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Company’s claims may breach advertising code
A company 50% owned by Dunedin’s mayor appears to be breaching advertising standards by claiming its skin cream has ‘‘miraculous’’ benefits.
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Shift stadium focus: Vandervis
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Shift stadium focus: Vandervis
Dunedin City Councillor Lee Vandervis is calling for the city to shift its aspirations for the stadium, after the sudden departure of its boss.
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Doorn heading out the DVML door
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Doorn heading out the DVML door
The sudden departure of Forsyth Barr Stadium boss has been viewed as ‘‘bittersweet’’ by his colleagues.
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Scrabble day good practice for tournament
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Scrabble day good practice for tournament
Celebrating the birthday of Scrabble’s inventor provided some much-needed practice for this weekend’s major tournament in Dunedin.
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Benefits of Moana Pool’s heat recovery up grade uncertain
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Benefits of Moana Pool’s heat recovery up grade uncertain
Reliance on LPG at Moana Pool in Dunedin is set to be reduced when the heat recovery system is upgraded, but the extent of efficiency gains is not yet clear.
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Club’s licence could be cancelled, judge warns
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Club’s licence could be cancelled, judge warns
A Dunedin bowls club has been warned its liquor licence is ‘‘on a knife-edge’’ after being accused of behaving more like a bar than a sports club.
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Waste diversion initiatives put on hold, emissions target at risk
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Waste diversion initiatives put on hold, emissions target at risk
Consideration of schemes to keep construction and demolition waste out of landfills has been delayed by the Dunedin City Council.
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Stuffed wildlife care raises awareness for hospital
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Stuffed wildlife care raises awareness for hospital
A giraffe with a broken neck and a unicorn with a sprained horn were just some of the injuries being patched up by a collection of Dunedin’s youngest new vets.
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HNZ not ‘currently’ considering further hospital cuts
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HNZ not ‘currently’ considering further hospital cuts
Health New Zealand (HNZ) says it is not ‘‘currently’’ looking at further cuts to the new Dunedin hospital amid cost pressures caused by the conflict in Iran.
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Rescue team back cyclone response effort
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Rescue team back cyclone response effort
All the way up north and little or nothing to do.
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Chinese tourist numbers increasing
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Chinese tourist numbers increasing
A major resurgence in tourism around Otago may be on the horizon, as a growing body of travel data from Chinese tourism platforms and travel industry reports suggests Chinese tourism to New Zealand...
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Threshold in reach: new party leader
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Threshold in reach: new party leader
Three times The Opportunity Party has tried to cross the 5% threshold to make it into Parliament and three times it has failed.
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‘Creep’ jailed, 40 years on from crimes
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‘Creep’ jailed, 40 years on from crimes
A Dunedin sex offender described by his victims as an ‘‘evil predator’’ and a ‘‘creep’’ has been locked up.
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St Kilda Brass win back-to-back national titles
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St Kilda Brass win back-to-back national titles
Teamwork makes the dream work.
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Vigilante attack broke man’s eye socket
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Vigilante attack broke man’s eye socket
A manager at an Alexandra bar attacked a man in an act of vigilante justice, leaving him with a broken eye socket and needing to have a piece of bone surgically removed.
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Man sentenced for role in bid to steal scaffolding
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Man sentenced for role in bid to steal scaffolding
Two men posed as tradies in a failed attempt to steal scaffolding from a Dunedin building, a court has heard.
Starmer says UK won't support Hormuz blockade
Starmer says UK won't support Hormuz blockade
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that whatever the pressure, Britain would not be dragged into the Iran war nor be involved in a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Former Ports of Auckland CEO loses appeal over worker's death
Former Ports of Auckland CEO loses appeal over worker's death
The High Court has dismissed an appeal from a former Ports of Auckland chief executive who was found guilty in relation to the death of a worker.
Calls for independent checks on healthy homes standards
Calls for independent checks on healthy homes standards
Housing advocates want an independent certification system so that landlords can't just mark their own homework and say that their properties meet healthy homes standards.
Trump launches bizarre attack on 'weak on crime' Pope
Trump launches bizarre attack on 'weak on crime' Pope
Donald Trump forcefully criticized Pope Leo in an unusual, direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church that drew immediate rebuke from believers.