Otago

Almost 1000 people have been vaccinated at the first day of a pop-up clinic targeting young Māori and Pasifika in Dunedin.

Dunedin police are reminding people a lack of preferred chips at the local supermarket is not a reason to travel outside your neighbourhood, as dozens flouted lockdown rules over the weekend.

One of the biggest festivals on Queenstown's calendar has been cancelled as a result of yesterday's lockdown announcement.

The group were pulled over in Dunedin and questioning revealed they "didn't know the name of the family member and the meeting took place at the Night 'n Day store"

A handful of people still flouting lockdown rules have kept Dunedin police busy.

A man found with two machete knives in his car while breaching lockdown has been given a warning by Dunedin police.

The prime minister announced the initial 48 hour travel window would be extended by 24 hours until midnight on Friday for flights from Queenstown and sailings on the Cook Strait Ferry.

RNZ has heard reports of toilet paper being cleaned out at some supermarkets and has verified that is the case at Countdown Mailer Street, while bread stocks have taken a hit at Countdown Dunedin…

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is calling for feedback from the community on a plan to increase affordable housing in the area.

Otago's median house price has ballooned over the past couple of years so is owning a home still a possibility?

An Otago woman who poisoned her son with eye drops and nasal sprays while in hospital will never see the child again, the boy's father hopes.

Dunedin's distinctive purple and white Cadbury silos are coming down as demolition of the former chocolate factory continues.

Sheep and cattle graze where whales and dolphins once swam 25 million years ago. Bones from their skeletons are fossilised in cliffs on Grant Neal's farm at Duntroon in North Otago.

It's taken years for a team of dedicated Kurow locals to transform an island in the braids of the river from a messy landfill into a recreational and ecological park.

The sole occupant of the car died in a crash on Ravensbourne Road last night.

Dunedin is expected to need more than 11,000 new homes to cater for its growth by 2050 but the local council predicts it will fall significantly short if changes aren't made.