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The frightening power of absolute authority
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The frightening power of absolute authority
"Tell me a story," I said.
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Wreck unrecoverable
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Wreck unrecoverable
The steamer Konini, which went ashore near Bluff in the early hours of Monday morning, is in much the same position as she was on Tuesday.
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Letters to the Editor: Christmas, bad drivers and a shooting
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Letters to the Editor: Christmas, bad drivers and a shooting
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including reflecting on Christmas Day, a story of irresponsible driving, and the investigation of a Dunedin shooting.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo’s best of 2024
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo’s best of 2024
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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No magic wand for health woes
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No magic wand for health woes
Health Minister Shane Reti may have wanted a magic wand from Santa to deliver some more positive headlines in the new year, but we fear he will be disappointed.
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Scott Base workers get creative
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Scott Base workers get creative
Otago locals far from home are some of the very few to get a guaranteed white Christmas in the southern hemisphere.
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Producers wanted for Toitū video project
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Producers wanted for Toitū video project
The Dunedin City Council is looking for help to produce a "short, sophisticated" video introduction to the city for Toitū Otago Settlers Museum’s new mini movie theatre.
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Two visiting cruise ships make for a busy day in Dunedin
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Two visiting cruise ships make for a busy day in Dunedin
Cruise ship passengers flooded into central Dunedin this week after two vessels arrived carrying thousands of people.
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Rail return ‘foot in the door’
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Rail return ‘foot in the door’
The return of a well-used southern train service is "a foot in the door" for the return of regular passenger rail services in the South, advocates say.
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Bluebottle jellyfish wash up on beaches
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Worry over stings as jellyfish wash up on Dunedin beaches
Big blooms of bluebottle jellyfish washed ashore on Dunedin beaches after strong winds stranded the creatures, a scientist says.
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More the merrier for family finding festive space
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More the merrier for family finding festive space
Trying to fit everyone into one house for Christmas was becoming a logistical nightmare for one large Dunedin family, so they outsourced a dining room.
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Young crew spend Christmas at sea
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Young crew spend Christmas at sea
Young environmentalists have sailed past the Dunedin coast at Christmas as those aboard retrace the path of Charles Darwin’s global journey 200 years ago.
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Green Island operations receive consent
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Green Island operations receive consent
Composting, recycling sorting, a bulk waste transfer station and a suite of other operations have all been approved at Green Island.
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Use the noodle or lose the noodle?
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Use the noodle or lose the noodle?
Graduation is a scary thing.
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Wandering muddy streets of history
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Wandering muddy streets of history
In the years immediately following the Otago gold rush, readers of the Otago Daily Times and Otago Witness were treated to a series of lively accounts of "rambles" around Dunedin and its hinterland by Peter Thomson.
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Building a space workshop — and home
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Building a space workshop — and home
With the new century entering its 25th year Summer Times looks back at some of the events of 2000 and sees how we’ve fared since.
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Research set to resume at Foulden Maar
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Research set to resume at Foulden Maar
Research is set to resume at an internationally significant Otago fossil site, once controversially scheduled to be mined for a dog food supplement, then bought by the DCC to be preserved for environmental and scientific purposes.
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Undoing what has been done
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Undoing what has been done
As Christmas loomed last year, leaders and staff at Te Pūkenga faced an uncertain future, knowing that the newly-elected government planned to disestablish the mega merged polytechnic.
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Way mooted to keep rates rises down briefly
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Way mooted to keep rates rises down briefly
High rates increases could be watered down but the relief would be temporary, Central Otago ratepayers were warned last week.