Wait, what are you sorry for, exactly?
Wait, what are you sorry for, exactly?
Some people like to come to you in times of trauma or death and say "I’m sorry for your loss". David Loughrey suggests you should be very, very wary of them.
David Loughrey
Award-winning architect focused on future
Award-winning architect focused on future
Dunedin architect Gary Todd has won a string of awards for his work, including one last week for a building in Dunedin’s student sector. David Loughrey talks to him about...
Twice the allure for iD Fashion
Twice the allure for iD Fashion
Dunedin's iD Fashion Week is set to be split in two.
Polytechnic welcomes trade training initiative
Polytechnic welcomes trade training initiative
Otago Polytechnic has welcomed a Government initiative to expand trade training as Dunedin faces a construction boom and the need for workers to make it happen.
Bus map designer gets Whanganui job
Bus map designer gets Whanganui job
A Dunedin third-year mathematics student has turned a side interest in cartography into a possible career opening, after a local musician sang his praises.
A big mother/duckling problem
A big mother/duckling problem
Spring has already brought 152 motherless ducklings to a Dunedin bird rescue organisation that is on the lookout for foster families for the fluffy foundlings.
Multi-agency waiata ropu all about tikanga
Multi-agency waiata ropu all about tikanga
A Dunedin waiata group boasts 80 members, has attracted people from a wide range of government departments and makes some beautiful sounds. But you may never see them perform.
Significant tree should stay - DCC planner
Significant tree should stay - DCC planner
A Dunedin City Council planner has opposed a property developer's plan to fell a 90-year-old Wakari tree.
Work starts on latest stage of Otago Peninsula connection
Work starts on latest stage of Otago Peninsula connection
The latest stage of work on the multimillion-dollar Otago Peninsula cycling and walking connection has started this week at Turnbulls Bay, by Broad Bay.
Learning what to do in case emergency strikes
Learning what to do in case emergency strikes
A national earthquake and tsunami drill stopped workplaces, schools and other organisations as more than 53,000 people in Otago yesterday practised how to drop, cover and hold.
Co-ordinator says hospital art needs thought
Co-ordinator says hospital art needs thought
Those planning the new Dunedin Hospital need to also start planning where its 2500 art works, sculptures and other installations will go, Barbara Brinsley, who has helped develop the collection, says.
Design drawings first stage in hospital planning
Design drawings first stage in hospital planning
Design drawings have emerged of the new Dunedin Hospital, offering a glimpse of the planned outpatient and day surgery building.
Investigators 'appalled' by faulty buildings
Investigators 'appalled' by faulty buildings
Southern buildings checked using imaging technology that has uncovered structural problems in 1100 buildings across New Zealand have not featured the same issues.
High St cable car group misses out on growth fund grant
High St cable car group misses out on growth fund grant
The Dunedin group planning a multimillion-dollar cable car system on High St has had a setback, missing out on a $100,000 Provincial Growth Fund request to help keep the project moving.
Dare to dream, DCC, dare to spend up large
Dare to dream, DCC, dare to spend up large
As Dunedin's freshly elected councils consider what direction to take this fine city, we ask if they have the guts to take on the bold vision outlined by ODT columnist David Loughrey in 2016.
Cadbury demolition a traffic challenge
Cadbury demolition a traffic challenge
Traffic flow on Dunedin's one-way system is expected to suffer when demolition work starts on the former Cadbury building to make way for the new Dunedin Hospital.
SDHB ordered to apologise to psychiatric patient
SDHB ordered to apologise to psychiatric patient
The Southern District Health Board has been ordered to apologise to a psychiatric patient who was stripped naked and left in seclusion for 18 hours at Wakari Hospital.
People rock up to gem and mineral show
People rock up to gem and mineral show
The world under our feet has risen to the surface as examples of the world's rocks and minerals are displayed in Dunedin.
Forced to flee; car stolen
Forced to flee; car stolen
A group of teenagers got the fright of their life and their car was stolen after they were forced to flee an offender at Dunedin's Prospect Park on Thursday night.
Car towing caravan crashes near Herbert
Car towing caravan crashes near Herbert
The road is now clear after a crash involving a car and caravan near Herbert.