The first work of non-fiction from Janet Frame to be published in 25 years may reveal an interesting side to the author, and may shock some people, her niece says.
Police have released the name of a Dunedin man who died after being punched in a McDonald's restaurant in the city at the weekend.
Dunedin lawyers are vehement in their concern about changes to the system of allocating legal-aid lawyers, which they say are causing disruptions and delays for clients, lawyers and courts.
They came with straight faces and in their summer attire, for it was a sad occasion on a perfect Canterbury day.
Christchurch families are trying to pick up the pieces of shattered lives, hopes and dreams in the wake of the Canterbury earthquake on February 22 and its continuing aftershocks.
He is down, but David Daniels is not out.
McDonald's is confident its security policies are appropriate, but it will conduct an internal review of security arrangements at its central Dunedin restaurant after the death of man who was punched there at the weekend.
Waking from a deep sleep to find your front door on fire about a metre from your head is a particularly distressing experience, an Ocean Grove resident says.
It may be shaken to its very core, but Christchurch's spirit is not broken.
The rain fell, the dust turned to mud, and still they worked on. Yesterday was day four of the recovery effort after Christchurch's devastation in Tuesday's earthquake, and nobody has been...
Approached from the south, the line of traffic heading away from Christchurch starts at the Rakaia River bridge.
Protesters met on John Wilson Ocean Dr at the weekend to make clear their message to the Dunedin City Council: reopen the road to vehicles.
A Dunedin police officer who was for six days in charge of the search effort inside Christchurch's central city cordon, says he was only too pleased to have had the skills to help bring some order to the chaos.
Some North Otago police cars have been fitted with digital radios so officers can communicate with South Canterbury staff, but timing of the introduction to the rest of the Southern police district is unclear, as it depends on Government funds.
Having to work a temporary communications centre from Dunedin after Christchurch's earthquake has been good practice for southern police staff, the area commander says.
First they were refugees from Bhutan, now they are refugees from Christchurch.
Glenn Prattley says he is taking things one day at a time after finally being told his partner and 5-week-old daughter were killed in the Christchurch earthquake.
If the present level of unprovoked street violence in Dunedin continues, the injuries will get more and more serious, police say.
Concerned authorities are urging anyone with information about an alleged prostitute operation in Dunedin employing under-age sex workers to come forward.
A week after the devastating earthquake, some Christchurch residents still have no power and no water.
