Ngai Tahu could receive tens of millions of dollars on top of its 1997 treaty settlement, thanks to the $400 million-plus Central North Island "Treelords" deal, says Otakou runanga chairman Tahu Potiki.
A swarm of predator bugs has waged war on common pests at the Dunedin Botanic Garden Winter Gardens, and the public is invited to watch this microscopic rumble in the jungle.
The down side of turning 100 was remembering all the things you could no longer do, Belle McGregor says. Celebrating her 100th birthday with family and friends at Highview Rest Home in Dunedin yesterday, Miss McGregor said she missed playing hockey and tennis.
Hot school lunches are another reason to look forward to Fridays, Musselburgh School, Dunedin, principal Brent Caldwell says.
An item parked outside a Dunedin antique store has puzzled passersby, and even a visiting curator from the Army Museum Waiouru, but what it is and where it comes from remain a mystery.
The "closed" signs have gone up at Dunedin's historic Knox Presbyterian Church for the first time.
The Otago-Southland Roman Catholic diocese is not in financial crisis despite being several million dollars in debt, a spokesman says.
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt will call a special meeting with police to discuss the gang situation in the city after a suspicious blaze gutted one gang headquarters yesterday and police stormed a second, arresting four people.
An outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria among staff and patients at Dunedin Hospital has led to the closure of ward 8B to new admissions.
The globe will be altered later this year, as Air New Zealand attempts to put Dunedin and Queenstown on the world map.
Most people would be happy to retire a millionaire at the age of 35, but not former Masterton man David Bussau.
Believing it would take nitroglycerine to remove all the wrinkles on his face caused by his trademark grin, Tim Shadbolt said his first experience with botox was likely to be his last.
The latest driving hazard could be the humble car parking ticket.
Acclaimed film-maker Lawrence Cumbo has been inside a tornado, filmed inside war-torn Afghanistan, visited Ground Zero a day after the terrorist attacks, and witnessed the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Lake Mahinerangi is down more than 4m on its average level, but there is no crisis, a TrustPower spokesman says.
It was cool to korero at the inaugural Taieri hui ako yesterday, when groups from five Taieri schools performed before a packed audience in the Silverstream School Hall.
It was a matter of life and death in a Dunedin restaurant yesterday as more than 20 cast and crew shot footage for a half-hour television drama, The Waiting Room.
The 19-year-old man yesterday involved in a six-hour stand-off with police in Dunedin's former chief post office was worried people were "coming to get" his young family, his wife said.
A surfing safari to find some of the world's biggest waves is set to begin in the unlikely spot of Fiordland.
The smell of ink in a former press room was replaced by perspiration, as a team of current and former students rushed to complete their film for a film-making competition.
