Loving it
Loving it
One-year-old Abigail splashes with dad Michael Kruger, of Dunedin, in the learner's pool at Moana Pool yesterday.
Debbie Porteous
Native bees quite at home in Botanic Garden
Native bees quite at home in Botanic Garden
A native bee prepares to enter its nest on a set of steps in the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Flight cancellation leaves family locked out of airport
Flight cancellation leaves family locked out of airport
Stranded, hungry and locked out of Auckland airport late at night with two children in tow, a Dunedin woman says her Jetstar experience went from bad to worse when Saturday night's flight from Auckland to Dunedin was cancelled.
Cape to Bluff in bid to promote electric cars
Cape to Bluff in bid to promote electric cars
Aucklander Steve West's newest is the flashest of his three electric vehicles.
Cancelled flight to city frustrating
Cancelled flight to city frustrating
Dunedin-bound Jetstar passengers say they are disappointed at having to spend an extra night in Auckland after a mechanical problem in a plane caused them major delays.
Ex-pupils assemble to mark 150 years
Ex-pupils assemble to mark 150 years
Lawrence is looking forward to a big weekend, with more than 300 people set to descend on the Tuapeka district centre to celebrate 150 years of schooling in the surrounding districts.
End of an era at church
End of an era at church
A 144-year physical presence of the Anglican church in Lawrence is about to end, but services will continue in the West Otago township.
How much is that doggy . . . ?
How much is that doggy . . . ?
Dogs make their owners very happy. But why is having a dog becoming more of a financial commitment than it ever was? Debbie Porteous takes a look at a Dunedin dog's world.
$7m to replace Kaikorai Valley pipes
$7m to replace Kaikorai Valley pipes
The days of overflowing sewage in Kaikorai Valley are numbered as the Dunedin City Council prepares to spend about $7 million on a once-in-100-year wastewater pipe replacement.
Mosgiel pool plan scrutiny by councillors
Mosgiel pool plan scrutiny by councillors
The proposal for a new $15 million swimming pool in Mosgiel comes under the noses of Dunedin city councillors for the first time on Monday.
Council to fund collection service
Council to fund collection service
The Dunedin City Council will fund the central business district cardboard collection service following the contractor's decision to stop providing the service.
Hypothyroidism not as bad as it sounds
Hypothyroidism not as bad as it sounds
Health conditions, such as asthma and diabetes, affect many people in our communities. Debbie Porteous talks about her own personal experience of how hypothyroidism affects her life.
Identify car yards - dealers
Identify car yards - dealers
Dunedin motor vehicle dealers are anxious to dissociate themselves from the Citifleet fraud, saying the car yards involved need to be named publicly to stop suspicion falling on all.
Leaders have done 'pretty good work' to turn systems around
Leaders have done 'pretty good work' to turn systems around
The Dunedin City Council has done some ''pretty good work in a pretty short period of time'' to turn its systems around, Deloitte partner Kyle Cameron, the lead investigator of the Citifleet fraud, says.
Bachop at 'centre of' other issues
Bachop at 'centre of' other issues
The Deloitte report into a more than $1.5 million fraud at the Dunedin City Council revealed it went beyond the sale of 152 council-owned vehicles.
Group celebrates co-housing plan approval
Group celebrates co-housing plan approval
The South Island's first co-housing community has been given approval to set up in Dunedin.
Fraud: Weak council culture cited
Fraud: Weak council culture cited
A weak internal culture at the Dunedin City Council allowed a staff member to get away with spending $100,000 of ratepayers' money on personal items using a council fuel card, the company that investigated the fraud says.
Oval name change
Oval name change
The Dunedin City Council is to rename the University Oval the University of Otago Oval.
Reservoir work likely to start in early 2015
Reservoir work likely to start in early 2015
The restoration of Dunedin's Ross Creek Reservoir is expected to begin early next year after being delayed until authorities agree on how it should be repaired.
Quarry debate digs deep into past
Quarry debate digs deep into past
The debate over quarrying on Saddle Hill is intensifying, but it is not without a sense of deja vu. Debbie Porteous takes a look at a gravel pit that has generated almost as much debate as stone in the past 50 years.