Otago

The jury in the trial of a young cleaner accused of murdering his supervisor in a Dunedin car park has just been sent out to deliberate.

Eleven pieces of evidence add up to prove a young Dunedin cleaner murdered his supervisor, the Crown has argued.

Ngāi Tahu has bought a horse trekking business in Glenorchy to add to its tourism portfolio.

A Dunedin quarry company does not have a current resource consent to take stone from an iconic hill, the Environment Court has ruled.

Two people dressed as clowns have been arrested in Dunedin following reports they were threatening people with weapons.

A second company says it wants to build a five-star hotel in Dunedin, just two weeks after a developer announced similar plans.

A confirmed case of measles in Queenstown has prompted calls for people in the area to check if they have been vaccinated.

A freight train has lost some of its wagons, which have broken free and blocked part of State Highway 1 in South Otago.

Orchard waste from around Central Otago feeds millions of composting worms at Robbie Dick's worm farm in Cromwell. The worms convert tonnes of edible waste into castings manure, an organic compost…

A driver who fled police in Nelson earlier today was picked up by police north of Dunedin, hundred of kilometres away

Former Whanganui mayor Michael Laws says winning a seat on the Otago Regional Council - by a margin of five votes - is a bittersweet victory.

Home-and-land packages on offer to entice people to move to the South Otago town of Kaitangata have been snapped up, an organiser says. Audio

New Zealand Rugby has turned down a request to help fund a statue of Richie McCaw, which is being planned for the North Otago town where he began his career.