Matthew Haggart

KiwiRail wants inland freight ports back on the Otago regional transport agenda as it pushes for a larger share of New Zealand's domestic freight market.

If you have ever been behind the wheel and felt your blood boil when a driver pulls out in front without indicating, or speeds up when you are in the passing lane after ambling along at 80kmh, then you're not alone.

Maritime New Zealand investigators will determine what went wrong when a container ship hit the Beach St Wharf at Port Chalmers during a standard berthing procedure at Port Otago on Thursday.

Student entrepreneurs crowded the University Union last evening to find out whether their ambitious ideas had made the grade for a budding business grant.

Shaken residents living beside a construction upgrade of the Caversham Highway say the project's works are causing stress.

Police have praised the vigilance of student neighbours Sam Howie and Henry Caulton, after the pair chased and apprehended a man they said was lurking around their community early yesterday.

Two Delta contractors escaped injury when their truck fell down a bank on during a weed-spraying operation yesterday.

A collaborative approach by University of Otago marine scientists is being put forward as the main reason behind a No 1 ranking among the world's top 30 oceanography research institutions.

Completion of a $2.2 million bridge over the Water of Leith for the future realignment of State Highway 88 behind Forsyth Barr Stadium has moved a step closer.

Police have backed a call from a primary school principal for Dunedin City Council traffic engineers to address an accident spot in Taieri Rd after a recent car crash at a decommissioned pedestrian crossing.

Thirty of the University of Otago's best and brightest researchers are pitching their ideas to the public tonight as they bid to present their projects to Parliament next month.

About 600 people gathered to farewell Wanaka helicopter pilot Graham Stott in Dunedin yesterday.

The Dunedin City Council will have to appoint a new representative to an Otago Regional Council-led transport committee or risk being excluded from final deliberations on a strategy outlining Otago's transport funding priorities.

Contact Energy is undertaking a drilling project near Luggate to investigate whether geological conditions are suitable for the construction of a hydro-electric dam on the Clutha River.