Otago
Central Otago Lakes homes NZ's most unaffordable
Auckland's housing unaffordability crown has been snatched by Queenstown and its neighbours, a report shows.
Central Otago Lakes most unaffordable spot in NZ
Central Otago has overtaken Auckland as the least affordable region to buy a house. Otago Southland reporter Lydia Anderson reports. Audio
20 new families a month needing accommodation in Queenstown
An affordable housing trust in Queenstown says it is being contacted by 20 new families a month needing accommodation and it can't keep up with demand. Audio
Police name Catlins microlight crash victims
Police have named two South Otago locals as the people who died in a microlight plane crash in the Clutha District yesterday.
Take a sad song and make it better
Sean James Donelly, aka SJD, and Julia Deans talk and sing to Kathryn Ryan about those harmonies of heartbreak and hurt you listen to in times of sorrow. Audio
New novel set in the slums of gold rush Dunedin
At the start of Jude Thomas' debut novel Southern Gold, we meet the daughter of a privileged girl, estranged from her family. She chooses to live in a seedy part of 1850s Dunedin to raise her… Audio, Gallery
Dunedin Council takes $20m contract off Delta
The Dunedin City Council has taken a $20.6 million contract to run the city's landfill off one of its companies, and handed it to a private contractor.
Dunedin cable car one step closer to reality
A group planning to reinstate a cable car line in Dunedin after more than 60 years is one step closer to recreating history. Video, Audio
Money bags fall out of security van
Bags of money have fallen out of an armoured security van near Wanaka.
Late Edition for 29 March 2017
A roundup of the day's news on RNZ National. Terrible weather in Queensland, Auckland, and Wellington. Research from the University of Otago's Dunedin Study shows children's exposure to lead is linked… Audio
Dunedin's Aurora Energy to take on Delta workers
Almost 100 employees from Dunedin power lines company Delta will transfer to its sister company Aurora Energy as the two firms separate.
Baldwin St residents say steepest street now a safety risk
The world's steepest street seems to have become a victim of its own success, with residents reporting chaos as tourists block access to their properties and even trampling through their gardens. Audio
Cone of silence around Otago student party
The president of the University of Otago Students' Association Hugh Baird ungags himself to tell us why students are being asked to not talk to media about the famous Hyde St Party. Audio
Dunedin's steep Baldwin Street so popular it's a safety concern, resident says
Things are not all rosy on Dunedin's Baldwin St, with tourists trying to drive heavy vehicles up, venturing onto properties for photos and peering into windows, a resident says.
Fired-up Invercargill residents form ratepayers group
Proposed rate rises, council conflicts of interest and a planned Chinese Garden are issues which have fired some Invercargill residents up so much, they've established a new ratepayers group, as our… Audio
Daughter wants to take over mother's work
Ella Lawton will stand for the Otago Regional Council, for the seat her mother held before her death a fortnight ago.
Swanndri scrubs up well at iD Dunedin Fashion Week
Gumboots met 'tranny boots' at last weekend's iD Dunedin Fashion Week, writes Sonia Sly. Gallery
How to Keep An Alien: Australia To Ireland
We like Irish performers here in New Zealand.
Partly it's because they're terrific - a line of genius from Oscar Wilde, Dave Allen, Father Ted and Dylan Moran.
Case in point: writer-actor-comedienne… Audio
Sonia Sly - iD Dunedin Fashion Week
Sonia Sly is an RNZ producer, runs her own fashion website and presents RNZ's fashion podcast My Heels are Killing Me. She's been attending iD Dunedin Fashion Week. Audio, Gallery
Raising the Baa
Robert Gardyne, a sheep farmer from Oturehua in Central Otago, was crowned lamb Producer of the Decade at the recent Beef and Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards, aka the Glammies. Audio
