Tess Brunton

North Otago gold mine OceanaGold has unveiled a fully electric excavator and the race is on to secure a water supply for the Otago town of Lawrence.  Audio

The Dunedin City Council ran its first dog safety session in 2007, but it's paws-itively expanded this year to teach more schools, Tess Brunton reports. Audio

A rat-plagued Dunedin supermarket had caught more rodents since an infestation forced it to temporarily close its doors.

Woolworths South Dunedin, formerly a Countdown, was closed for nearly three… Audio

The Dunedin City Council has voted to take a proposed 17.5 percent rates hike for the coming year to the public. Tess backgrounds what is driving the rise. The council is also considering a proposal… Audio

Museums and galleries say they're up against the wall and cuts and closures are coming if they don't get more support.

Most survive on local council grants and their own fundraising but that money is… Audio

Time now to head to the regions and today we're getting the latest from Otago with RNZ reporter Tess Brunton Audio

Customers are returning to Dunedin South's Countdown store for the first time in more than two weeks after a rodent issue forced its closure. There have been 24 rats captured since the10th of… Audio

Countdown Dunedin South has just reopened after being closed for days because of a rat problem.

In a statement out Wednesday morning Woolworth stores director Jason Stockill thanked customers of the… Audio

Tess has the latest from Southland Civil Defence on the major erosion issues threatening properties in Bluecliffs village. Audio

Organisers say Southern Field Days is back and better than ever with a record number of exhibitors.

The biennial event in Waimumu, in the Gore District, was cancelled twice during the pandemic.

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Pest controllers have trapped close to 20 more rats since Friday at a South Dunedin supermarket, which remains closed for cleaning and monitoring. It comes as a new video shows a mouse scurrying… Audio

Southland residents are worried their homes and baches at a small beach community will be swept into the Waiau River as swift waters claw into the banks.

A local state of emergency has been declared… Audio

Tess Brunton updates the situation at Bluecliffs in Southland Audio

Thousands of competitors are preparing to test their skills at the Masters Games in Dunedin, in events ranging from squash to jigsaw puzzle racing.

The 35th Games kick off on Saturday with… Audio

Time to discover the goings on in the Otago and Southland neighbourhood with RNZ reporter Tess Brunton. Audio

Dunedin is preparing to grow, with a plan for more housing developments and industrial land, and a more sustainable future.

The draft Future Development Strategy proposes how and where Dunedin should… Audio

Police are investigating the sudden death of a man whose body was found at a Dunedin property on Monday morning.

Emergency services were called to the scene on Hillary Street in Liberton in the… Audio