Otago
Asbestos found in Dunedin hospital rooms
Patients and staff at Dunedin Hospital, including pregnant women, may have been exposed to asbestos dust. Audio
Asbestos requires action - MP Clark
Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, David Clark is Labour's acting health spokesperson and the MP for Dunedin North. Audio
Asbestos risk at Dunedin Hospital
Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, and staff and patients, including pregnant women, may have been exposed. Ruth Hill reports. Audio
Staff offered unpaid leave for gun threat absence
Otago University is now giving staff who stayed home during a shooting threat the choice of using annual leave or taking the day off as unpaid leave.
Workers concerned about asbestos exposure at Dunedin Hsopital
Radiologists and laboratory workers at Dunedin hospital are worried they may have been exposed to asbestos at Dunedin hospital. Dr Deborah Powell is the Apex Union national secretary and spokesperson… Audio
Botched South Dunedin cycle network scaled back
The Dunedin City Council is scaling back its botched South Dunedin cycle network, saying it will have to do less of it, better. Audio
Asbestos dust in corridors, clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital
Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, and staff and patients, including pregnant women, may have been exposed. Audio
Queenstown Airport - Ewan Wilson
The Chief Executive of Kiwi Regional Airlines, Ewan Wilson says he is disappointed with his company's treatment by Queenstown Airport. Next week the latest airline competitor will take its first… Audio
Vlogging a Haunted House - Ollie Langdon
He's famous for his comedic web videos, and he's taken his latest one to a new extreme. Twenty-year-old YouTube vlogger, Ollie Langdon, tracked down a 'haunted house', and filmed his overnight stay… Audio
Otago faces high fire danger today
A combination of high winds and temperatures will create an extreme fire risk in Otago today. Audio
Otago firefighters on high alert
High winds and warm temperatures forecast today in Otago have firefighters on high alert. Audio
Otago University 'punitive and mean'
Otago University is being called punitive and mean for making staff who stayed home during a shooting threat take the day as annual leave. Audio
Tessa Petersen: Concertmaster
Dunedin violinist Tessa Petersen has just been named Concertmaster of the Southern Sinfonia. She talks to Eva about what the new job involves. Audio
Mayors back Otago jobs fair
A Dunedin jobs day will try to get hundreds of the city's unemployed people into vacancies in South Otago.
Expert on child obesity analyses govts new plan
The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, is defending his plan to tackle child obesity after experts in the field said it does little to tackle fundamental problems. Audio
Waihi mines to be bought by Oceana Gold
Oceana Gold, which runs the Macraes open cast gold mine in north Otago, has been given approval to buy the Waihi mines from Newmont Mining Corporation.
All Blacks fans put French demons to rest
Here come the popular and unpredictable French again, and with them the ghosts of World Cups past.
Lab-in-a-Box takes science to rural NZ
A mobile laboratory in a shipping container has been created in Dunedin to take science to rural communities.
Lab-in-a-Box takes science to the people
A mobile laboratory in a shipping container has been launched in Dunedin to take science to rural people. Otago reporter Ian Telfer was there as the box was opened. Audio
Bullet pierces caravan at Cromwell camp ground
The police are trying to find the person who fired a bullet through a campground caravan narrowly missing a child watching television inside. Audio
