Otago

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will make an official visit to New Zealand this week.

A Jetstar flight from Dunedin to Auckland that was delayed for 21 hours, stranding dozens of passengers, has finally departed.

The Corrections Association wants pepper spray made more accessible for prison guards, as it says it could help prevent assaults on staff.

Damas Flohr, 71, persuaded Dunedin churchgoers to give him $875,000, promising it would unlock more than $30 million overseas.

Passengers on board the Emerald Princess walked around Dunedin's Port Chalmers in dazed shock today, after a crew member died when a gas cylinder exploded on the ship yesterday.

A gas cylinder that exploded, killing a cruise ship employee near Dunedin, sounded like a bomb going off, witnesses say.

There are fears of an oil spill after a fishing vessel ran aground near Holmes Wharf in Oamaru Harbour last night.

A gas cylinder exploded aboard a cruise ship berthed in Otago, hitting and killing a crew member, before flying over the railings onto the wharf below.

A boat has run aground near Holmes Wharf in Oamaru tonight.

The Otago Regional Council has rejected the idea of kick-starting a review of local council structures.

DoC is investigating the unexplained deaths of six adult yellow-eyed penguins and has stepped up its monitoring of Otago penguin sites.

After being put on official notice last year, the Queenstown Lakes District Council has retained its ability to issue building consents.

A diver whose body was found at Sandfly Bay near Dunedin was 35-year-old Michael John Hodges.

A German man charged with attempting to murder his girlfriend by trying to drive a car off a cliff near Cromwell can now be named.

A body found at Sandfly Bay in Dunedin is likely to be that of a diver who went missing yesterday, police say.

A Dunedin city councillor has defended the purchase of Sammy's, saying it is part of the council's core business.

Overcrowding that led to a balcony collapse during a concert at a Dunedin student flat could have been foreseen and prevented, an investigation has found.