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Dunedin police are appealing to the public for any information following a fatal crash on SH1 near Allanton.

Heavy rain is expected to pelt parts of the South Island, putting the dampener on plans for the long weekend.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck 15km east of the Marlborough town of Seddon. More than 1200 people reported it to GeoNet after feeling the...

Layla Bailey-McDowell of RNZ Dr Sidney Wong. Photo: Otago University A researcher and computational linguist says the government's push to make English an official language in New Zealand raises a question of "what exactly is English being protected…

The council's Ōtākaro Avon River corridor regeneration committee has put out a request for information from housing providers on some edges of the red zone.…

Heavy rain is expected to pelt parts of the South Island, putting the dampener on plans for the long weekend.

Novak Djokovic's latest bid to capture a record 25th Grand Slam title is in tatters, after a stunning third-round defeat by Brazilian teen sensation Joao Fonseca in an entertaining epic at the French Open.

Harbour and Kaikorai turned on the heat in the latest round of the Dunedin division 1 club rugby competition. Both teams cracked the half-century...

Police keep an eye on the group in George St this afternoon. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN Police were called after a group of young people appeared to get into a scuffle in Dunedin's main street.

Craig Moller took a punt on basketball 10 years ago and it proved to be an inspired move.

Raylene Bates (left), pictured with thrower Holly Robinson, was Team New Zealand chef de mission for the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Raylene Bates is never far from the track.

Sea lions pictured at Hoopers Inlet last month. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN The death of a sea lion pup hit by a vehicle in Dunedin comes as no surprise and it is lucky there have not been more, a conservationist says.

Two code of conduct complaints have been wrapped up but a Gore councillor’s alleged use of homophobic language is still under consideration, the...

PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Leanne Pryde, of Dunedin, gets outside at Forrester Park yesterday with her 3-month-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Rip, ahead of this weekend’s Dogs New Zealand and Waikouaiti Kennel Association Dog Show.

Brianne West and friends on her Canterbury lifestyle block. PHOTO: TIM CRONSHAW Brianne West has a new lineup of plastic-free businesses blossoming but that’s not everything she is growing, Tim Cronshaw writes.

PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Otautau, located 40km north west of Invercargill, is a small farming, forestry and milling town sitting on the bank of the Aparima river.

Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Saturday, May 30.

A couple of regional councillors who usually come from very different sides of the political spectrum have come together to urge support for the...

Otago Polytechnic master of architecture students Hudson Ross (left) and Ryno von Wielligh. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A "quietly powerful synthesis of landscape, colour and environmental stewardship" has won an Otago Polytechnic architecture student a major award…

Mau Te Rangimarie Clark. Photo: Supplied Despite Māori experiencing eating disorders — in some cases, at higher rates than non-Māori — Māori-led approaches to treatment pathways and national policy-making are being "significantly underused", new Otago-led…