Dunedin airport shuttle company is defending accusations its single-passenger charges are excessive, with its Dunedin International Airport-to-city route - a distance of 30km - the most expensive metropolitan airport shuttle route it operates in the country.
Rangi, a missing male kakapo, has been found on Codfish Island after a 21-year walkabout.
The final complaint which resulted in a busker being banned for blowing his bagpipes on Dunedin's main street came from within the city council office.
In 15 minutes of playing outside the Dunedin City Council yesterday, bagpiper Simon McLean earned more than $50 - but more importantly for the 21-year-old, failed to raise the ire of those listening.
After years of "maybes", the Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre is set to open its doors to the public this weekend.
Four-year-old Mary Hay can see a lot from her swing, and when she spotted smoke in the distance, she knew there was trouble.
A Dunedin woman wants to open her home to those who have lost theirs in the Victorian bushfire tragedy.
The fate of Otago District Health Board chairman Richard Thomson is expected to be known in the next few days.
Air New Zealand has confirmed the airline is in consultation with its Dunedin International Airport staff about reducing hours, but job losses are "not anticipated at this stage".
"I think we ate too many sausages," said Naomi Ma, after her Pacific Islands dragon boat team won the prize for most spectacular capsize at the inaugural Emperor's Dragon Boat festival yesterday.
A new Maori tourism ventured aimed at the cruise ship market was met with a universal "ka pai" from visitors yesterday.
A "tongue-in-cheek" advertising campaign by Air New Zealand lampooning budget carriers has been labelled a waste of taxpayers' money by opposition airlines.
The last chapter in the life and death of Minnie Dean is expected to close on Tuesday with an official unveiling of her headstone at Winton.
Tourists generally gave the thumbs down to the public holiday surcharge being added to prices by some businesses in Otago yesterday.
Tourists visiting Dunedin today will be advised the best places to eat and drink if they want to avoid paying a Waitangi Day surcharge.
The flag industry is on the up, with an increasing number of New Zealanders choosing to fly their colours on days such as Waitangi Day, a flag maker says.
Police have arrested a 40-year-old self-employed Ashburton IT specialist and a Dunedin man for allegedly "stealing to order" nearly $40,000 worth of electrical equipment from two Dunedin stores last month.
Prime Minister John Key said the suspension of transtasman flights to Dunedin by Air New Zealand was "concerning", and he planned to work with the national carrier to re-establish services.
Authorities are launching a crackdown on dodgy tourism operators who are tarnishing New Zealand's international reputation.
Child murderer Minnie Dean continues to haunt the small Southland town of Winton 114 years after her death, with a recently installed - but unauthorised - gravestone set to become the latest part of her saga.
