Chris Morris

The Government should consider establishing a refugee resettlement centre in Dunedin, Mayor Dave Cull says.

The Exclusive Brethren has responded to public complaints about its operations in Dunedin by seeking consent for gatherings of up to 650 worshippers.

A Dunedin man received facial injuries after falling from an upstairs balcony during a North Dunedin party, emergency services say.

When it comes to television, I have simple tastes: a Sky satellite dish bolted to the roof, and the glowing red light of a MySky box, and I'm happy.

Dunedin is poised for a multimillion-dollar windfall as it prepares to host a growing number of conferences and the thousands of high-spending delegates that come with them, deputy mayor Chris Staynes says.

Dunedin's waterfront is the city's biggest missed opportunity, but the planets could be aligning for development, advocates say. Chris Morris reports.

Debate over the future of Dunedin's Steamer Basin remains a battleground for some.

Dunedin's profile as New Zealand's ''educational capital'' will be further boosted in China over the next three weeks, Mayor Dave Cull says.

The Dunedin City Council is proposing a land swap to resolve another long running property dispute on Otago Peninsula.

Fears have been raised some Dunedin retailers are gearing up for the return of psychoactive legal highs, but also that products already on sale are closing in on the effects of the real thing.

A quarry operator accused of flouting rules on Otago Peninsula could seek to remove a hill overlooking Papanui Inlet, neighbours fear.

The 76-year-old woman who died after a head-on collision near Queenstown has been named.

A Hampden man escaped injury after the car he was driving collided with a train this morning.

A Mosgiel man who has already lost his fence to a neighbouring subdivision, and will soon say goodbye to part of his garden, fears other residents could face the same predicament.

A plan to convert a derelict 130-year-old brick stable into Dunedin's latest microbrewery is just another sign of the heritage ''renaissance'' under way in the city, the Dunedin City Council says.

Iron Maiden fans might be disappointed, but Dunedin's legion of hard rock lovers can take heart.

The Otago Regional Council says it will regularly meet the Dunedin City Council until stormwater problems on an Otago Peninsula property are resolved.