Dunedin

Mountainbikers buzzing as series looms

Floating gracefully through the air at high speed, twisting and turning like in aerial ballet, you could just about set the moves of high-performing mountainbikers to music.

Hopes with treatment overseas

Emma Scott takes a moment with her dog Gus as she prepares to head overseas for stem cell...

Hopes with treatment overseas

A young Dunedin woman whose life has been turned upside down by a chronic disease is counting on cutting-edge treatment in Mexico to get her future back on track.

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‘At peace’: woman pens own death notice

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‘At peace’: woman pens own death notice

If you have any questions for Bianca "Bee" Chittock, she says it is too late.

Groping waitress ‘a blip’ in behaviour

A drunk man who groped and taunted a waitress at an Alexandra establishment says it was "a blip".

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Police car joy-rider finishes full sentence

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Police car joy-rider finishes full sentence

A Central Otago man who aimed a firearm at police and took a patrol car on a 270km spin chose to serve his entire jail term because it was "in the public interest".

2024 10th-warmest year on record: Niwa

If you thought 2024 was colder than usual, you may be getting used to our warming environment.

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Ant ‘new to science’ found on return to Foulden Maar

A new ant was discovered on scientists’ first return to Otago’s Foulden Maar after the area was...

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Ant ‘new to science’ found on return to Foulden Maar

After a five-year hiatus, researchers were allowed to return to Foulden Maar late last year and in a matter of hours they discovered a 23 million-year-old ant, an expert says.

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Councillors told of huge costs looming

An upgrade will be needed at the Green Island wastewater treatment plant. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Councillors told of huge costs looming

Hundreds of millions of dollars will need to be pumped into Dunedin’s water and wastewater systems in the next 15 years, councillors have been told.

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Councillors, ministers to meet over land and water plan

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Councillors, ministers to meet over land and water plan

A meeting between the ORC and government ministers later this month could allow councillors to "advocate for practical solutions" to local freshwater issues.

Occupants escape harm

Occupants escape harm

A damaged car rests on a grass verge at the intersection of Frederick and Castle Sts (State Highway 1) after a two-vehicle crash in North Dunedin yesterday.

Little Lilliput library proving popular in Pukehiki

Pukehiki Library guardian Hugh O’Neill and Otago Peninsula artist Louisa Baillie who painted the...

Little Lilliput library proving popular in Pukehiki

Members of the Pukehiki community have opened a Lilliput library that looks almost identical to the real thing.

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Boat capsizes during fishing trip for tangi

Police were called to Tomahawk Beach yesterday after reports that a small metal boat had capsized.

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Boat capsizes during fishing trip for tangi

A fishing trip for kai moana off the coast of Dunedin took a dangerous turn when a boat flooded and flipped after its motor died.

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Club lands itself a third plane

Otago Aero Club flight instructor James Duncan performs a daily wash of the club’s new aircraft....

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Club lands itself a third plane

Soaring demand to take flight is something the Otago Aero Club is well placed to meet.

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Retailer acts to stop 'brazen' booze thefts

Young thieves have been targeting LiquorLand Andersons Bay. Photos: Gerard O'Brien

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Retailer acts to stop 'brazen' booze thefts

Shoplifting by teens has become so bad a Dunedin liquor store owner has been forced to screen young people as they enter the premises.

Crash at city intersection

There was significant damage to at least one vehicle but no reports of injury after a two-car crash in central Dunedin this morning.

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Dunedinite rapt with Australian recognition of ascent

Philip Temple holds an Australian anniversary envelope which features him and fellow mountaineers...

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Dunedinite rapt with Australian recognition of ascent

Some people have their faces plastered publicly all over television, social media, advertising billboards and, occasionally, milk cartons.

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‘Police have done literally nothing’

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‘Police have done literally nothing’

A Dunedin woman says she is being taunted and threatened by a teenager who stole a treasured ute from her family.

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Public help to rescue dolphin

Rescuers help move a bottlenose dolphin stranded in shallow water at Blueskin Bay yesterday....

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Public help to rescue ‘geographically embarrassed’ dolphin

A "geographically embarrassed" dolphin received a helping hand from members of the public after it became stranded in shallow water near Waitati yesterday.

Occupants safe after boat capsizes

A small boat capsized just off Tomahawk Beach this morning. Photo: ODT Files

Occupants safe after boat capsizes

Occupants of a boat that capsized off Dunedin's Tomahawk Beach have made it back to shore safely.

Praise for airport staff’s reaction to phone threat

Praise for airport staff’s reaction to phone threat

A passenger is praising Auckland Airport staff after a phone threat led to a flight to Dunedin being cancelled and dozens of passengers being moved into a separate room for several hours.

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