Tie-dyed hues of pink, green and blue and the smiles of six Arthur Street School pupils brightened up the Dunedin Hospital Oncology ward yesterday.
The Dunedin Methodist Mission is planning a $550,000 24/7 housing facility for Dunedin's most vulnerable young people after reports of youth in the city trading sex for a place to sleep.
Unseasonably warm weather is creating a "major explosion'' in the number of rats invading Dunedin houses, a Dunedin exterminator says.
Some of New Zealand's top food connoisseurs and chefs munched on the contents of the average compost bin in Dunedin yesterday.
Next time you are struggling up a hill in your car keep an eye out for Annika Korsten and her retrofitted electric bike.
University sport in New Zealand is at a "pivotal'' stage and more needs to be done to increase its presence in tertiary institutions, the student voice for university sport in New Zealand says.
Otago Innovation, the company responsible for developing the University of Otago's intellectual property, is set to receive close to $1million a year in government funding.
The lawyer for the Pike River families says six years on from the tragedy he is still asked the same question: "How could this happen in this day and age?''
A man will undergo surgery for serious burns to his hands after a blaze this morning at the Dunedin flat where the band Six60 formed. The Fire Service says the Castle St flat's residents are...
The SPCA says it has "grave concerns'' about the University of Otago's plan to build a $50 million animal research centre and is not ruling out taking further action.
The University of Otago has announced plans for a $50 million, five-storey animal research facility.
A major review of the University of Otago's humanities division could cause academic positions to be axed, the university has confirmed.
Sir Graham Henry told school pupils yesterday to aim for the clouds "because you might miss and land on Mt Cook or even Maori Hill''.
Rain didn't dampen the generous spirit of thousands of Dunedin residents who filled the Octagon with cans for the annual Presbyterian Support Octacan event yesterday.
If you spotted someone wearing a purple mohawk or a bleach blonde mullet yesterday, rest assured it was probably all in the name of a good cause.
The King's High School court looked more like a pantry than a playing area yesterday.
AN Otago Girls' High School pupil will have the chance to stand in the footprints of her great-grandfather when she attends the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Battle of the Somme later this year.
The northern royal albatross chick which hatched at Taiaroa Head in January has been named Moana.
The click-clack of knitting needles and the murmur of "I'll just finish this row'' echoed through the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Saturday.
The University of Otago's new proctor says he is looking forward to swapping some of the negative aspects of the police force for the opportunity to "guide'' young people.
