Tuesday 26th November, 2019

Otago Polytechnic's end of year exhibition is currently on, filling many areas of the institution's Dunedin campus.

Called SITE, the event showcases work across many areas and artistic disciplines.


Tuesday 26th November, 2019

Plans to build three large rock groynes to stop erosion on a beach near Harrington Point on the Otago Peninsula, have taken another step forward.

An upcoming application for resource consent is the project's first major progression, since it was announced in May 2018.


Monday 25th November, 2019
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It's 50 years on from New Zealand's first television news broadcast.

A former Dunedin radio announcer turned, into a television host in the early days, and is reminiscing about how it all began.


Monday 25th November, 2019

Some in Dunedin woke to find Queen Victoria's iconic statue splattered in red paint on Friday.

Since then, a contractor has cleaned the paint from the base of the statue, and a renovator is set to give the marble statue a professional clean-up in a few weeks time.


Monday 25th November, 2019

Primary school pupils across Otago are being introduced to instruments used in an orchestra.

Six members of the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra are taking part in a two-week-long tour of primary schools, aiming to encourage young people to learn a musical instrument.


Monday 25th November, 2019

Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium saw hundreds of primary school pupils going wild on Friday.

Children from eleven schools across Dunedin took part in a wide range of games designed to help youngsters improve their physical skills.


Monday 25th November, 2019

A former spice boy is now Otago's king of kombucha.

The currently popular drink is being taken as a tonic by many, and a Dunedin food technologist is riding the crest of its popularity.


Friday 22nd November, 2019

Extra public transport may be added in Port Chalmers as cruise ship passengers fill the services, leaving locals in the lurch.

On both Sunday and Monday the Otago Regional Council warned the public its buses were full because of cruise ship passengers using them to get to and from the city.


Friday 22nd November, 2019

New Zealand’s image might be clean and green, but we are among the top countries in the world when it comes to producing greenhouse gases on a per capita basis, emitting around 17 tonnes per person every year.

We have committed to a goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, with the Zero Carbon Bill passing in Parliament last week, what can we do to get there?


Friday 22nd November, 2019

The Otago primary school athletics championships finally got out of the starting blocks at the Caledonian Ground on Thursday.

Wet weather had shifted the event from Tuesday to Thursday with several young runners, jumpers and throwers giving their best.