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‘No easy solutions’ to make St Patrick’s Day safer: proctor

St Patrick’s Day revellers take in the city’s vista from Brackens Lookout last year. PHOTO: PETER...

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‘No easy solutions’ to make St Patrick’s Day safer: proctor

Ending the unruly and dangerous behaviour displayed by students on St Patrick’s Day has "no easy solutions", the University of Otago proctor says.

Not-guilty plea entered

A prominent Dunedin man has pleaded not guilty to six sexual assault charges.

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Aurora set to pay dividends from 2027

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Aurora set to pay dividends from 2027

Aurora Energy appears set to provide dividends for the Dunedin City Council from 2027, ending a decade-long drought.

New life beckons for cat mural as artist gets to work

Dunedin street artist Koryu Aoshima begins spray painting a new mural above the beloved George...

New life beckons for cat mural as artist gets to work

Work has begun on a North Dunedin mural once marred by controversy.

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Plan aims to make uni more equitable

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Plan aims to make uni more equitable

The University of Otago is aiming to be "the university of choice" for Māori and Pacific Island students, the vice-chancellor says.

Excavator driver digging in to win national title

Competitors at last year’s Civil Contractors New Zealand CablePrice National Excavator Operator...

Excavator driver digging in to win national title

As a boy, Josh Keane used to drive his mother batty by pretending to be an excavator driver and digging holes all over her prized garden.

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Climate change ‘adaptation futures’ set to be considered

An aerial view of South Dunedin. Photo: ODT files

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Climate change ‘adaptation futures’ set to be considered

Government money is behind some of the technical work aimed at helping South Dunedin adapt to climate change.

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Lunch provider's liquidation no surprise

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Lunch provider's liquidation no surprise to principal

An Otago principal says she is not surprised a school lunch provider has gone into liquidation after the company was only given $3 per meal by the government.

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Sharing Scotland with the world

Scottish comedian Bruce Fummey is bringing his stand-up show Scotland Made The World to the city...

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Sharing Scotland with the world

Listening to the sounds of the pipe band before the Highlanders hit the field at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Bruce Fummey says he "welled up with tears".

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'Incredible' amount of rubbish in Dunedin waterway

A car tyre and hubcap in the Kaikorai Lagoon. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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'Incredible' amount of rubbish in Dunedin waterway

The alarm has been raised over a Dunedin estuary near the Green Island landfill which is clogged up with wheelie bins, "hundreds of tyres" and general rubbish.

Having their say

Having their say

A dinosaur puppet called Chuck the Rex stands as part of an anti-monarchy campaign by the organisation Republic, opposite Westminster Abbey.

Not enough surgeons for Brown's private health plan - union

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

Not enough surgeons for Brown's private health plan - union

The Health Minister is unlikely to achieve his goal of completing an extra 10,000 elective surgeries by June, the senior doctors' union says.

Holidaying surfer presumed dead after shark attack

Wharton Beach, near Esperance in Western Australia. File photo: Getty Images

Holidaying surfer presumed dead after shark attack

A surfer fatally mauled by a shark at a remote beach was on a six-month holiday with his partner and pet dog.

Police name Christchurch homicide victim

Emergency services were called to a social housing complex on Innes Road in Mairehau at about 9...

Police name Christchurch homicide victim

Police have released the name of the man who died in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau on Sunday night.

Ukraine launches largest drone attack on Moscow

A residential house ablaze after Ukraine's drone attack in the Moscow region, according the local...

Ukraine launches largest drone attack on Moscow

Ukraine has launched its biggest drone attack on the Russian capital with at least 91 drones targeting Moscow, killing at least one person, sparking fires, closing airports and forcing dozens of...

School lunch provider struggling for months - liquidator

School lunch provider Libelle Group has been placed into liquidation. Photo: RNZ

School lunch provider struggling for months - liquidator

Liquidators taking financial control of the failed school lunch programme say it owes money to multiple suppliers and to its 500 staff - but wages will be paid in the interim.

Man arrested after Teslas vandalised in Auckland

A photo of a Tesla marked with spray paint posted on Reddit with the caption 'Ouch, spotted on...

Man arrested after Teslas vandalised in Auckland

A man is in police custody after reports of electric vehicles being targeted by a spray-paint vandal in Auckland suburbs.

Offshore operators likely to dominate new online gambling market

National campaigned on making offshore online casino operators pay gaming duty of 12 percent on...

Offshore operators likely to dominate new online gambling market

Foreign companies are set to dominate New Zealand's internet gambling market as the government auctions online casino licences for the first time.

Ron Brierley charged with more child sex offences

Ron Brierley leaving a Sydney court in 2019. Photo: Getty Images

Ron Brierley charged with more child sex offences

Disgraced businessman Ron Brierley has been charged with more child sex offences, three years after being released from prison.

NZ one of just 7 nations to meet air quality standards

Heavy pollution in Dhaka, Bangladesh - one of the world's most polluted countries last year....

NZ one of just 7 nations to meet air quality standards

Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards last year, new data shows, as researchers warn the war on smog will only get harder after the US shut down its global monitoring efforts.

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