Aaron Hawkins

It's a snowy start in Dunedin this morning, with a heavy downfall expected until nine o'clock.

A second Antarctic front has brought a fresh flurry overnight, falling across the Southern and Eastern… Audio

Outside our bigger cities, Aotearoa's smaller centres are seeing stacked races and fraught local issues. Audio

Live music venue operators say urban intensification is sounding the death knell for their sector. As more and more people move into apartments and other developments in our urban centres - tension… Audio

The wild weather has been absolutely hammering the South Island and in Dunedin it's been bad enough for the Army to go on standby should its help be needed. Further north, more than 70 millimetres of… Audio

It's tough times for local councils as they grapple with huge reforms and it doesn't appear the Prime Minister's words of comfort have made much difference.

Mayors and councillors from across the… Audio

Anti-mandate protesters in Dunedin's Octagon have until midday to leave.

Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins says the lifting of vaccine pass requirements and most mandates means there's no reason for them… Audio

Pack up and leave, or we'll move you on - that's the message from the Dunedin City Council to a small group of protesters that have occupied the Octagon for almost two months.

The group began the… Audio

Panellists Wendyl Nissen and Sir Ian Taylor discuss the South Island moving to Alert Level 3, a New Zealand video game hitting it big, and the resumption of parliament in lockdown Audio

Dunedin is in shock after a violent attack at a central city supermarket.

A man stabbed staff and bystanders at Countdown Cumberland St on Monday afternoon.

He has now been charged with attempted… Audio

The Dunedin City Council has corrected its figures on lead contamination, saying the worst test result that was emailed on December 18 was 40 times the allowable level in drinking water, not four.

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Dunedin City Council wants to lump an extra 3000 homes on to its district plan after admitting current ambitions aren't nearly high enough.

Projections suggest at least 5400 houses are needed over… Audio

It's been more than a year since the Dunedin City Council announced its intention to buy 42 hectares of Foulden Maar, a fossil-rich diatomite reserve near Middlemarch.

Locals with an interest in the… Audio

A Dunedin councillor has been told to apologise for aggressive and intimidating behaviour, or he'll be stripped of some of his roles.

Three Dunedin councillors complained about the behaviour of Lee… Audio

The Government has ruled out housing managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Queenstown and Invercargill. Our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has more. Audio

The south of the South Island could be in line for new quarantine and managed isolation facilities, but Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker isn't happy about it.

Walker put out a press release… Audio

A full house of 43,000 fans gathered at Eden Park to watch some rugby, and celebrate the end of coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions.

It's the largest crowd the Blues have played in front of for 15… Audio

Now we're at Level 1, anticipation is building for the return of live sport as the Highlanders take on the Chiefs at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium tomorrow night.

A crowd of more than 18,000 is… Audio

The divisive relationship between the Dunedin City Council and central city businesses may be ready to explode if proposed speed limit changes come into force.

The council will decide today on a… Audio