turner is arranging a photoshoot for granddaughter Lilly Freeman’s...

February 29 children sought for leap-year photoshoot

Lilly Freeman isn’t quite sure how old she is. Depending on how you look at it, she will either be turning 1 or 4 next month.

Wellers Rock to be protected

A new project will stop parking at Wellers Rock in a bid to protect the historic site. PHOTO:...

Wellers Rock to be protected

Thousands of dollars are being poured into a project to stop the degradation of a historic Otago site.

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