Otago
Public access battle over Queenstown ski fields
Mountaineering and back-country ski groups say they will fight for greater free public access to Queenstown's skifields.
Battle for public access to Queenstown ski fields
Recreational users of South Island mountain areas are joining forces to get better public access to the Coronet Peak ski field. Audio
Lauren Boyle fronts campaign to save school pools
New Zealand's most successful swimmer is to front a campaign to save the nation's school swimming pools. Audio
Oamaru Mail now a free weekly
The daily Oamaru Mail newspaper is being reduced to a once-a-week free community paper.
Two men face threatening to kill charges
Two men have been arrested and are facing charges of threatening to kill and assault after an incident in a small Otago town overnight.
Cycle network to be ripped up after bungle
Dunedin City Council will spend $320,000 to rip up parts of a $6 million cycle network because some vehicles are having trouble maneuvering the new layout.
Opposite Sex- Hamlet
Dunedin's Opposite Sex on Hamlet, the follow up to their enthusiastically received self titled debut. Emma Smith talks with bassist and vocalist Lucy Hunter and guitarist Reg Norris. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 53: Silicon/ Alessia Cara/ Opposite Sex
Kody Nielson as Silicon, Alessia Cara's dreams and Opposite Sex as Hamlet. Audio
Govt spends $3 million on Winter Games
The Government has spent nearly $3 million on the Winter Games, which began yesterday in Central Otago.
Dunedin hoteliers say there's plenty of quality rooms
The manager of Dunedin's Roslyn Apartments explains why Mayor Dave Cull is wrong about the quality accommodation available in Dunedin. Audio
Elderly Drivers - Prof Tim Wilkinson
The death of an elderly pedestrian, hit by a car on Monday, is the third fatality involving elderly motorists in the Mosgiel area in 10 months. Are elderly folk becoming the victims of their own… Audio
Nurses cited over dying woman's care
A woman receiving palliative care at an Oamaru rest home was in so much agony her daughter felt she needed to bring additional pain medication from home. Audio
Proposed job cuts at Oamaru Mail
One of New Zealand's oldest daily newspapers, the Oamaru Mail, is expected to be cut to a weekly paper. Audio
Farley’s Arcade
In 1865 during the heady gold rush years the wild west township of Dunedin officially became a city. This year, the Edinburgh of the South celebrates 150 years since the event. Many of the city's… Audio
Sequencing Taonga Genomes
Dr Peter Dearden and his proposal to sequence 100 so-called Taonga Genomes - the genetic blueprints of New Zealand's most treasured native species. Audio
Body of missing Omarama man found
The body of a 71-year-old Omarama man who has been missing for more than a week has been found.
Playing Favourites with Julian Raphael
Director of Community Music Junction, an organisation which enables people to sing together and learn a range of musical instruments, and founding musical director of the Wellington Community Choir… Audio
Regional Wrap
Frosty conditions have slowed grass growth in the Taihape region, a Wairarapa sharemilker is staying as positive as possible, kiwifruit growers are still winter pruning, Nelson apple and pear… Audio
Simon Over and Michael Collins: Southern Sinfonia
Simon Over is the new Principal Guest Conductor of the Southern Sinfonia. He's enticed fellow Brit, the supremely gifted clarinettist Michael Collins to a date in Dunedin where they'll perform music… Audio
Canterbury and Otago crash victims named
Police have named the two women who died in car crashes in the South Island earlier this week.
