Vaughan Elder

Declining student numbers at the University of Otago last year were ‘‘overwhelmingly'' concentrated in the commerce and humanities division.

Arguments over whether a stretch of land on the edge of Dunedin is truly rural dominated a Dunedin City Council hearing on a controversial subdivision.

Portobello aquarium is to be demolished to make way for a $3.5 million temporary teaching and research facility.

A haven for Dunedin's alternative music scene is having its last hurrah tomorrow, leaving a hole which will be hard to fill. Reporter Vaughan Elder looks into what made Port Chalmers venue Chick's Hotel so beloved both at home and by acts from around the world. 

Dogs are allowed off the leash on large parts of Dunedin's Chisholm Links golf course, the Dunedin City Council says.

Two people have been taken to hospital after vans collided on State Highway 1 north of Dunedin, causing delays.

A teacher from King's High School in Dunedin has resigned after having a sexual relationship with a pupil.

A King's High School teacher admitted having a sexual relationship with a pupil only after images circulated on social media showing her in bed with a different former pupil.

The star games developer behind rapidly expanding Dunedin games studio RocketWerkz plans to hire an extra 50 staff this year as he prepares to start work on his next global hit. Vaughan Elder investigates.

A social services leader says Dunedin is still lagging behind despite a Dunedin City Council report highlighting the creation of 780 jobs in the city.

The University of Otago is going to spend $2.75 million demolishing buildings on the former Wickliffe Press site in North Dunedin and put a car park in their place.

A fight is brewing over public access to Dunedin's Chisholm Links golf course after its board called on the city council to ban non-golfers.

A four-storey 25-room apartment block planned for Dunedin has struck more opposition after developers were forced to resubmit their plans.

A Dunedin-made television series has become a massive hit in China, reaching a quarter of a billion viewers.

The man behind a proposed new Dunedin bar says it was a mistake to involve hospitality veteran Rob Dale.

Police say they are concerned about Rob Dale's involvement in a Dunedin bar after he allegedly left behind a trail of debt from a now-defunct student bar.

Dunedin community boards fear the voices of those living in the outskirts of the city will be lost if the council gets its way.