What do ecstasy tablets, Arabian knives, a counterfeit United States driver's licence and Disney jigsaw puzzles have in common? They were all intercepted by border security in Southland and Otago last year.
Sheep milk ice cream? Ewe got to be kidding.
A 49-year-old Dunedin man is in hospital with severe injuries after being attacked by a group of "thugs".
Otago hospitals have the potential to cash in on the lucrative medical tourism trade, with North American patients prepared to fly halfway around the world to undergo surgical procedures for a fraction of the price they would have to pay at home.
A former Dunedin man is making waves in Japan with his adventure tourism company - and he now wants to encourage Japanese thrillseekers to explore what Otago has to offer.
Fred Griessel is a proud man, but the thought of having to return to a country where he was shot four times in a vicious carjacking five years ago reduces him to tears.
A woman who worked on New Zealand tourism campaigns in England featuring celebrities such as David Beckham is targeting her marketing focus on selling destination Dunedin to Australians.
Power has been restored to Dunedin homes after being out for three hours in the West Harbour area around Sawyers Bay.
Maori Party MP Rahui Katene's husband was racially abused in Christchurch last week, soon after his arrival in the city.
A collective of leading Ngai Tahu members is calling for all representatives of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu (Tront) to resign and for an independent review of tribal governance, management and expenditure to begin.
The cruise industry has hit unsettled seas, with fewer ships and passengers expected next season.
Owners of an estimated 20,000 obsolete locator beacons have been urged to dispose of them correctly, after taxpayers were left with a bill for more than $10,000 at the weekend.
The soon-to-be installed 12th Dean of St Paul's Cathedral said he was delighted to be on "holy ground" in Dunedin.
Police are investigating two apparently related arson attacks on farms in the Outram and Hindon areas yesterday morning, which together caused damage worth more than $150,000.
Conspiracy against open speech is causing difficulties inside one of the country's wealthiest iwi, a prominent Ngai Tahu member says.
The Opoho Tennis Club would "rise from the ashes" after its clubrooms were destroyed in a suspicious fire early yesterday, the club secretary said.
There was drama on the high seas yesterday, when a replica longship came within metres of smashing against the rocks at Macandrew Bay.
Uncertainty over the future of transtasman flights from Dunedin International Airport has led to the closure of one airport-based store with other retailers considering staffing cutbacks.
Air New Zealand has slashed long-term transtasman airfares for direct flights from Dunedin by nearly a quarter in an effort to boost passenger numbers on "half-empty planes".
Braedon 226, McKenzie 886, Brittany 775, Lochie 2000 - in clear handwriting each child cancer patient has written their name with the number of treatments they have undergone.
