Sacking payout doubled
Sacking payout doubled
A former Dunedin bus driver wrongly branded a ``thief and a fraudster'' after being dismissed over a $2.90 fare has won nearly $20,000 in compensation.
Shawn McAvinue
Cruise ship season gets twice as nice
Cruise ship season gets twice as nice
Dunedin celebrated its first "double day'' of the cruise ship season yesterday, hosting two ships and the most passengers in the city at one time this season.
Stocking up on Boxing Day
Stocking up on Boxing Day
A plan of attack helps if a shopper wants to emerge victorious from the annual Boxing Day sales.
Treble Cone paraglider seriously injured
Treble Cone paraglider seriously injured
A paraglider has been seriously injured near Wanaka.
Flushed with embarrassment
Flushed with embarrassment
Firefighters used a crowbar to free a person stuck in a Dunedin public toilet this morning.
Bid to keep TVNZ reporters in South
Bid to keep TVNZ reporters in South
Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has started a petition asking TVNZ to keep two reporters in the South.
Best Christmas gift
Best Christmas gift
A baby expected to be born on New Year's Eve made a surprise Christmas Day arrival in Dunedin.
Injured climber brought to Dunedin
Injured climber brought to Dunedin
A helicopter was used in darkness last night to rescue two climbers from ''difficult and mountainous'' terrain in Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park.
Shark dive permits reissued
Shark dive permits reissued
The Department of Conservation has reissued temporary permits for shark cage diving operators off Stewart Island following their initial cancellation, despite the issue remaining unresolved in court.
Christmas Day weather mixed
Christmas Day weather mixed
Children in Dunedin and Balclutha may need to wait for showers to clear before they can play with their presents outside on Christmas Day.
Otago leads in spending
Otago leads in spending
The country’s cash registers are ringing loudest in Otago in the run-up to Christmas.
Joy to the world and Juliette to London
Joy to the world and Juliette to London
Three busking Dunedin sisters have been singing Christmas carols as they try to raise $9000 needed to get one of them to a Shakespeare festival in London in July.
Weather slows berry season
Weather slows berry season
A Dunedin fruit grower is asking shoppers to limit the amount of fresh raspberries and strawberries they buy for Christmas as a berry shortage bites.
Course at theatre funded by council
Course at theatre funded by council
FortuneTheatre has been given $3000 by the Dunedin City Council to hold an ''intensive'' three-week course next year.
T’ai chi trial at hospital
T’ai chi trial at hospital
A breast cancer researcher has been awarded an $80,000 fellowship to run a t’ai chi exercise programme at Dunedin Hospital.
No plan to ban Segway tours in Dunedin
No plan to ban Segway tours in Dunedin
Segway tours have been slammed by some cities for "clogging" streets and endangering pedestrians but there are no plans to ban the two-wheeled vehicles.
Housing progresses
Housing progresses
He completion of a housing development in Dunedin is taking longer than expected but the neighbours are happy so far, a developer says.
Protected areas supported
Protected areas supported
Recreational fisherman Kees Meeuws supports greater protection of marine areas on the southern coastline but is against any move which would make it dangerous to access fishing grounds.
Marine Protection Forum 'has failed kids'
Marine reserve access criticism
The South-East Marine Protection Forum has failed children with its proposal, a marine reserve advocate says.
Dunedin Club target of burglar: police
Dunedin Club target of burglar: police
Police are looking for a verbally "aggressive'' man who allegedly burgled an exclusive club in Dunedin.