Fatal stabbing shown at bus hub trial
Confronting CCTV footage played to a jury shows the moment schoolboy Enere Taana-McLaren was fatally stabbed by a 13-year-old at the Dunedin bus hub.
Institutions weigh up displaying artworks
Institutions weigh up displaying artworks
Dunedin institutions are re-evaluating displaying artworks by sculptor John Middleditch following fresh allegations of sexual abuse.
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Healthy lunches ‘not just about the food’
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Healthy lunches ‘not just about the food’
While students at one Otago school were battling through days of pre-packaged mac ’n’ cheese, children at another were enjoying fresh meals made on-site.
Man charged with displaying patch
Man charged with displaying patch
A man has been arrested and charged with displaying a gang patch in public in Mosgiel — the first time the charge has been laid in Dunedin, police say.
Peckish pilferer pinches pie — police
Peckish pilferer pinches pie — police
A man returned to a Dunedin convenience store from which he had twice been trespassed to hurl abuse at staff and pinch a morning pie, police say.
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Mayor hopeful of rates rises under 10%
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Mayor hopeful of rates rises under 10%
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich remains hopeful the city council can keep rates rises under 10%.
Councils sign water MoU
Councils sign water MoU
Collaboration with Christchurch to share delivery of some water services is a step closer for the Dunedin City Council (DCC) after Dunedin’s councillors agreed the idea should be investigated.
Auction organised to help get family home
Auction organised to help get family home
When Ronnie Proctor heard about a Dunedin family struggling to return to their red-stickered home, he reached for his hammer.
Lotto 2459
Lotto 2459
Results from last night's Lotto draw.
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First stage of trail to be completed by October
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First stage of trail to be completed by October
An ambitious tunnel-connected cycleway project will have its first stage ready by October, the Otago Daily Times has learned.
Book to mark century of ‘Critic’
Book to mark century of ‘Critic’
A reporter for Otago University student magazine Critic Te Ārohi sneaked into a Beatles interview when the Fab Four played the Dunedin Town Hall in 1964.
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Midwifery student left ‘in limbo’ by changes
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Midwifery student left ‘in limbo’ by changes
Otago Polytechnic midwifery students say course changes could lump them with hundreds of hours of extra study and thousands of dollars in extra course fees.
Good sports
Good sports
Logan Park High School’s years 9, 10 and 11 students descended on the Caledonian Ground yesterday for some fun and friendly competition in the sun at the north Dunedin...
Offering light
Offering light
Hindu priests perform "aarati", an offering of light procession, during the Shivaratri festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday.
On the right track
On the right track
A Dunedin Railways "super train" pulls up to the Crown Princess, docked at Port Chalmers yesterday.
Celebrating 40 years
Celebrating 40 years
The Altrusa Club of Taieri celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Dunedin Club with a meal and function yesterday.
At least 18 dead as bus' brakes fail
At least 18 dead as bus' brakes fail
At least 18 people were killed and 23 injured in eastern Thailand today, after the brakes failed on a tour bus and it rolled upside down into a ditch, police said.
Man arrested after 'trying to damage a bike'
Man arrested after 'trying to damage a bike'
A man has been arrested in North East Valley this evening after allegedly trying to damage a bicycle with an unknown object.
Parents jailed over girl's insulin-starved death
Parents jailed over girl's insulin-starved death
An eight-year-old girl's parents have received 14-year prison terms over their insulin-starved child's "slow and painful" death.
'Physical contact' complaint against ACC boss seconded to Health NZ
'Physical contact' complaint against ACC boss seconded to Health NZ
By Lauren Crimp of RNZHealth NZ says it was not told that a top ACC official seconded to help out was the subject of a complaint about "physical contact with co-workers".