News | Otago Daily Times Online News

Pole-swinging perpetrator pepper-sprayed in bedroom fracas

Pole-swinging perpetrator pepper-sprayed in bedroom fracas

A Dunedin man barricaded himself in a bedroom and swung a metal pole at police attempting to arrest him over an alleged crime spree.

Otago ticket scoops $5.3m Lotto win

Otago ticket scoops $5.3m Lotto win

An Otago Lotto player is $5.3 million richer after winning Powerball first division in last night's draw.

'Complex' search at campground, bodies found in Papamoa

Searchers will work overnight to look for people missing in a huge landslip at a Mt Maunganui campground. Two bodies have been found at a slip in neighbouring Papamoa.

SUBSCRIBER

650-lot Mosgiel subdivision set for launch soon

SUBSCRIBER

650-lot Mosgiel subdivision set for launch soon

One of the largest developments in recent history in Dunedin is set to be launched in the coming months.

November 7 election date set, post-US mid-terms

November 7 election date set, post-US mid-terms

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced this year’s election will be held on November 7.

SUBSCRIBER

Teen collapsed after being fed booze and drugs

SUBSCRIBER

Teen collapsed after being fed booze and drugs

A Dunedin man supplied alcohol and offered prescription drugs to three vulnerable children, leaving one so intoxicated she had to be hospitalised.

SUBSCRIBER

Love in the time of rail’s revival

Geraldine couple Margaret, 71, and John Maclean, 80, catch The Mainlander to Invercargill from...

SUBSCRIBER

Love in the time of rail’s revival

Nearly 50 years ago, John Maclean travelled from Auckland to Gore by rail to propose to his wife.

Lashed out after no ride

A woman denied a ride to Balclutha by police ended up spending the night in the cells after allegedly attacking a nearby campervan.

SUBSCRIBER

Olympic champion provides inspiration

British Olympic gold medallist and 2025 European Eventing Champion Laura Collett shares some of...

SUBSCRIBER

Olympic champion provides inspiration

They say when you get knocked off your horse, you just have to get back on again.

Lotto 2553

Results from last night's Lotto draw.

SUBSCRIBER

Mountain bike injuries fall but still high in Otago: ACC

SUBSCRIBER

Mountain bike injuries fall but still high in Otago: ACC

Otago mountain bikers are still among the leaders in New Zealand when it comes to injuring themselves, but the numbers appear to be declining.

SUBSCRIBER

Firearms licences denied to 63 in the South

SUBSCRIBER

Firearms licences denied to 63 in the South

Domestic violence and alcohol abuse are among the reasons people in the South have been denied firearms licences.

SUBSCRIBER

Playwright ‘blown away’ to be chosen for workshop

Dunedin playwright Cindy Diver is one of 10 New Zealand playwrights to be selected for a workshop...

SUBSCRIBER

Playwright ‘blown away’ to be chosen for workshop

Burnout is nature’s way of saying you are going through the motions of your work but your passion for it has left the building.

SUBSCRIBER

Markings relate to aqueduct upgrade

Chequered squares at St Clair in Dunedin are part of survey work for an upgrade of the Forbury...

SUBSCRIBER

Markings relate to aqueduct upgrade

Chequered markings at St Clair and Forbury in Dunedin do indeed relate to an aqueduct upgrade, the city council has confirmed.

SUBSCRIBER

Support to taper off medication

Ashburn Clinic consultant psychiatrist Dr Rod Pik and clinical pharmacist prescriber Marleen van...

SUBSCRIBER

Support to taper off medication

Going cold turkey on long-term medications — particularly antidepressants and antipsychotics — can leave some people with flu-like symptoms

94-year-old rescued by 'community of carers'

Flooding on the Coromandel Peninsula today. Photo: Supplied

94-year-old rescued by 'community of carers'

A Palmerston North woman is praising a "community of carers" who came to the rescue of her elderly dad on a flooded Coromandel Peninsula.

Hipkins takes aim at govt's performance

Hipkins takes aim at govt's performance

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has come out swinging at the government in his first speech of election year, saying it's responsible for the situation NZ is in.

Inquiry into health portal cybersecurity breach

Privacy commissioner Michael Webster. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Inquiry into health portal cybersecurity breach

The Privacy Commissioner has announced an inquiry into the cybersecurity breach of patient portal Manage My Health.

Women plucked to safety in dramatic kayak rescue

John Welch paddles Jazmyn Welch’s partner Holly to safety after their Kūaotunu home was surround...

Women plucked to safety in dramatic kayak rescue

A woman rescued by kayak from the deck of her Coromandel home on Wednesday morning says she has never seen flooding like it - not even during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Family 'shattered' after teen found dead on beach

Piper James was found dead on K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, surrounded by a pack of...

Family 'shattered' after teen found dead near dingoes on Queensland beach

The father of a teenager found dead surrounded by wild dingoes at an iconic Australian tourist spot says her family's "hearts are shattered" by the tragedy.

Search form

Search form

Updated 10.15 am