David Loughrey

The future of Dunedin's air connections with the rest of New Zealand looks assured, and there is perhaps a glimmer of hope direct transtasman flights to cities apart from Brisbane may return.

New Zealand's tourism sector has exceeded forecasts by hitting an expected $32.5billion of tourist spending in the year to March, but getting visitors out of hot-spots like Queenstown to visit further afield is proving difficult.

The group behind Mosgiel's proposed new pool is about to start developing a design for a four-pool facility, after an agreement with the Dunedin City Council.

A new group of central Dunedin retailers and building owners plans to drag the spotlight back to a George St shopping precinct it says is "very dowdy and tired and underinvested in''.

A former South Otago man has been awarded France's highest honour for what seems set to remain his secret work with the resistance in World War 2.

Duck-shooting in Otago got off to a safe and mostly successful start on the weekend, unlike in some other parts of New Zealand where firearm injuries marred opening day.

The personalities and mores of fur seals, a species which has developed a certain degree of cultural capital within the Dunedin environment, has been the subject of little study or publicity. These excerpts from the minutes of a meeting of the Otago Harbour Fur Seals Rotary Club may explain why.

A full-time surgeon and a dedicated morning operating theatre for orthopaedics are behind the return of orthopaedic trainees to Dunedin Hospital next year.

Seeing Black Sabbath in Melbourne was "fantastic'', but for former Dunedin man James Biggs, seeing the band with his best mates in Dunedin tonight would be even better.

The sentencing of a man whose three Irish wolfhounds savagely mauled a woman in Dunedin last year has sparked a warning dog ownership is "a serious responsibility''.

Dunedin was beside itself with excitement on Thursday when the Royals hit town. ODT royal and fashion reporter David Loughrey was there with a sharp eye on what really mattered.

Larger cruise ships on their way to Dunedin will come with pressure for new tourism operations and exacerbate problems with already congested bus parking.

It was a tiny home-made bookmark lost on the platform of a London Underground station.

A fire-damaged building at 389 Princes St is the latest to be targeted for heritage redevelopment, and could spark wider changes to the area.

A 2.9% increase in the cost of tertiary education was worrying but not surprising, Otago University Students' Association president Laura Harris says.