A former Queenstown bouncer stole CCTV footage of English rugby player Mike Tindall kissing an old flame and tried to sell it to tabloids before posting the clip on YouTube, the Crown says.
Hope and Sons hopes to be operating a crematorium in Mosgiel's industrial zone by early next year.
All those associated with Saturday night's Paul Simon concert in Dunedin, including the star performer, have declared the event a success and agree Forsyth Barr Stadium seems to have found its form as a venue.
More events, more members, reductions in overhead costs and staff cuts contributed to a significant cut in losses in the first six months of this financial year for Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium, its operator reports.
It took several sets of road spikes to halt a driver fleeing police at speeds of up to 160kmh around the Taieri early on Saturday, police say.
A decision will be made today on whether to call for proposals from other Dunedin artists for a commemorative sculpture to mark the Dunedin Botanic Garden's 150th anniversary.
A stalwart of Dunedin education and one of New Zealand's longest-serving school principals has announced her intention to retire.
Auckland's housing problems are topical, not least because housing became a prominent issue in the Budget as a result. Much further south, Dunedin faces its own housing issues and the city...
Monday's Dunedin City Council meeting will start and adjourn earlier to accommodate the funeral of Dunedin philanthropist and businessman Les Cleveland.
Total responsibility for marketing Dunedin to the outside world will not be transferred to Tourism Dunedin, after a series of concerns were raised about a proposal to do so.
The Dunedin City Council has agreed to contribute financially to what they acknowledge is an imperfect plan to stop erosion at Te Rauone beach on the Otago Peninsula, saying it is the best anyone has come up with in 40 years, and a good deal for the council.
The people had a small victory yesterday after Dunedin city council staff first rejected a proposal to stop accepting individual rubbish bag charges at city landfills, and then backed down on a subsequent proposal to reinstate single bag fees, but at an increased cost.
If art is meant to provoke a reaction, then the Friends of the Botanic Garden's proposed 150th anniversary sculpture for the Dunedin Botanic Garden has achieved its purpose before it is even installed.
It seems the residents of Gladstone Rd South will have to put up with a dusty, unsealed road for some years yet.
Sycamore trees are in the crosshairs of Dunedin city councillors, who have asked council staff to identify the implications of registering them as a noxious plant.
Surpluses in several council budgets will be pulled together so that another section of the shared path around Otago Harbour can be built in the next year.
Dunedin city councillors will be pocketing nearly $5000 extra pay after this year's elections, but the mayor will be taking a pay cut, following the changes to the way local body politicians are paid.
Sections of historic sea wall supporting the road skirting the harbour edge of Otago Peninsula may be protected and left visible during the planned widening of the road.
The processing time for building consents for Dunedin projects has dropped to an average of nine days from up to 50 days, since the city council restructured its building services department.
A fire that spread from one Dunedin council flat to another has prompted the replacement of the smoke alarms in all council flats and a comprehensive check to find and fix any gaps in the firewalls between flats.
