Filming of Netflix romance starts
Filming of Netflix romance starts
Movie stars, lighting equipment and smoke machines seemed somewhat out of place on Dunedin’s otherwise quiet downtown streets.
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Win for wildlife hospital team in national bike challenge
Win for wildlife hospital team in national bike challenge
Dunedin Wildlife Hospital staff and volunteers collectively cycled 2940km, close to double the length of New Zealand, last month.
ORC to ask Govt for plan funding
ORC to ask Govt for plan funding
The Otago Regional Council will ask the Government to fund its half of a $1.5million development plan for transport projects in Queenstown.
Not all ORC councillors behind city zero carbon advisory group
Not all ORC councillors behind city zero carbon advisory group
An invitation for the Otago Regional Council to join a Dunedin zero carbon advisory group has divided councillors.
Dunedin streets to be closed for filming
Dunedin streets to be closed for filming
A section of downtown Dunedin will be closed for filming tomorrow.
Myanmar nationals to protest junta
Myanmar nationals to protest junta
Two Dunedin residents from Myanmar will speak out as part of a peaceful protest, despite fears of reprisal from the military junta.
Spate of tool thefts prompts warning from police
Spate of tool thefts prompts warning from police
Police are urging residents to keep their sheds and vehicles locked following an increase in the theft of tools and other items over the past few months.
Dunedin woman sings to whales
Dunedin woman sings to whales
"Where the blue of the sea meets the sky, and the big yellow sun leads me home."
Rise in break-ins prompts police warning
Rise in break-ins prompts police warning
Police are urging Dunedin residents to keep their sheds and vehicles locked following an increase in tools and other items being stolen in the past few months.
Skateboarder sought after car damaged
Skateboarder sought after car damaged
Police are searching for a person who threw their skateboard on to a man’s vehicle in Dunedin early today.
Pipe bands strut stuff during Octagonal Day
Pipe bands strut stuff during Octagonal Day
Dunedin lived up to its name as the Edinburgh of the South at the weekend as the sound of massed pipes and drums echoed through the city streets.
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock
Miah Smith (12, left) and Macy Crossan (11) dance for the top spot in the South Island Invitation Competition’s same-sex category at the South Dunedin Community Hall on Saturday.
Attention to detail
Attention to detail
Otago Model Engineering Society member Stuart Reid (right) shows Jessie Roff (left) and her cousin Beau Roff his motocross active diorama at the society’s exhibition in Dunedin.
Pub to be turned into 10-bedroom residential unit
Pub to be turned into 10-bedroom residential unit
A longtime Dunedin pub is set to become a 10-bedroom residential unit.
PM urged to step in over Central Otago airports
PM urged to step in over Central Otago airports
Community groups in Wanaka have written to the Prime Minister asking for central government to step in and put a stop to a proposed airport expansion at Wanaka and a new airport at Tarras.
Students’ bar granted longer hours for O Week
Students’ bar granted longer hours for O Week
Starters Bar in Dunedin will be allowed to stay open until 3am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during Orientation Week.
Blood tests won't answer lead contamination question - scientist
Blood tests won't answer lead contamination question - scientist
Blood testing is likely to do nothing to clarify the source of lead in the East Otago drinking water, an environmental science specialist says.
Body on beach still being investigated
Body on beach still being investigated
Police are continuing to investigate after a body was found at Whareakeake Beach (also known as Murdering Beach) in Dunedin.
Elevated lead level results 'not unexpected'
Elevated lead level results 'not unexpected'
Waikouaiti residents are being reassured the small number of elevated lead level results are not unexpected and another public meeting will be held early next month.
Second incident adds to gull toll
Second incident adds to gull toll
An investigation into the mass killing of protected seabirds at Taiaroa Head is progressing "favourably" in regards to finding those responsible, police say.