Love for ‘Dr Who’ inspires Dalek
Love for ‘Dr Who’ inspires Dalek build
A quiet house in suburban Dunedin is now home to a violent exterminator set on destroying any "impure" forms of life.
‘Not realistic’: tourists queue for cheaper rides
‘Not realistic’: tourists queue for cheaper rides
Passengers from the Royal Princess cruise ship queued in Port Chalmers for the No 14 public bus into central Dunedin after faced with an eye-watering charge of about $56 to use provided shuttles.
Intro to teacher training never tasted so sweet
Intro to teacher training never tasted so sweet
Add a little sugar to a young mind, and an ordinary kitchen can quickly escalate into a mad scientist’s experimental laboratory.
Hundreds without internet
Hundreds without internet
An equipment failure in North East Valley left more than 300 homes without the internet for much of yesterday.
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Plan would turn residential street into ‘free carpark’
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Plan would turn residential street into ‘free carpark’
A former Dunedin mayor is fighting a plan to increase parking he says would turn a residential street into a "free carpark for the suburban workforce".
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Venture south to track impact of warming world
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Venture south to track impact of warming world
Otago researchers are aboard a Niwa vessel sailing to the southernmost sea on Earth to study the impact of a warming world.
Happy ending for ma and pa duck
Happy ending for ma and pa duck
A Broad Bay couple are sorting out their differences and patching up their relationship after a sordid love affair separated them late last year.
Objection to wording
Objection to wording
Dunedin climate activist Bruce Mahalski, who was found guilty for trespassing last year, holds a bag full of coal and his $50 offender levy enclosed inside it outside Dunedin District Court yesterday.
Information sought after robbery attempt at NEV bar
Information sought after robbery attempt at NEV bar
A would-be robber fled in a stolen vehicle after being confronted by an employee at a North Dunedin bar, police say.
Survivors speak out after fatal WA seaplane crash
Survivors speak out after fatal WA seaplane crash
A couple who survived a seaplane crash in Western Australia that killed three people have hailed a safety message from the pilot.
Climate activist pays offender levy in bag of coal
Dunedin climate activist pays offender levy in bag of coal
A climate activist convicted of trespassing after blocking a coal train at the Dunedin Railway Station has paid his offender levy in a plastic bag full of coal.
'Unthinkable that we could lose them'
'Unthinkable that we could lose them': Fears of yellow-eyed penguin extinction
The yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, with the number of known nests dropping by 80 percent over the past decade and a-half.
Nelson man's death remains 'unexplained'
Nelson man's death remains 'unexplained'
The death of a man in his Nelson home is still being treated as "unexplained" by police.
Internet out for hundreds in North East Valley
Internet out for hundreds in North East Valley
An equipment failure in North East Valley has left over 300 homes without internet for much of the day.
Man dies in hospital after altercation in Thames
Man dies in hospital after altercation in Thames
Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in Thames Hospital overnight.
Climate activists deface Darwin's grave in London
Climate activists deface Charles Darwin's grave in London
Climate activists from Just Stop Oil have painted over the grave of British naturalist Charles Darwin at London's Westminster Abbey.
Serious crash closes part of major Chch highway
Serious crash closes part of major Chch highway
Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash on SH74 in Burwood, Christchurch.
Confessions of Cambridge Five spies revealed
Confessions of Cambridge Five spies revealed
Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents have been made public.
Man killed in rural Canterbury crash named
Man killed in rural Canterbury crash named
Police have released the name of the man who died in a two-vehicle crash in rural Canterbury on New Year's Day.
Top cop suspended amid criminal probe
Top cop suspended amid criminal probe
New Zealand's second most powerful police officer has been suspended, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation.