Dunedin

Breath test 3.5 times over legal limit as mother breaches bail

Breath test 3.5 times over legal limit as mother breaches bail

A Mosgiel mother with her two young children in the car was arrested at a traffic stop, after breaching her bail conditions by driving, allegedly while drunk.

More funds to grow DSO sought

The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra’s new development manager Duncan Connors at Hanover Hall yesterday...

More funds to grow DSO sought

The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra needs more funding from community sponsors to grow and take its rightful place among the best in the country, its new development manager says.

Building confidence

Building confidence

Connor Ayson (left) and Tihei Maihi, both 9, take part in the first 2025 Full Court Family basketball camp for children aged 5 to 12 at Abbotsford School yesterday.

Ceasefire agreement celebrated

Palestinian Collective organiser Rinad Tamimi and her daughter Laya Lababidi, 4. PHOTOS: PETER...

Ceasefire agreement celebrated

Hundreds of Palestinian supporters gathered in Dunedin’s Octagon to celebrate the ceasefire in Palestine yesterday.

Hospital NZ’s most delayed major project

Buckets were used to collect water dripping from the ceiling at Dunedin Hospital yesterday after...

Hospital NZ’s most delayed major project

Amid reports of leaky operating theatres, millions have been left unspent keeping the lights on at Dunedin’s ageing hospital, making it New Zealand’s most delayed major health project.

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Not funding chambers, councils say

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Not funding chambers, councils say

It may look like southern councils are providing significant money to chambers of commerce, but the reality is different, they say.

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Pain relief aim of brainwave training

University of Otago biomedical sciences researcher Dr Jerin Mathew is using an...

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Pain relief aim of brainwave training

Retraining the brain may hold the key to giving relief to the one-in-five New Zealanders who suffer from chronic pain.

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Pistachio sector doco gains traction

A screenshot from Dunedin film-maker Rowan Wernham’s documentary 'Pistachio Wars'. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Pistachio sector doco gains traction

What do pistachio nuts and the Los Angeles wildfires have in common?

Summer swings by, for a bit, then back again later

Well after the packed Woodhaugh Gardens paddling pool emptied of children yesterday, twins Veda ...

Summer swings by, for a bit, then back again later

Dunedin's "cold streak" may finally have thawed enough for us to say summer has arrived.

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Thousands attend gala day as weather clears

Mia Perry-Ellison and her mum, Nicole, of Dunedin, have fun at the Brighton Gala Day yesterday,...

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Thousands attend gala day as weather clears

Early showers in Dunedin may have kept some people away from Brighton’s big gala day, but the weather ended up being pleasant for those who were there.

Opinions split on reshuffle

Opinions split on reshuffle

Southern leaders are less than optimistic a change of health minister will mean anything positive for the new Dunedin hospital project.

Fun had despite low numbers

Ninety-four-year-old Bob Clark, of Timaru, checks out two lilies on show, a robina lily (left)...

Fun had despite low numbers

St Kilda was the site of a bloom of sweet-smelling lilies on Saturday, but the show was rather dampened by a growing season marked by disease and wet weather, society members say.

Blaze prompts call to check alarms

Smoke billows from a garage fire in Hislop St, Pine Hill, yesterday morning. Photos: Peter McIntosh

Blaze prompts call to check alarms

A Dunedin firefighter is urging residents to make sure they have working smoke alarms in their garages after a Pine Hill garage fire nearly set a neighbouring house alight.

No bird flu link in dead gulls found at Taiaroa Head

Fears that H5N1 bird flu may have reached our shores after a Palmerston couple discovered a large number of dead birds at Taiaroa Head have been allayed.

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Car rear-ended after sea lion distracts driver

Police attend a crash in Forbury Rd which was caused by a teenager getting distracted by a sea...

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Car rear-ended after sea lion distracts driver

A teenage driver distracted by a sea lion waddling up the road in St Clair rear-ended another car during a driving lesson on Saturday.

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New minister congratulated, but with a reminder

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New minister congratulated, but with a reminder

University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson has taken aim at a proposed Waikato medical school at the same time as welcoming new Minister of Health Simeon Brown.

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