Dunedin

The pair were found drunk on the train tracks by police. Photo: ODT Files

Drunks on a train: Mosgiel pair leap on moving freight wagons

Two drunk men who climbed on a moving freight train were nabbed by police in Mosgiel early this morning.

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Marae welcomes kaumātua to renovated flats

Araiteuru Marae manager Tania Williams shows off the interior of one of the eight now renovated...

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Marae welcomes kaumātua to renovated flats

Elders at a Dunedin marae have a new place to call home with the completion of eight refurbished historical flats.

Domino’s gets O Week takeaway message

Domino’s gets O Week takeaway message

A major international food chain was barred from an official O Week event over links to Israel.

Abandon Treaty Bill now, mayor says

Abandon Treaty Bill now, mayor says

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has urged the government to abandon the contentious Treaty Principles Bill, saying it would limit the Dunedin City Council’s ability to engage with Māori.

Crash driver six times over alcohol limit: police

Police and ambulance officers attend a 3-car nose-to-tail accident at the intersection of Anzac...

Crash driver six times over alcohol limit: police

A driver who returned a breath-alcohol reading more than six times the limit after causing a three-car pileup told Dunedin police he had only drunk three glasses of wine five hours previously.

Keeping out the rain

Keeping out the rain

Work is carried out on the Forsyth Barr Stadium roof in Dunedin yesterday to ensure it remains watertight.

Ready to learn

Ready to learn

After the excitement of O Week, lectures began yesterday morning and thousands of new students got their first experience of university learning.

Struggle for refund upsetting family

Dunedin woman Malak Akkam says her family have been under stress trying to secure a refund after...

Struggle for refund upsetting family

Radio silence from a major international airline has left a Dunedin family struggling under mounting pressure to secure a refund for cancelled flights.

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Woman bitten in duck pond dust-up

Violence erupted at the Dunedin Botanic Garden duck pond. Photo: ODT Files

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Woman bitten in duck pond dust-up

A dispute over feeding the ducks at the Dunedin Botanic Garden ended with one woman biting another, a court has heard.

Reports of students behaving not badly

University of Otago students and Castle St residents (from left) Ryder Bennett, Qwenton McKenzie,...

Reports of students behaving not badly

Students are back, O Week is done and dusted, and — for once — Castle St couches remain unburnt.

For the chop

For the chop

Contractors prune trees on a temporarily closed Anzac Ave yesterday.

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Council remains silent about next steps after allegations

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Council remains silent about next steps after allegations

The Dunedin City Council is staying tight-lipped about what steps might follow a $200,000 investigation of its financial and reporting practices.

Car fire quelled

Dunedin firefighters check the temperature of a car in Rutherford St, Caversham, after it burst into flames yesterday.

Couch burning consigned to history books

A burning couch in North Dunedin. Photo: ODT files

Couch burning consigned to history books

For the first time in a very long time, all couches made it through the annual madness of Flo and O-week unburnt and unscathed, making a veteran campus cop proud.

Attempted break-in foiled after ruckus on roof

An attempted break-in of a South Dunedin home was foiled after the would-be burglar started making a ruckus by jumping up and down on the roof.

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Injured gull rescued from 'shocking' attack

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Injured gull rescued from 'shocking' attack

Bystanders in Dunedin were forced to intervene after a protected species of native gull was thrown to the ground and its head nearly stomped in, a witness says.