For one large Dunedin extended family, a lazy holiday breakfast in an Aramoana crib was spent devising a strategy on how to create a show-stopping sand structure.
A 77-year-old Dunedin man has been forced to continue working so he can pay to have private hip replacement surgery, rather than wait up to four years in the public system.
In a five part series, ODT political editor Mike Houlahan asked a senior MP from the leading parties about how the first two years of the parliamentary term have gone and if they fancy their chances in 2026.
Snow and ice bore down on the US Northeast at the weekend, disrupting post-holiday airline traffic and prompting officials in New York and New Jersey to issue weather emergency declarations.
More than six months after widespread flooding hit the Tasman District, the recovery is expected to cost the council $50 million and take up to two years to complete.
At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, authorities say.