Hamish MacLean

Lake hydro scheme moves to next stage

The creation of a large hydro-storage lake at Lake Onslow, east of Roxburgh, is being...

Lake hydro scheme moves to next stage

Hydrogen, biomass and geothermal technologies will be investigated as alternatives to the $16 billion Lake Onslow project ahead of further work on the proposed pumped hydro scheme, the project...

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Fringe Festival, Pride Month share a ‘queer kaupapa’

Celebrating the intersection of Pride Month and the Dunedin Fringe Festival in Dunedin are (from...

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Fringe Festival, Pride Month share a ‘queer kaupapa’

The Dunedin Fringe Festival intersects with Dunedin Pride Month in more ways than one, Dunedin Pride chairperson Trak Gray says.

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Delight as historic school building saved

Ministry of Education infrastructure manager De Thomson (left) and Arthur Street School principal...

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Delight as historic school building saved

The multimillion-dollar refurbishment of the 172-year-old grounds at Arthur Street School will include the preservation of the school’s historic infants’ building, the school announced yesterday.

Drive-by shooting arrest

Officers from the armed offenders squad investigate a house at the intersection of Hereford St...

Drive-by shooting arrest

Dunedin police have arrested and charged a man with attempted murder after a drive-by shooting in the city last week.

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ORC will eradicate any ‘satellite’ wallaby numbers

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ORC will eradicate any ‘satellite’ wallaby numbers

A "satellite" population of wallabies living in the hills above Dunedin will be destroyed if found, authorities say.

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Waste-to-energy would be closely monitored

An artist’s impression of the proposed waste-to-energy plant near Glenavy. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

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Waste-to-energy would be closely monitored

Air quality concerns around what would be New Zealand’s first waste-to-energy plant are "real and genuine", a backer of the $350million project says.

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Councillor walks out over karakia

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Councillor walks out over karakia

An Otago regional councillor walked out of an emergency council meeting to protest an opening karakia this week.

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Call made for women to consider careers in trades

Enjoying breakfast at the Bunnings tradie barbecue in South Dunedin yesterday to mark...

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Call made for women to consider careers in trades

Tradeswomen "put their all into it" and are some of the best workers on a job site, Ceres Environmental NZ health and safety adviser Tracey Chaplin says.

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New radiology clinic to be ‘flagship branch’

An artist’s impression of the new Great King St building that will house the new Pacific...

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New radiology clinic to be ‘flagship branch’

A planned six-storey central Dunedin building will house an important tool to treat and manage a range of cancers.

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Ex-ORC chief's $300K payout

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Ex-ORC chief's $300K payout

The Otago Regional Council has declined to explain $300,000 paid to its former chief executive upon her departure last year.

Alleged meth dealer arrested after failed getaway

An alleged methamphetamine dealer was arrested running through a North Otago farmer’s field after crashing his car and trying to flee police.

Midnight hit-and-run investigated

Police are investigating a midnight hit-and-run in central Dunedin at the weekend.

Driver sought over George St incident

Police want to speak to a man after an apparent road rage episode in central Dunedin.

Alleged meth dealer arrested in Nth Otago field

Alleged meth dealer arrested in Nth Otago field

An alleged meth dealer was arrested running through a North Otago farmer’s field after crashing his car and trying to flee police.

Man pepper sprayed, driver four times over limit

The driver was more than four times the legal limit, police say. Photo: ODT files

Man pepper sprayed, driver four times over limit

Dunedin police say they pepper sprayed and arrested the belligerent associate of a very drunk driver found behind the wheel in a tavern carpark.

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Mayor wants tramways not buses

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Mayor wants tramways not buses

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says he has no interest in taking over responsibility for public transport from the Otago Regional Council.

Smaller protest crowd but still vocal

People young and old gathered in the Octagon, in Dunedin, yesterday to protest inaction on...

Smaller protest crowd but still vocal

National estimates were in the thousands, but in Dunedin only a couple of hundred protesters turned out for yesterday’s national climate change rally.

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Mayoral traditions up for debate

Former Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins sits in front of mayoral portraits of early Dunedin mayors in...

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Mayoral traditions up for debate

A DCC tradition with a haphazard recent history will be up for debate at the council’s civic affairs committee meeting on Monday.

Activists join global call on climate change

Activists join global call on climate change

Climate activists in Dunedin and Wānaka turned out in support of a coordinated national and international protest calling for action on climate change.

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Southern health boss slams Waitaki bailout

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Southern health boss slams Waitaki bailout

In a blistering letter the chief executive of Gore Health Ltd has slammed the decision to bail out Waitaki while his region suffers.

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