'We're in our hour of need': Mayor's grim prediction for Queenstown
One councillor fears Queenstown is at risk of becoming a "boarded-up ghost town".
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Editorial: Lead-contaminated water a national concern
EDITORIAL: A key lesson from Havelock North five years ago seems to have been missed.
Forced drinking and demeaning acts: Students punished for flat hazings
The university's annual disciplinary reports were released yesterday.
Feeling lucky: Harbourmaster's second major Lotto win
The win comes almost four years after winning $500,000 in a Lotto draw.
Otago Uni to investigate staff role in students' placement scam
50 medical students used part of their three-month work placements as holidays in 2019.
Mid-flight drama as engine cuts out on passenger plane
The plane was above Clinton, travelling at about 5000 feet, when the engine stopped.
Otago lead contamination: Blood tests begin for residents
Test results will be returned over the next week or so.
Former maths teacher censured for 'sexual innuendo', drug use chat with students
Teacher discussed sex and drugs with Year 12 students.
Covid-19: Dunedin Railways shutdown partly to blame for council company's deficit
The railway company was put into hibernation as an alternative to closure.
Water contamination scare in Otago: Blood tests to look for elevated lead levels
One test in December that found lead levels were more than 40 times the maximum.
Fears grow for Queenstown's survival
Otago and Southland are among the regions expected to be most affected by Covid-19.
Two cars, quad bike, empty beer bottles and dead protected birds
About 30 protected red-billed gulls were killed by two cars and a quad bike on Saturday.
Otago lead contamination: Council offers free fruit and veg
A no-drink water notice for Waikouaiti and Karitane remains in place.
Children's counselling service struggling to cope
Dunedin's free counselling service for children is struggling to cope as new year begins.
Protected gulls killed by quad bike and cars in the early morning
The incident lasted for hours and killed about 30 protected red-billed gulls.
Burgled family left with 'feeling of violation'
Daisy Howes told her kids the offender had been caught just so they could sleep at night.
Otago lead contamination: 'We're pretty bloody angry'
Upset residents had plenty of questions. Officials couldn't answer all of them.
Lead contamination: Dunedin council to front at public meeting
Mayor Aaron Hawkins backtracks in the face of rising concern over health implications.
Mongrel Mob road trip: Dunedin latest stop in South Island tour
Police keep a close eye on about 30 gang members as they travel through Otago.
Otago graduation threat: Unnamed accused further remanded
The 22-year-old accused woman appeared in court today.
Leadfooted: Residents offered blood tests as council scrambles over contaminated water
Waikouaiti and Karitāne residents offered blood tests following drinking water debacle.
Peak relief: Toilet to be installed on popular Queenstown track
The mountain was dubbed "faecal peak" for the increasing piles of human waste.
Parents' anxious wait: 'No level of lead is safe for a baby'
Elevated levels of lead discovered in Eastern Otago water supply.
Lead in Otago water found at 40 times acceptable levels
Waikouaiti was almost 40 times acceptable levels.
Central Otago fatal plane crash pilot named
Rescuers were hampered by remoteness, fog and low cloud.
Pilot's body retrieved from Otago crash site
Search teams were slogging through rugged central Otago terrain late last night.
Recidivist offender 'sick of nobody paying him attention'
Andrew Kataina'Marii, 44, has a long history of stints behind bars.
River rescue: Woman swept away while swimming airlifted from rocks
Woman swept downstream while swimming in the Kawarau River this afternoon.
Room check: Glacial valleys and chill winds in the nether regions
Forget what you know about camps and compostable toilets.
NZ history curriculum slammed as 'unbalanced'
Draft curriculum proposes 'three big ideas' - all about Māori and colonisation.
Mongrel Mob bikers warned by ferry bosses: Be good
Mighty Mongrel Mob Barbarian MC came from around NZ to gather in Christchurch.
'Senseless, violent death': Meth-fuelled driver jailed for killing passenger
Luke Savigny, 25, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his 32-year-old passenger.
New Netflix show to be filmed in Otago
A new Netflix romance, The Royal Treatment, is due to start filming later this month.
'Horrifying': Towns weren't warned over toxic water because staffer was on holiday
'The water is revolting here'.