Jacob McSweeny

Port Otago introduced a new protocol at the weekend to deal with the risk of the new coronavirus coming ashore, with particular concern over a weekly visit of a container ship from China.

The Scenic Hotel Group is to carry out a multimillion-dollar makeover of its central Dunedin hotel.

The coronavirus outbreak in China continues to cause trouble for Otago and New Zealand businesses as crayfish, wool and tourism are being affected.

When Erin Hogan, outgoing owner of The Scottish Shop, went to get some medication from the pharmacy, and the pharmacist asked her how she was — she burst into tears.

Dunedin games company Runaway Play has released its first augmented reality game.

The coronavirus outbreak was tipped to hit tourist and international student numbers — and even trade certainty — in Otago as Queenstown’s mayor warned against fear descending into racism and...

A Dunedin business bootcamp helping turn ideas into businesses had to double its intake due to its increasing popularity.

Creative marketer McKenzie Dowson says when it comes to telling stories it is always best to focus on the person at the heart of the story.

As one longtime Dunedin pub teeters on the brink of closure, a restaurant opens and the fate of both weighs heavily on the minds of Susanne and Richard Dagg.

For Steve Fitzgerald building a new branch for building supplies company Anzor in Dunedin was a no-brainer.

Startup Dunedin and Innov8HQ have more than $18,000 in Government funding to get more young people into entrepreneur programmes.

A small energy trading firm has accused Meridian Energy of neglecting environmental obligations in a bid to keep wholesale electricity prices up, thereby reaping profits of more than $35 million.

The former Fishers Meats factory that provided 100 years of production is to be taken over by a Wellington-based company making plant-based meat on the premises.

Dunedin entrepreneur Georgie Northcoat’s idea to turn clothing off-cuts into insulation has been named as a finalist in a major Callaghan Innovation competition.

Meat production at a 100-year-old Dunedin company has ceased and 13 staff have been made redundant but the owner of The Craft Meat Company says the business will live on.

A planned new subdivision in Outram is a case of contractor turned developer for Kelvin Read.

Ross Grey must sometimes feel a bit like a personal trainer in a gym due to the frequency of people asking for help in January.