Proposed job cuts at Hillside Workshops, in the wake of KiwiRail's decision to reduce its mechanical business operations in Dunedin, would hurt the city's engineering industry.
Chinese-built railway wagons destined for New Zealand could be left stranded port-side as unions consider a protest against KiwiRail's decision to cut 70 industry jobs.
The quality of Otago regional bus fleets could be compromised by a proposed national standard for urban buses which ignores the gains in quality made during the past five years, Otago Regional councillors say.
Long-time Hillside Engineering employee Kevin Gamble hoped he would make it to "the big 50" - work at the South Dunedin outfit for five decades.
Unruly students facing expulsion under the University of Otago's code of conduct may soon have peer representatives to hear their case, after a referendum vote called for the Otago University Students' Association to drop its ongoing opposition to the code.
Crane riggers get ready to hoist the canopy of the Mobil service station on Portsmouth Dr, last week as part of a $550,000 redevelopment of the premises.
A restored visitors map displaying the topography and tourism attractions of the Otago Peninsula has been unveiled by Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull.
Logan Edgar has been voted in as the new president of the Otago University Students' Association in a resounding victory at a campus by-election yesterday.
A collaboration between leading sports analysis business Animation Research Ltd and the Otago Polytechnic is aiming to put Dunedin at the international forefront of the rapidly developing industry.
Dunedin motorists are set to benefit from a transport package of highway and roading network upgrades totalling about $85 million during the next five years.
Free-range only products could be on the menu at all University of Otago food outlets, after students voted during an Otago University Students Association referendum yesterday to oppose the sale of factory-farmed products on campus.
Voting for the next Otago University Students' Association president has started with the four candidates urging undergraduates to rise above apathy and hit the polling booths.
Green road markings which have appeared on Dunedin's state highway network are not a ploy to raise the profile of colour-changing rugby jerseys - they are there to raise awareness about cycleways.
Police are staying tight-lipped about an investigation which has found a photocopier salesman gave "untruthful evidence" at David Bain's murder retrial.
Construction of a keenly sought pedestrian link between Green Island and Waldronville has been welcomed as a first step to providing better connections for communities along the South coast.
Skateboarding's artistic elements were on display at an inaugural indoors event which attracted about 250 people to a Parry St, Dunedin, venue on Saturday.
Five generations of women from the same family met for a rare get-together to surprise Dunedin matriarch Emily Duffy yesterday morning.
An artillery blast from a 105mm Pack-Howitzer gun lights up Dunedin Harbour after being fired at Kitchener St last night by Ron Greatorex (left), of Christchurch, while Skin Francis, also of Christchurch, and Doug Boyce (right), of Dunedin, block their ears.
Dunedin City Council contractors are irate at the behaviour of speeding motorists, who they say are endangering the safety of road workers at sites in Maori Hill.
Otago tertiary institutes are encouraged by an increase in Government funding to promote New Zealand as a destination for international students - a move which might provide flow-on economic benefits for Dunedin.
