Ian Telfer

Dunedin's annual fringe arts festival has taken over the city giving thousands of people a glimpse of new artists and their sometimes out-there ideas. Audio

The oil industry says New Zealand needs to keep the faith until potentially massive reserves are found off the southern coast. Audio

A heated meeting of Otago and Southland sheep breeders has unanimously rejected an AgResearch plan to shift most of its scientists from Invermay near Dunedin. Audio

The oil company Anadarko says it is now very unlikely to drill a follow-up exploration well off the Otago coast. The Texan company has spent a month and 150-million-dollars drilling a deepwater hole… Audio

Anadarko unlikely to test drill another Otago oil hole; Interpol identify stolen passport holders; Shane Jones takes issue with the Green party; GCSB denies it had help from NSA in shaping NZ law; Sex… Audio

A 100-million-dollar luxury hotel for Dunedin's waterfront has won a new lease of life nine months after being skittled, though what shape it takes is wide open to change. Audio

A South Otago mayor says trouble at a major sawmilling company could hit as much as five percent of his district's workforce. Audio

Fisher and Paykel is expanding its Dunedin design centre and hiring an extra 73 staff, helped by a two million investment by the city's council. Audio

A hundred people turned up to a meeting in Dunedin today, organised by the Labour Party to discuss a string of problems at the Southern DHB. Audio

The historic home of New Zealand's most popular beer has been secured with a forty-million dollar upgrade. The Prime Minister John Key yesterday officially opened the redeveloped Speight's Brewery in… Audio

An East Otago community board is calling for an impact report on the planned closure of the country's largest gold mine at Macraes. Audio

The country's largest gold mine at Macraes in East Otago says it has had to cut back to survive but is still a long way from closure. Audio

Otago regional councillors have pulled back from publicly supporting offshore oil and gas exploration after being warned that taking a stand would be illegal. Audio

The Tertiary Education Union says Otago University's sponsorship of the Highlanders rugby team is a poor gimmick which is bad for education. Audio

Otago has become the first university to sponsor a super rugby team, signing a two year deal with the Highlanders who narrowly dodged the wooden spoon in last year's competition. Audio

A drilling ship that failed to find oil or gas in deep water off Taranaki is now heading to its next exploration spot and another round of action by protest boats. Audio

Dunedin's leaders are buzzing about a group of Chinese and other foreign investors who want to build a 60 million dollar international school in the city. Audio

A judge says a man jailed for defrauding his fellow church-goers out of more than eight hundred thousand dollars manipulated their Christian values. Audio

It's been revealed Dunedin's 230-million-dollar stadium will never pay its way, prompting the city council to order a full ground-up review, including looking at privatising it. Audio

Govt promises more money for top teachers and principals; Education Minister on today's announcement; Our education correspondent has more; Biosecurity staff check for more fruitflys in Whangarei… Audio