Dunedin

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Paver stockpile a saver in the long run: council

Pavers left over after Dunedin’s George St upgrade could cover an area equivalent to more than five basketball courts and the city council says their $265,000 cost is worth it in the long run.

Expanded cultural festival to ring in Chinese New Year

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich and Enterprise Dunedin destination manager Sian Sutton celebrate a ...

Expanded cultural festival to ring in Chinese New Year

Dunedin's Chinese New Year celebrations have been expanded into a two-week cultural festival that celebrates the city’s ties with the Middle Kingdom.

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Local govt expert: council must step up

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Local govt expert: council must step up

Dunedin city councillors need to step up and show leadership amid a difficult time with their chief executive, a local government scholar believes.

Two secondary schools emailed bomb threats

Bayfield High School students were evacuated from their classrooms yesterday after the school...

Two secondary schools emailed bomb threats

Two Dunedin schools have become the latest recipients in a series of bomb threats sent to secondary schools nationally.

Charges after ride home in patrol car

A man given a ride home repaid the favour by smashing a patrol car window and attacking two officers, police say.

Support needed for vaping teens

Researchers have again called for the government to consider ending the sale of vaping products in dairies and service stations, capping retailer numbers and preventing vape stores from operating within 500m of schools and marae.

Gull dive

Gull dive

A stubborn seagull takes in a bird’s eye view of the Moana Pool diving pool from the lofty heights of a 3m springboard during its five-day stay at the complex.

Farm near Dunedin free of bird flu

Tests on a small free-range layer chicken farm near Dunedin are negative for bird flu, Biosecurity NZ has confirmed.

Plenty of spring rain for South but temps steady

While spring rainfall amounts set records at both ends of the spectrum — ranging from wildly wet to extremely dry across Otago and Southland — temperatures were remarkably average.

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Keep a close watch for symptoms: SPCA

The SPCA says chickens needs space, shelter, a dust bath and good care. Photo: RNZ

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Keep a close watch for symptoms: SPCA

Otago residents with chicken coops at home "should be cautious but not overly alarmed" after the avian flu discovery, the SPCA says.

Rolling out plans for a Dunedin lawn bowls hub

Rolling out plans for a Dunedin lawn bowls hub

The planned development of "brown field reserve land" into a lawn bowls hub would strengthen the sport in Dunedin, council staff say.

Humble heroes honoured

A victim who was stabbed at Countdown Dunedin Central in May 2021 is wheeled by emergency staff...

Humble heroes honoured

Ten people who played crucial roles in thwarting a Dunedin supermarket stabber’s frenzied attack have been honoured for their selfless acts.

Trailblazer’s honorary doctorate

University of Otago Emeritus Professor Dame Linda Holloway. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Trailblazer’s honorary doctorate

An "extraordinary trailblazer" for women in medicine is to be awarded an honorary doctor of laws at tomorrow’s University of Otago graduation ceremony.

Reducing sickness anxiety for children

My Sore Throat’s illustrator Lisa McComish (left) and author Dr Heather Brooks at the Hunter...

Reducing sickness anxiety for children

Demystifying the world of bacteria for children is the goal for one Dunedin medical laboratorist.

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Release of sex offender healer proof ‘the system is broken’

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Release of sex offender healer proof ‘the system is broken’

Warning: distressing content. A Dunedin healer who sexually assaulted seven of his clients will be released from jail 18 months before the end of his sentence.

Dunedin schools emailed 'bomb threat '

Dunedin schools emailed 'bomb threat '

Two Dunedin schools were included in a bomb threat emailed to secondary schools throughout NZ this morning.

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Govt’s medical school stance ‘double standard’

Green MP Fernando Hernandez. Photo: ODT files

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Govt’s medical school stance ‘double standard’

The government is showing a "striking double standard" in pushing ahead with the proposed new medical school despite University of Waikato’s debt problems, a Green MP says.