Bodeker praised for efforts
Bodeker praised for efforts as regional council head
Tributes flowed yesterday for departing Otago Regional Council chief executive Peter Bodeker from the same people who rejected his application to continue in the job.
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No hard felines, Gareth, it's how I felt
No hard felines, Gareth, it's how I felt
Divisive politician Gareth Morgan has been stitched up for his anti-cat policies by a Kingston artist who embroidered his portrait on to cat fur.
Learning new skills from an old hand
Learning new skills from an old hand
Seventy-five-year-old Japanese marital arts teacher Shimizu Nobuko Sensei is known to have a sense of humour, but when instructing Dunedin high school pupils yesterday she was all business.
First chick proves dad's got the goods
First chick proves dad's got the goods
A fluffy black takahe has wandered into the light as the first chick hatched at Orokonui Ecosanctuary to an assumed-infertile father.
US girl sends savings to city researchers
US girl sends savings to Dunedin research team
While scientific funding comes from many places, members of a Dunedin research group admit $30.20 in cat-sitting money from a 7-year-old American girl is unusual.
Saving dolphin 'very spiritual experience'
Saving dolphin 'very spiritual experience'
Helping to save a stranded dolphin at St Kilda Beach was a ''very spiritual experience'' for a Dunedin woman yesterday.
Stranded dolphin gets a helping hand
Stranded dolphin gets a helping hand
Rescuing a dolphin was not how Dunedin woman Komisi Bloomfield imagined her morning playing out on a visit to St Kilda Beach.
Number of Dunedin drink drivers disappoints
Number of Dunedin drink drivers disappoints
Police are "extremely disappointed" after six people were caught drink driving in Dunedin at the weekend.
Burglars 'clearly active' in North Dunedin
Burglars 'clearly active' in North Dunedin
Police are stressing the importance of locking homes and vehicles after a spate of burglaries in Dunedin's student precinct at the weekend.
Police scale back search for 63-year-old man
Police scale back search for 63-year-old man
The search for missing Dunedin man Gordon Mclean has been scaled back until police can find more leads.
Gravitational waves - it's all relative
Gravitational waves - it's all relative
After releasing his space-warping theory of general relativity in 1915, Albert Einstein predicted massive objects created ripples in space and time when they moved.
Rewarding fire crew heroes money for jam
Rewarding fire crew heroes money for jam
After Portobello firefighters stopped a blaze from reaching their grandmother's house, two Company Bay girls pledged to pay them back one jam scone at a time.
Little Blue thank-you
Little Blue thank-you
Olivia Bevin (left) and Julia Mutch (both 8) join a pop-up penguin party which waddled in to Dunedin's Octagon yesterday to celebrate the 5th birthday of Blue Penguins Pukekura.
Woman hurt, dog missing from crash
Woman hurt, dog missing from crash
A woman was last night in a stable condition in Dunedin Hospital while a scared dog was on the run, after a car rolled on the outskirts of Dunedin yesterday.
Dunedin bus hub concerns
Central-city bus hub concerns
A lack of shelter, pedestrian safety issues and narrow footpaths are some of the concerns raised against current designs of the proposed central-city bus hub in Dunedin.
Gravitational waves add new view
Gravitational waves add new view
New Zealand and Australian researchers were drawn to Dunedin yesterday to discuss how new gravitational wave findings can illuminate the secrets of the universe.
Woman cut from car after crash
Woman cut from car after crash
A woman has been cut from a car after a crash on Brighton Rd, near Blackhead Rd, this afternoon.
Mixed perceptions of city's holiday weekend trading
Mixed perceptions of city's holiday weekend trading
Temperamental weather contributed to the mixed bag that was Dunedin's retail sales this Labour Weekend.
Heritage in full bloom at the fete
Heritage in full bloom at the fete
Oamaru heritage buffs Wendy Simpson (left) and Marise Martin get into the Victorian mindset at the Lady Thorn Rhododendron Dell in Port Chalmers.
Gold-rush pair's offspring unite
Gold-rush pair's offspring unite
After the historical records were scoured and family tree illuminated, descendants of a gold rush-era Chinese immigrant and a Scottish barmaid gathered together for the first time at the weekend.