The coalition government’s Treaty Principles Bill has been derided as "evil" by a top Dunedin lawyer, who says it is exploiting the public’s ignorance and prejudice.
A silent pandemic of drug-resistant infections has become a threat to global public health in the past 25 years, as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites continue to evolve.
Ratepayers are subsidising Dunedin Railways to the tune of nearly $550 per passenger and it is time to consider dumping the failing asset, a critic says.
The supply of methamphetamine into Dunedin and Invercargill has been "significantly disrupted" after police arrested five people as part of Operation Leith.
Police and the members of the armed offenders squad (AOS) swarm Turnbull St, in Brockville, yesterday as part of a pre-planned warrant to locate persons of interest.