Otago

An additional short-term on-call midwife will be hired to cover births in Lumsden, following a meeting aimed at quelling the war of words over maternity services in Northern Southland.

The Army will dispose of an unstable chemical in South Dunedin tomorrow morning by blowing it up, requiring the evacuation of a large number of properties.

A Queenstown builder was so incensed at a tourist who stopped in the middle of the Glenorchy-Queenstown Rd to take a photo he grabbed their keys and threw them into dense bush.

As some rental owners struggle to catch up, Dunedin landlords who have not planned properly for insulation regulation changes are leaving some rental properties empty, the Otago Property Investors'…

A chef in Wanaka will receive a payout of over $86,000 after being unjustifiably sacked while overseas on annual leave and being left stranded at Hong Kong Airport for 36 hours.

Farmers in South Otago are relieved by the mild start to winter, with fears a drought was imminent in the autumn.

Police have found the body of a man in Lake Wakatipu which they believe to be missing Bluff man Matthew Charles Duncan.

Police are using sonar to search Lake Wakatipu for a man who has been missing since Sunday.

The family of a Balclutha mother who died in Christchurch Hospital after being transferred from Dunedin for neurosurgery treatment says the surgeon shortage in the city needs to be addressed.

Two special housing areas near Wanaka, including a controversial land near Lake Hāwea, have been given the green light by Cabinet.

One person was taken to hospital and a freight depot evacuated due to a chemical spill in South Dunedin.

Development levies on a single house built in Kingston, near Queenstown could go as high as $44,000.

Southern cancer patients are waiting months longer than they should to receive potentially life-saving radiation treatment.

Dunedin City Council staff have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the sale of leftover items from the city's Chinese Gardens.

Pain relief was unavailable for the fourth birth in Lumsden since the town's maternity centre was downgraded, even as a Select Committee considered a petition today.