The consent hearing for Port Otago's Project Next Generation harbour-dredging application may be put on hold for up to six months because of the number of submissions to the application.
Otago secondary school teachers may take strike action next month and have not ruled out further action after their union, the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA), voted overwhelmingly to reject the Government's latest pay offer.
A 33-year-old woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital in handcuffs last night as emergency services worked to cut free her 14-year-old daughter from their mangled car following a spectacular high-speed crash.
In past lives, they were a labourer, an administrative officer, an intelligence analyst, a farmer and a barrister. Today, they are the five most powerful people in Australian politics and are being wooed by that country's Labor Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Secondary schools in Dunedin say the University of Otago's new criteria for selecting pupils to study at the institution next year may be one of the best things to have happened to education for many years.
Police have charged four people with assault after a "brutal" attack in Dunedin yesterday, during which one teenager was bashed with a skateboard and another with a hammer.
Mosgiel police are still trying to get to the bottom of an incident near Outram on Saturday in which the occupants of a car took a $12,000 road bike from a cyclist and dragged it several hundred metres down the road.
Police have charged a 41-year-old Outram woman with unlawfully taking a bicycle, dangerous driving, and assault with a weapon after an altercation with two cyclists at the weekend.
Many of those asking questions at an Otago Energy Research Centre forum on lignite mining in the southern region may have left feeling none the wiser last night.
Prime Minister John Key yesterday cautioned Contact Energy not to use the emissions trading scheme (ETS) as an excuse to raise the price of electricity for Dunedin residents.
Three of the four shortlisted tenderers for construction work on the $500 million tender for Auckland's trains have signalled they may visit Dunedin within the next month to investigate the city's engineering capabilities.
"Your mum and dad, your family and friends - they are so proud of you today. It's a good day to ask for something you really want."
Pupils at Dunedin's Brockville School are considering changing the name of their suburb to Brockywood after being named finalists in a national film-making competition.
Armed police searched South Dunedin streets yesterday, hunting for several Mongrel Mob members and associates believed to be responsible for the alleged repeated rape of a teenager.
A burgeoning school roll and the possibility of overcrowding has prompted Balmacewen Intermediate, in Dunedin, to establish an enrolment scheme.
Here's some food for thought - if you drop your sandwich on the floor, is it still safe to pick up and eat after five seconds?
Government plans for alcohol reform, to be released today, are likely to be weak and "like treating cancer with a couple of aspirin", medical experts say.
The tide is turning in Rotary clubs across the country, New Zealand's first female district governor says.
Staff at the Regent Theatre, in Dunedin, have been left baffled after someone broke into the building and went on a trail of minor but senseless vandalism.
An Education Review Office (ERO) report has found about 80% of a sample of New Zealand primary and intermediate schools are making good progress implementing National Standards.
