Matthew Littlewood

An avalanche of support for a Central Otago gold mine included submissions from children and dozens from people living outside the area.

Stressed staff owed money by a beleaguered after-school provider are calling on the owner to front up about its future as a government investigation begins.

A developer who hopes to create more than 60 affordable houses in Dunedin is in talks to turn a 150-year-old heritage building into residential apartments.

A children’s after-school programme has allegedly left both schools and parents out of pocket.

More than 250 jetties, moorings and other water structures in the Queenstown Lakes district might be existing illegally, as the local council attempts to clear a backlog.

A staff member at a rat-plagued supermarket says the owner’s apologies have come far too late.

Staff at embattled mega-polytechnic Te Pukenga are in a state of "confusion" as another round of restructuring is launched.

A text message warning staff at Countdown Dunedin South talking to media about the store’s rat problem could cost them their jobs was not best practice, both Woolworths and the First Union say.

Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking says she would be concerned if any moves towards a third medical school were a "fait accomplis".

An Otago regional councillor has hit out at a perceived lack of neutrality of its staff, after a second staffer aligned themselves with the Green Party.