'Bit of craziness makes you special'
Wise advice for emerging designers
Budding fashion designers got plenty of feedback and advice as they fronted up to iD International Emerging Designer Awards judges in Dunedin.
David Loughrey
South D group criticises 'point-scoring'
South Dunedin group criticises 'point-scoring'
A South Dunedin community group says the area is a victim of ''professional and political point-scoring'' over climate change.
Key's son 'not part of iD after-party'
Key's son 'not part of iD after-party'
iD Dunedin Fashion Week organisers have distanced themselves from an after-party function featuring former prime minister John Key's son, DJ Max Key.
Roses back from grave but mystery deepens
Roses back from grave but mystery deepens
The identity of the perpetrator who poisoned hundreds of roses in Dunedin's Northern Cemetery last year looks set to remain a mystery, after more poisoning occurred recently.
Anchor tenant for 'funky old building'
WorkSafe picks warehouse
A Dunedin warehouse precinct building has attracted WorkSafe New Zealand as an anchor tenant.
iD models practise their catwalk look
iD models practise their catwalk look
Models have their last run-through at the Railway Station ahead of the official opening of iD Dunedin Fashion Week.
Dogs’ day coming to Mosgiel Pool
Dogs’ day coming to Mosgiel Pool
The Mosgiel Pool is set to go to the dogs next month, when the facility will have a canine swimming day.
'Improbable’ homes uninsurable in five years
'Improbable’ homes uninsurable in five years
Projections properties in South Dunedin and other low-lying areas will be uninsurable in five years are "highly, highly improbable", the Insurance Council of New Zealand says.
Pest trap shown at MoU function
Pest trap shown at MoU function
A Dunedin electronics firm showed off its latest GigCity-funded environmental initiative yesterday as city organisations gathered to help make Dunedin predator-free.
Fairfield slip costly exercise
Fairfield slip costly exercise
What started as a small slip by Morris Rd at Fairfield has developed into $750,000 worth of work and a major construction exercise.
Flynn's sea level figures disputed
Flynn's sea level figures disputed
Two University of Otago academics with expertise on climate change have questioned claims parts of South Dunedin could be uninhabitable in 17 years.
Warning of sea threat to South Dunedin
Academic warns of sea threat
A Dunedin academic has warned parts of South Dunedin and the city could have just 17 years before sea-level rise makes them uninhabitable.
Pre-schoolers want street without glass
Pre-schoolers ask for street without glass
Pre-school children have pleaded with residents to stop breaking glass on the footpaths they use near childcare centres.
Dunedin's 'carnival' test match praised
Dunedin's 'carnival' test match praised
Dunedin Venues Management Ltd and New Zealand Cricket have dubbed the New Zealand-South Africa cricket test a success.
Festival grows as blues lovers come from afar
Festival grows as blues lovers come from afar
The blues, the musical variety at least, descended on Otago Peninsula and even crossed the harbour over the weekend as the second iteration of the Portobello Blues Festival expanded the event.
Dunedin’s soul laid bare to world
Dunedin’s soul laid bare to world
A vast network of futuristic surveillance landed in our little city this week. David Loughrey was at the cricket test to see who, or what, was looking, and how Dunedin scrubbed up.
Otago scientists control atom
Otago scientists control atom
The equipment Dr Mikkel Andersen and fellow researchers have developed to control individual atoms looks like the stuff of historic science fiction.
Cuts made to peninsula subdivision plan
Papanui developer reduces sites plan
The developer of a subdivision on an Otago Peninsula isthmus has halved the number of houses planned for the site, surprising opponents ready to argue against the plan.
More court action on Saddle Hill
More court action on Saddle Hill
The dispute over the controversial Saddle Hill quarry heads back to court in June as the company behind the quarry appeals the latest decision in the long-running battle.
Portobello petrol sales to resume
Portobello petrol sales to resume next month
A service station in Portobello will soon be back pumping petrol, bucking a trend of the closure of small petrol stations.