Latest from Otago

Missing river rafters found safe and well
Two 22-year-olds who failed to report from a rafting trip on the Taieri River in Otago have been found safe and well.

South Island skifields: A ticket to slide
Tourists heading for the snow this winter will be able to get extra flexibility from a scheme run by South Island skifields.

'The bike path is shite' -Tamaki Drive's deadly course (+ crash map)
Sarah Payne knows exactly where her best friend, Jane Bishop, made the fateful decision...

Queenstown: Romantic escape
The elegant charm of lakeside Queenstown brings on an old-fashioned feeling of serenity for this lucky couple.

Otago's mystery naked would-be triathlete
Police in Wanaka are determined to "get to the bottom" of a series of incidents involving a naked man engaging in...

Dairy Holdings shareholders buy out remaining investors
Shareholders of Dairy Holdings Ltd, which owns 58 dairy farms in the South Island, have bought shares owned by the collapsed South Canterbury Finance.

Good Samaritan helps save toddler but loses car in harbour
A good Samaritan who helped rescue a mother and her toddler from Otago Harbour yesterday watched...

'It's not me' - Wizard can't magic away mystery debt
They've no idea what to make of the strange people who have appeared on the far riverbank....

Olveston House, Dunedin
This Jacobean mansion was designed by London architect Sir Ernest George, and broke all the rules in colonial innovation.

Dunedin: Hi-tech edge to Southern history
Dunedin's lesser-known stately home is surprisingly progressive as well as pretty, finds Kate Roff.

Boy freed after Octagon 'occupation'
Dozens of waiting cruise ship passengers and an Occupy Dunedin protester or two applauded when...