Ian Telfer

The developers planning a controversial hotel on Dunedin's waterfront are going to court to try to overturn the city council's opposition. Audio

The Dunedin City Council is to raise rates by four percent, double what the rise could have been if it wasn't speeding up the debt repayments on its controversial 200-million dollar stadium. Audio

River flood waters are receding as the heavy rain starts to ease, but some North Otago residents still face a massive clean up after three back-to-back rain fronts since Saturday. Audio

Locals who live along the banks of the Kakanui River say they've seen the waterway higher but never flowing so strong - after a two-day deluge in the region. Audio

Floodwaters are waist-deep in parts of Christchurch tonight while Dunedin remains isolated to the north and many Otago rivers are at record levels. Audio

The IT industry says the botched roll-out of Novopay was a failure of management, not technology. Audio

The head of a new high-tech disease containment laboratory in Dunedin says New Zealand has been slow to embrace the technology. Audio

Opponents of plans to dam Otago's last wild river says a split two-to-one court decision is enough for them. Audio

The Otago University Students' Assocation is making a last-ditch effort to save one of the oldest and best known students pubs from closing at the end of the week. Audio

A groundbreaking study released by Otago University today says the health dangers from over-crowded housing are much clearer than anyone realised and helps explain the disproportionate number of Maori… Audio

Opponents of a 28-storey waterfront hotel in Dunedin are celebrating a decision NOT to award it resource consents. Audio

Dunedin is about to find out the fate of a controversial luxury hotel planned to tower over the city's waterfront. Audio

Business owners at Dunedin's St Clair waterfront are beginning to fear for their buildings as sink holes in the esplanade continue to grow. Audio

In Dunedin there are warnings of black ice, following yesterday's snow dump of up to 10 centimetres in the hill suburbs. Audio

Dunedin's hill suburbs have been shut down today by a snow storm which caused dozens of accidents and trapped cars on some highways. Audio

A strong bitterly cold southwesterly flow is delivering frequent snow showers to the far south of the country, with snow falling to sea level. Audio

A former top mines inspector and the Greens have joined Pike River families in calling for the Labour Department to be prosecuted over the mine disaster that killed 29 men. Audio

Protestors angered by plans by the oil company Shell to drill a deep-water test well off the Otago-Southland coast today shut down a meeting the company called to update community representatives. Audio

As the Prime Minister, John Key, tours China, Dunedin is about to sign its own agreement aiming to hitch the city's fortunes to the Asian giant. Audio

Recreational divers in Dunedin are in uproar over a Ministry for Primary Industries proposal to allow commercial paua harvesting along part of the Otago Peninsula, currently a protected area Audio