Friday 14th February, 2020

The pedestrian mall concept was trialled twice with feedback and formal consultation indicating strong support for the change.

..And now the changes have been made, with shiny new bollards blocking vehicles from both ends.


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A fascination with retro fixtures has been the starting point for a new art exhibition by a visiting Wellington artist.

Emily Hartley-Skudder has used 70's kitsch to create backdrops to display eight art works recently acquired by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.


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Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has hit out at the company responsible for storing potentially toxic waste in Mataura.

The township could be stuck with the aluminium smelter dross for at least two years after Rio Tinto vetoed a deal to move about 10,000 tonnes back to the smelter.


Thursday 13th February, 2020

Americans living in Dunedin are being invited to register to vote in the up-coming US elections.

The Otago Postgraduate Association is running a non-partisan drive to get ex-pat American citizens to take part.


Thursday 13th February, 2020

Smarting from their 42 to 20 loss against the Sharks last Friday, the Pulse Energy Highlanders are looking to learn from their mistakes.

That's according to assistant coach Mark Hammett, whose rugby team is set to face off against the Brumbies in Australia on Saturday.


Thursday 13th February, 2020

A woman struck by a falling tree branch in Dunedin during a stormy day in January is on the slow road to recovery.

Amy Armstrong is using the power of poetry to help in her recovery from the fractured vertebrae she suffered in the incident.


Wednesday 12th February, 2020

Twenty one years after they last played in Dunedin, the New Zealand women's cricket team will take on South Africa at the University of Otago Oval tomorrow.

For two veteran members of the White Ferns squad the match has been a long time coming.


Wednesday 12th February, 2020

One of Dunedin's leading social service agencies says people are increasingly living in overcrowded houses and struggling to find accommodation in the city.

And the housing crisis is only expected to worsen, as the gap between those who can afford the sky rocketing rental prices and those who can't grows.


Monday 10th February, 2020

Gavin Cameron went looking for salmon but may have come away with a new pet instead.

The Dunedin man was among those fishing for salmon in Dunedin’s Steamer Basin yesterday morning when he spotted something unusual in the water: a freshwater turtle.


Monday 10th February, 2020

One of the highlights of this masters games was 80-year old Barbara Sharp who came to Dunedin hoping to break a world record.

While she narrowly missed out on the world record, she did break four New Zealand records at the Masters Games last week.