Dunedin

Sam Charlesworth is an 18-year-old self-taught musician who has just released his fourth album Duality of the Human Mind. Video, Audio

"I want to look at issues of extinction and infestation, cruelty and conflict. I want us to feel that we are being watched and that stock is being taken. I want us not to get away with it." Those are… Audio, Gallery

Locals have described it as the jewel in Dunedin's crown, and today the city council unveiled a possible future for Ocean Beach.

Covering more than three kilometres from St Clair to St Kilda, the… Video, Audio

It's hoped a million-dollars worth of stabilistation work will start shortly on Dunedin's second-oldest castle. Construction on Cargill's Castle began in 1875, a few years after the city's perhaps… Audio

Work has finally begun in Dunedin on a memorial to prominent pacifist Archibald Baxter. The project has been nearly 10 years in the making, and it's hoped the national memorial on the George Street… Audio

Prepare for a rude welcome - that's the message to Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins ahead of a meeting about toxic levels of lead being found in the drinking water of two coastal Otago towns.

People in… 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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Residents in two East Otago towns are frustrated they do not know when they can drink water out of their taps and not a tanker.

Yesterday people in Waikouaiti and Karitane were told to stop drinking… Video, Audio

Residents in two coastal towns near Dunedin are being warned not to drink their tap water due to lead contamination.

The water in Waikouaiti and Karitane is not fit to drink, cook or prepare food… Video, Audio

Geneticist Neil Gemmell is calling for a wastewater monitoring system to find hidden Covid-19 clusters and people who could be asymptomatic carriers of the disease. Professor Gemmell is part of a… Audio

For the better part of 30 years, Yvonne Sutherland's shop and studio has been a must-stop on the Otago Peninsula. She's the creator of Happy Hens - brightly coloured, hand-painted ceramic hens of… Audio, Gallery

Erik's Fish and Chips in Queenstown and Wanaka is running a reading challenge for local children. Audio

Julie Woods was 31 when she was diagnosed with the condition that would cause her to go legally blind. Born with perfect eye-sight, she was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration when she was 18. Audio

A pig trotting around Dunedin sounds like a curly tale, but locals say they are telling no porkies, and they have got evidence to prove it.

And they say it is not the first time the pig has hogged… Video, Audio

It's been 50 years since Dunedin Craig Scott was on top of the New Zealand music charts and just about as famous as you can be in this country. His smash hit, Star Crossed Lovers spent four weeks at… Audio

Dr. Ron Palenski's new book, Our Game: New Zealand Rugby at 150 offers a fresh take on the beginnings of the game of rugby in this country, with the veteran scribe offering new evidence of a game that… Audio

Dame Lois Muir has contributed to a fascinating new book that looks into leadership and team culture, Will to Win, New Zealand netball greats on team culture and leadership. She shares some of the… Audio

The change at the top of the National Party's hierarchy and the nation's overall progress under Alert Level 2 are on the agenda for this week's panel discussion, which includes guests Linda Clark and… Audio