Hamish MacLean

Runaka-based service welcomes apprenticeship funding

Runaka-based service welcomes apprenticeship funding

An Otago runaka-based consultancy service has welcomed yesterday’s announcement that it will receive $2million to oversee 50 apprenticeships for displaced workers, Maori and Pasifika as "excellent...

Shortlist made after 51 applied for CEO job

Shortlist made after 51 applied for CEO job

Fifty-one people wanted to be Dunedin’s next top bureaucrat.

Millions to boost apprenticeships in South

A number of businesses were now in the process of applying for clearance from the Overseas...

Millions to boost apprenticeships in South

An Otago rūnaka-based consultancy service is among the recipients of a $14 million Government package for apprenticeships announced by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones.

Unions feel excluded from railways agenda

Unions feel excluded from railways agenda

Unions are unhappy about finding themselves on the outside of a reference group looking into future options for Dunedin Railways.

Freedom campers put $3.7m into city’s economy

The Thomas Burns St freedom camping car park could become a permanent fixture. PHOTO: PETER...

Freedom campers put $3.7m into city’s economy

Though the season was curtailed by the global pandemic, an estimated 22,330 freedom campers stayed in Dunedin and contributed about $3.7 million to the city’s economy.

Landowners feel let down by mayor

Otokia Creek and Marsh Habitat Trust members, with family members in tow, Dennis Kahui (left),...

Landowners near proposed landfill feel let down by mayor

Many are disappointed in Dunedin’s Green mayor, landowners along Otokia Creek say, in the wake of a landfill proposal that goes against national aims for freshwater.

Crematorium in Dukes Rd gets consent

A new crematorium complex in Dukes Rd, Mosgiel, has received consent from the Dunedin City...

Crematorium in Dukes Rd gets consent

A second crematorium has been given the go-ahead in Mosgiel and will be built just 150m along the road from the other.

Peters caught puffing on smoke-free uni campus

Winston Peters came to Dunedin yesterday to deliver campaign messages, but it was a sneaky smoko on the University of Otago’s campus that grabbed the attention on social media.

‘Now is not the time’

New Zealand First leader and deputy prime minister Winston Peters says Labour’s promise to make Matariki a public holiday was poorly timed when the country needed to be focused on returning...

Sensors shed light on city's traffic

Information from a system of 50 sensors focused on tracking traffic movements throughout Dunedin’s city centre is providing some useful insights into how vehicles move around the city.

Plans made to bolster international students

With international pupil and student numbers in Dunedin dwindling, plans are being pulled together to support the young people who choose to spend their summer break separated from families back home.

Ticket-holders unlikely to get refunds from failed Dunedin company

A branded Ticket Rocket car left in a central Dunedin car park. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Ticket-holders unlikely to get refunds from failed Dunedin company

Ticket-holders could be at the back of a long line of those owed money by Ticket Rocket - and probably out of luck, a consumer watchdog says.

Fire may have silver lining in wilding pine control

Grounded firefighting helicopters at Pukaki Airport yesterday morning. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Fire may have silver lining in wilding pine control

It will be months before it is known what impact a massive fire near Lake Pukaki has had on ecosystems in its path, but there is a possibility some small good may come from the incident.

Call for report on financial effect

Call for report on financial effect

A Dunedin city councillor has called for an analysis "of just how much" the council spent to get the community through the Covid-19 lockdown.

Serious injuries from Blueskin Bay crash

Serious injuries from Blueskin Bay crash

Police attend a single-car crash on State Highway 1 between Evansdale and Waitati, north of Dunedin, yesterday morning.

Virus partly to blame for shortfall

The Covid-19 lockdown was in part responsible for the more than $8million shortfall in the Dunedin City Council’s revenue last year, council documents show.

Massive blaze spreads overnight, 19 aircraft involved in fight

The fire near Twizel burns on both sides of the road yesterday. Photo: Aerial crews via Mackenzie...

Massive blaze spreads overnight, 19 aircraft involved in fight

A massive fire raging in the Mackenzie District spread to cover about 3500ha overnight and 17 helicopters and two fixed-wing planes are fighting the blaze today in increasingly windy conditions.

Landfill environmental effects minor: report

Last week, the Dunedin City Council applied for resource consent for a new landfill south of the city. For the past 30 years, Smooth Hill has been the council’s preferred site. Now, the council has...

Duo killed in crash were known to first responders

Police investigate the wreckage of the crash, which claimed two lives. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

Pair killed in crash; other occupants airlifted to hospital

The man and woman who died in a single-car crash near Macraes, 35km inland from Palmerston, were known to some of those who first arrived at the scene of the crash late on Saturday night.

Crews abandon fight to save building from Twizel fire

Crews abandon fight to save building from Twizel fire

Fire crews have abandoned their fight to save a building and more are at risk as crews continue to fight a fierce, fast-moving fire fanned by strong winds near Twizel in the Mackenzie District this...

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