Otago
Threats made to schools in NZ, Australia
A number of schools in New Zealand and Australia received threatening calls today, with several in this country evacuated.
Moeraki road toll 'just adding up'
A council in North Otago is calling on NZTA to urgently upgrade the safety of a deadly stretch of SH1.
Abuse claims at Dunedin school a witch-hunt - parent
Allegations of abuse at a special needs school in Dunedin are misguided, say some parents.
Parents say Sara Cohen allegations a massive witch-hunt
Parents at a Dunedin special school which allegedly abused and secluded its pupils say the claims are a massive beat up. Audio
A little book just about Dunedin
Foodie Judith Cullen and art gallery owner and photographer Michelle Chalkin Sinclair have just published a book called Dunedin Fonebook, showcasing "everything delicious and colourful" about the… Audio, Gallery
BNZ to close Otago University branch
BNZ has announced it is closing its branch at the University of Otago, and up to five staff could be made redundant.
Some waterfront Dunedin properties drop in value
Some Dunedin residents in the sought-after seaside suburb of St Clair have been surprised to learn the capital value of their properties has dropped by more than $100,000. Audio
One dead in Otago crash
One person is dead and another is critically injured after a four-car crash near Moeraki.
Man criticised over disability launches political party
A Dunedin man who was told he shouldn't run for council because of his disability has launched a new political party.
Check your letterbox for drugs, Otago residents told
Central Otago residents are being told to check mailboxes of empty holiday homes for hard drugs after two recent drug busts in the district.
Avian disease kills yellow-eyed penguin chicks
Avian diptheria has killed one in three yellow-eyed penguin chicks in the two colonies on the Moeraki Peninsula.
Hard work bears fruit across generations
Fruit growing roots run deep in the Gilchrist family – with Jack joining forces with his grandad John to become a fifth-generation orchardist on the slopes of the mighty Clutha River. Audio
Hard work bears fruit across generations
Fruit growing roots run deep in the Gilchrist family – with Jack joining forces with his grandad John to become a fifth-generation orchardist on the slopes of the mighty Clutha River.
AudioMayor furious with Lincoln University over Telford cuts
Lincoln University's plans to cut 17 jobs from its Telford Campus in Clutha have outraged the local mayor.
Train drivers cancel strike notice
The union for Dunedin railway workers has called off an impending strike, it says.
How to catch a kiwi
At the Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin, conservation staff have been running around the bush trying to catch Kiwi to send to a predator free island. Video, Audio
Queenstown faces a Kaikoura-style disaster
Hundreds of tourists have been trapped in Kaikoura - but 10,000 would be trapped in Queenstown if a quake struck there. Ian Telfer reports. Audio
The disenchanted-DIY chic of the ‘Dunedin’ sound
Bands in 1980s Dunedin took the anger of British punk and melded it with a Kiwi-DIY aesthetic to create the primitive, but powerful, ‘Dunedin’ sound – the sound of ‘making do’. Audio
Otago coastal settlements evacuated after tsunami warning
A state of emergency was declared in Dunedin for the first time in 36 years following this morning's earthquake. Hundreds of people were evacuated to higher ground. Audio
