Wyatt Ryder

The man found dead in Fiordland this week was carrying safety equipment — for what was meant to be a one-day hike — and was an experienced tramper who worked for Queenstown company Ultimate Hikes.

Relief programmes across Ukraine are working to keep people safe amid the chaos, but one woman is helping to co-ordinate the effort across the world from Dunedin.

Fisheries around the country are closing so they can recover, but southern fishers have been given approval to increase their rock lobster yields.

A Dunedin organisation has been given funding to help improve the quality of physical education for young people.

A 59-year-old man will appear in the Dunedin District Court today charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after an incident that sparked an armed offenders squad callout.

An Australian veterans’ association is honouring the first recorded New Zealander to die at Gallipoli, an Otago soldier who bridged the gap between the Anzac countries.

The final float in a fleet of Dunedin-built horse ambulances will soon be sent out, completing the nationwide network.

Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins is leading calls for the Octagon occupiers to go home, but the council is yet to act despite having the power to have them trespassed.

The Otago Regional Council is due to start consulting on an 18% rates rise, but the deputy chairman says it is "simply not an option" amid the "cost-of-living crisis".

A heritage building advocate claims to have found the "perfect solution" to keep a historic Dunedin school building in place and in use, but the board of trustees has twice declined the proposal.