Government ministers to consider options for new hospital
Government ministers to consider options for new hospital
Plans for the new Dunedin hospital project are now in the hands of the government ministers.
Siblings right theft of donations
Siblings right theft of donations
When volunteer firefighters were hit with a brazen theft in the middle of a natural disaster, a pair of Dunedin children sprang into action.
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‘A lot more testing’ required: virologist
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‘A lot more testing’ required: virologist
In order to stamp out Otago’s bird flu outbreak, "a lot more testing" of the region’s chicken farms will be required, a leading virologist says.
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Enterprise Dunedin manager leaving for polytech role
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Enterprise Dunedin manager leaving for polytech role
Enterprise Dunedin manager John Christie is leaving his city council post and has accepted a position with the Otago Polytechnic.
Period of severe weather in store
Period of severe weather in store
After a week of summery weather, it was inevitable something foul would eventually come along.
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Teacher retiring after 44 years at school
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Teacher retiring after 44 years at school
When Ray Spence started falling asleep in law lectures he felt he could no longer ignore his calling to become a teacher.
Wild ride
Wild ride
Lookout Point and Mosgiel firefighters and police attend a single-vehicle crash in Morris Rd, Fairfield, about 5.40pm yesterday.
The sound of Christmas
The sound of Christmas
Joyeux Noel! City Choir Dunedin performs French music for Christmas at Knox Church last evening.
‘We have soldiered on for so long’
‘We have soldiered on for so long’
Southern nurses say they are sick of putting up with inadequate staffing, broken and missing equipment and threatened IT support.
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Plans for theatres in the wings
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Plans for theatres in the wings
Dunedin theatre representatives have come up with a multimillion-dollar plan to revitalise the scene.
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Differing sentences given for aggravated robbery
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Differing sentences given for aggravated robbery
Two men involved in a Dunedin street attack found themselves on the end of vastly differing sentences this week.
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Child porn trader gets early release
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Child porn trader gets early release
A Dunedin man who traded sexual-abuse material featuring children as young as 3 has been released after two years in prison.
Golden splendour of a Dunedin morning
Golden splendour of a Dunedin morning
Cruise ship Carnival Splendor makes its way towards Port Chalmers during a calm morning earlier this month.
New ACC building ‘exemplar’ for accessibility
New ACC building ‘exemplar’ for accessibility
It will still be about a year until the public can enter Dunedin’s new ACC building, but the Crown entity is already giving details about what it will be like on the inside.
Celebrations for significant role as health shuttle reaches milestone
Celebrations for significant role as health shuttle reaches milestone
One hundred thousand kilometres can get you around the world about two and a-half times.
Peters signals progress on India trade deal negotiations
Peters signals progress on India trade deal negotiations
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has hinted that New Zealand may soon announce the start of long-anticipated trade deal negotiations with India.
Robbed of the chance to make even greater contribution
Robbed of the chance to make even greater contribution
New Zealand never knew the heights that Nikki Kaye might have climbed to as a politician, but both her colleagues and rivals suspected it might have been to the very top.
Obituary: Dot Brazier, centenarian
Obituary: Dot Brazier, centenarian
Centenarian Dorothy "Dot" Frances Brazier, nee Earley, packed much into her 103 years.
Aussie fashion icon Maggie Tabberer dead at 87
Aussie fashion icon Maggie Tabberer dead at 87
Pioneering Australian model, fashion icon and media entrepreneur Maggie Tabberer has died aged 87.
Otago University graduands, 1pm
Otago University graduands, 1pm
About 385 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago with qualifications in laboratory science, dentistry and physiotherapy in a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 1pm today.