Otago

The Otago Chamber of Commerce says small to large businesses will feel the benefit of faster broadband in the region. Audio

The lead police investigator into the death of prisoner Jai Davis says he died unnecessarily because of failings by the Otago prison. Audio

After a year-long social media battle between towns up and down the country, Dunedin has been crowned the ultimate winner of the Gigatown broadband competition. Audio

A kaupapa Maori programme is helping students to excel in studies at otago university. Te Koronga is part of the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise and started about a year and a half… Audio

An inquest into an Otago prisoner's death has learned of a dispute between a corrections officer and prison nurses over procedures. Audio

The manager of an Otago prison at the time a prisoner died of a suspected overdose has confirmed for the first time no doctor was told the man was being put in an at-risk cell. Audio

A former partner of a prisoner who died from a suspected drug overdose has given evidence he was trying to smuggle in a bottle of pills for gang associates. Audio

Otago prison and police intelligence officers have been under pressure at the inquest into a prisoner to explain who knew of a plan to smuggle in concealed drugs. Audio

One of the biggest inquests in years into the death of a prisoner opens in Dunedin today. 30-year-old Jai Davis died in February 2011 of a suspected drug overdose at the Otago Prison. Audio

Mozart Fellow at Otago University, Hamilton composer Jeremy Mayall talks about collaborating with writers, film makers and other musicians, plus the upcoming premiere of new works amidst butterflies… Audio

We talk to a man in Oamaru who has a converted chicken coup with 8 Ferrari sports cars inside. Rod Tempero started off building motorbikes, ambulances and fire trucks with his father but has sinced… Audio

Six-thousand runners are gearing up for the inaugural Queenstown International Marathon tomorrow. Audio

An option for the Dunedin City Council to knock down or mothball the controversial Forsyth Barr Stadium has been labelled as ridiculous. Audio

A Dunedin City Council report has looked into demolishing the city's covered rugby stadium built for 200 million dollars just three years ago. Audio

In the strongest push yet for controls on foreign drivers, a southern coroner is calling for more police powers to get unsafe motorists off the road, and for tougher tests by rental companies. Audio

The hearings into a plan change to rapidly expand downtown Queenstown with highrise buildings, and pave the way for a convention centre got underway today, with an opening shot from a resident who… Audio

A botanist, planner, zoologist and entomologist collaborated in a survey of Dunedin gardens to find out how well native biodiversity fares in cities Audio

The Southern District Health Board is likely to pull out of the day to day running of Queenstown's Hospital in favour of a local trust to run the facility. Audio

A Central Otago constable who filmed a girl in a shower using his police issue iPhone has pleaded guilty. Audio