$7000 reprieve welcome
$7000 reprieve welcome
Seven hundred Otago children will have their field trips to Otago Museum paid for after a physics research institute stepped in when the museum’s government education programme funding was cut.
Hamish MacLean
Officers catch up with fleeing driver
Officers catch up with fleeing driver
A boozed-up driver led officers on a foot chase in South Dunedin last night, police say.
Petrol drive-off leads to arrest: police
Petrol drive-off leads to arrest: police
A Dunedin man drove off without paying for petrol, failed to stop for an officer and then went immediately home where he was arrested, police say.
No regrets for cycleway backer
No regrets for cycleway backer
A long-time West Harbour cycling advocate says the new $43 million price tag to build the 5km cycleway to link Dunedin to Port Chalmers has not changed his mind about the project.
Evaluation of Central Otago lakes to begin amid calls for management
Evaluation of Central Otago lakes to begin amid calls for management
An evaluation of Otago lakes management is set to begin as calls for evidence-based management of the region’s "jewels" grow.
$17m SH88 cycleway budget blowout
$17m SH88 cycleway budget blowout
A $17 million increase in costs for the West Harbour cycle and walkway is part of a national trend of cycleway budget blowouts.
Knox Church filled with song as choirs compete
Knox Church filled with song as choirs compete
The premiere performance of a Dunstan High School choir director’s composition opened Big Sing 2022 in Dunedin yesterday.
Tide of plastic pollution 'worst since 2011'
Plastic pollution worst seen since 2011: charity founder
An incoming tide of bottle caps, clothes pegs, shower-curtain rings and all manner of plastic debris coated about 600m of shoreline of Otago Harbour yesterday.
Cops nab trio taking selfies at forestry fire
Cops nab trio seen on CCTV taking selfies as they walked away from blaze
Three youths caught on CCTV taking selfies as they walked away from a forestry block fire have admitted to police they were behind the blaze.
Cops nab trio seen on CCTV taking selfies as they walked from blaze
Cops nab trio seen on CCTV taking selfies as they walked from blaze
Three youths caught on CCTV taking selfies as they walked away from a forestry block on fire on the outskirts of Dunedin have admitted to police they were behind the blaze.
Villa makes way for town houses
Villa makes way for town houses
The modernisation of Dunedin’s city suburbs continues at pace as another "very run down" villa is demolished to make way for a new townhouse development.
'Really dumb': Teens captured on CCTV taking selfies walking from blaze
'Really dumb': Teens captured on CCTV taking selfies walking from blaze
Three youths might have some explaining to do after CCTV footage emerged of them taking selfies as they walked away from a forestry block on fire in the outskirts of Dunedin.
Crews converge to battle forestry blaze
Crews converge to battle forestry blaze
Firefighters turned out from Waihola to Waikouaiti to battle a fire in a forestry block near Wingatui last night.
Report into ORC due soon
Report into ORC due soon
The "initial findings" of an investigation into the Otago Regional Council are in, but neither the environment minister nor the council is releasing them yet.
Flippering heck: student chalks up 50 leopard seal sightings
Flippering heck: student chalks up 50 leopard seal sightings
A young adult leopard seal resting on Warrington Beach yesterday morning made for a special sighting for a Dunedin researcher.
Alien armies rise and fall with the roll of the dice
Alien armies rise and fall with the roll of the dice
A war between hostile alien races and occult forces raged all weekend at the South Island’s annual gaming convention.
Alien armies rise and fall on the roll of the dice
Alien armies rise and fall on the roll of the dice
Human scientific and social progress halted and civilisation teetered close to collapse as war with hostile alien races and occult forces raged in Dunedin at the weekend.
Be very afraid, rodents
Be very afraid, rodents
Rats across the city might have sat up and taken notice of the sound of hammers pounding nails in North East Valley at the weekend.
Dancers embrace the chilly conditions
Dancers embrace the chilly conditions
Dunedin's brisk winter weather set just the right tone for New Zealand’s reigning highland dance champion Angus Hendry over Queen’s Birthday weekend.
Township faces flood, liquefaction threats
Township faces flood, liquefaction threats
Picturesque Glenorchy, at the top of Lake Wakatipu, faces concerning flooding and liquefaction threats, new investigations have revealed.