A North Dunedin liquor store owner has been given three months to ''demonstrate his commitment'' to alcohol rules in a case expected to set a precedent for the sale of alcohol in the student area.
An acrimonious split that has resulted in two craft beer festivals vying for punters in a two-week period has meant both have been denied Dunedin City Council funding.
For the first time, Dunedin City Council funding for the iD Dunedin Fashion Week is set to hit six figures.
If you are lonely, you will probably die earlier than other people. If you are unhappy, you need to exercise more. Chocolate won't help.
A wizard, a team of tame physicists and an alpenhorn made from a toilet bowl kept the audience captivated at the ''Different Bangs'' science show on Saturday.
In the first of a series focusing on Dunedin and its people, ODT reporter David Loughrey casts his quizzical - some would say quirky - eye over a public transport system about to be left blinking in the harsh light of public scrutiny. On an epic, but remarkably efficient, voyage from the suburbs to the city he found the spirit of Dunedin in the darkened streets of Mornington.
A couple who spent $400,000 restoring a category one historic inner-city home have found themselves left with part of the property landlocked by a lack of access.
The New Zealand Transport Agency has begun work on the finer details of a major new Dunedin bridge at Lookout Point and heavy machinery is due to swing into action in September.
The New Zealand Transport Agency will be hoping for some sub-zero temperatures this winter, as they again trial a new ice warning system in Otago.
A ''romantic phase'' that has brought Christian, Muslim and other faiths together since the September 11 attacks is now ripe for consummation, a visiting Methodist minister and British Labour Party politician says.
Motorists are being urged to take extra care as a ''very cold'' airstream hits the South, bringing showers with hail and snow.
Unity in diversity was the title, and the reality, as Jewish, Muslim, and Christian representatives gathered at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Dunedin yesterday, for the National Interfaith Forum.
New water quality rules in Otago will start having an effect well before their introduction in 2020, the Otago Regional Council says.
Smaller buses may be a part of Dunedin's revamped public transport system, as the Otago Regional Council looks for flexibility in the network.
Proposed sweeping changes to Dunedin's bus service are headed for public consultation.
Otago ratepayers face a 2.49% increase in general rates, following an Otago Regional Council decision to approve its annual plan.
Take-off and landing are the two prohibitive factors when it comes to adding a Dunedin leg to international flights servicing Queenstown.
Flights connecting Dunedin travellers to international flights leaving from Queenstown would need a guarantee of patronage before they could be launched, a local operator says.
A Telford course introducing senior secondary school pupils to farm industry training is expanding, as the institution provides an option for those losing touch with their schooling.
The independent financial consultant reviewing the Dunedin City Council's Citifleet and Citipark departments has begun its work.
