Police investigate used Rats sale offer
Police investigate used Rats sale offer
The sale of positive Covid-19 rapid antigen tests on social media is now being investigated by police.
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Call to help find missing singing award
Call to help find missing singing award
A historic award, won by many of the country’s top opera singers, has gone missing and members of the Dunedin Performing Arts Competitions Society are calling on the community for help in finding it.
Boat sinks after two crew, dog airlifted off
Boat sinks after two crew, dog airlifted off
Two people and a dog are safe and well after being rescued from a sinking boat off the coast of South Otago yesterday.
Marine heatwaves forecast to devastate
Marine heatwaves forecast to devastate
The southern tip of the South Island is likely to experience severe marine heatwaves lasting more than a year by the end of this century, having disastrous implications for marine ecosystems, Niwa warns.
Pair, dog winched to safety as boat sinks
Pair, dog winched to safety as boat sinks
Two people and a dog were winched to safety after their boat got into trouble off the South Otago coast today.
Pair, dog winched to safety as boat sinks
Pair, dog winched to safety as boat sinks
Two people and a dog were winched to safety after their boat got into trouble off the South Otago coast today.
Bid to sell positive Covid tests 'distressing'
'No joke': Bid to sell positive Covid tests 'distressing'
If selling Covid-positive rapid antigen tests on social media is some kind of joke, epidemiologist Michael Baker says "it’s not funny".
'Horrific year' after daughter gets cancer
'Horrific year' after daughter diagnosed with cancer
It started with a lingering cold - and soon after 7-year-old Ayla was in Christchurch to receive chemotherapy and steroids.
Bid to sell positive Covid tests 'distressing'
'No joke': Bid to sell positive Covid tests 'distressing'
If selling Covid-positive rapid antigen tests on social media is some kind of joke, University of Otago epidemiologist Michael Baker says "it’s not funny".
'Horrific year' after daughter gets cancer
'Horrific year' after daughter diagnosed with cancer
It started with a lingering cold.
Delays after car, campervan collide south of Waihola
Delays after car, campervan collide south of Waihola
There was minor disruption on the Waihola Highway earlier this evening when a car and a campervan collided.
5.1 quake near Te Anau
5.1 quake near Te Anau
An earthquake has struck near Te Anau, with a magnitude of 5.1.
‘Reckless’ gatherings continue
‘Reckless’ gatherings continue
Continuing large student gatherings and other "extremely dangerous" behaviour in the student precinct during Covid-19 Red traffic light restrictions have been labelled "reckless" by Dunedin police.
Culinary students to the rescue
Culinary students to the rescue
Dunedin students in Covid isolation are in for a treat.
Summer dry through much of the South
Summer dry through much of the South
Temperature and rainfall records have fallen in parts of Otago and Southland, despite Niwa recording New Zealand’s fifth-warmest summer on record.
Fortune Festival at Uni Oval cancelled
Fortune Festival at Uni Oval cancelled
They say good fortune comes to those who wait - but having to cancel the inaugural Fortune Festival has been disappointing for organisers.
'Extremely dangerous' student behaviour
'Extremely dangerous' student behaviour
Large student gatherings and other ‘‘extremely dangerous’’ behaviour has left Dunedin police concerned and disappointed.
Macaque tooth study casts doubt on view of human evolution
Macaque tooth study casts doubt on view of human evolution
The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth has prompted University of Otago dentistry researchers to reassess the way the scientific community looks at human evolution.
Progress on school bus problems
Progress on school bus problems
Dunedin's school bus routes appear to be stabilising after a commercial school bus service closed, sending the system into chaos at the start of the school year.
Just like Mars: rover an inspiration
Just like Mars: rover an inspiration
Farmers - if you discover a six-wheeled robot terrifying your sheep in the Macraes area, don't panic.