Liquor licence at risk if noise not reduced
Liquor licence at risk if noise not reduced
A popular inner-city Dunedin bar and cafe with a string of noise complaints could lose its liquor licence if the noise is not reduced.
Margot Taylor
Book's star prefers cat nap to test-read
Book's star prefers cat nap to test-read
An online superstar chose to have a catnap instead of attending the first reading of a book about him yesterday.
Confident of inquiry into mental care
Confident of inquiry into mental care
The mother of a Dunedin man who took his own life in 2013 says she is confident a national inquiry into the mental health care system will happen.
Bag snatch witness left shaken
Witness left shaken
A Dunedin woman was left shaken after witnessing a bag snatch in a busy Dunedin area yesterday.
Frenzied fans snap up tickets
Frenzied fans snap up 80,000 Ed Sheeran concert tickets
Any doubts that two Ed Sheeran concerts could sell out in Dunedin were squashed within 20 minutes yesterday.
Fans clamour as Sheeran 'all but sold out'
Fans clamour as Sheeran 'all but sold out'
Tickets to Ed Sheeran's two Dunedin shows have all but sold out, promoter Brent Eccles, of Frontier Touring says.
No Pharmac help for Crohn’s sufferer
No Pharmac help for Crohn’s sufferer
On the outside, Dunedin Hospital nurse Dana Smith looks like a healthy young person, but on the inside she is anything but.
Inner-city recycling drop-off opened
Inner-city recycling drop-off opened
Dunedin's first inner-city recycling drop-off point was opened in Moray Pl yesterday.
Firefighter following in her father’s footsteps
Firefighter following in her father’s footsteps
When Dayna Gallagher lugged 22kg of equipment up 51 flights of stairs, she did not think about the pain she was in but the battles faced by strangers.
More action sought over lake weed
ORC asked to do more about lake weed
The Otago Regional Council is being asked to do more in the fight against the pervasive lake weed lagarosiphon.
Harbour agreement sought
Harbour agreement sought
The Dunedin City Council is calling on the Otago Regional Council to work with it to plan for the future of the city's harbour.
Fans chase early Sheeran tickets
5 winners, 5 losers as fans chase Sheeran tickets
It was a tale of triumph and tragedy at one Dunedin workplace yesterday when everything was put on hold during a frenzied attempt to buy Ed Sheeran tickets.
Funding set for strategy
Funding set for strategy
The environment, bus governance and pool admission fees dominated discussions at the first day of Dunedin City Council annual plan hearings yesterday.
Festival 'lovely endurance marathon'
Festival 'lovely endurance marathon'
This year's Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival was like a ''lovely endurance marathon'', festival programme director Claire Finlayson says.
Car vandalised during A&E visit
Car vandalised during A&E visit
A Dunedin man says finding his car vandalised after taking his partner to hospital was ''the last thing'' he needed.
Keeping it in the family
Keeping it in the family
Tom Fowler was in touch with his family history yesterday.
Plan to coax native birds back to NEV
Plan to coax native birds back to NEV
A $20,000 grant could help coax kaka and other native birds back to Northeast Valley gardens.
Liquor licence in doubt
Liquor licence in doubt
A Dunedin supermarket with a perfect record selling alcohol faces losing its liquor licence over the amount of tobacco products it sells.
Staff’s 'clear messages’
Staff’s 'clear messages’
Staff bullying, workloads and communication are problems facing the Southern District Health Board, a survey has revealed.
‘Rising Stars’ share their poetry
‘Rising Stars’ share their poetry
Students captivated a lunchtime audience with their poetry at the Athenaeum Library in Dunedin yesterday.