Fire at Queenstown hotel

Firefighters are battling a destructive blaze at Queestown's Heartland Hotel.

8:46 PM  A fire is spreading through a Queenstown hotel.

Flatmates 'spooked' after naked burglar

Police arrested a naked and bleeding man in Dunedin's student quarter. (File photo)

The three tenants of a Dunedin student flat have temporarily moved out after a late-night incident involving a naked burglar.

Guilty of causing crash

A Kiwi sportswoman pleaded guilty in the Queenstown District Court to careless driving. (File photo)

A well-known sportswoman has admitted injuring a man in a car crash near Queenstown.

Man chips 'teeth' sculpture video

Gary Hughes says he chipped one of Dunedin's Harbour Mouth molars because he was angry the council spent money on them.

A man has filmed himself chipping a controversial sculpture and then posted it on Facebook.

Makarora barn and house fire out

Fire crews have extinguished a hay barn and house fire in Makarora and a large hedge fire in Tinwald near Ashburton on ...

A hay barn and house fire in Makarora in the Queenstown-Lakes District has been extinguished.

Queenstown botanist Neill Simpson, 85, initiated and runs a successful programme to bring native flora and fauna back to ...
Labour made the building of a new Dunedin Hospital a campaign pledge in the lead up to 2017's general election.
The Otago Regional Council office building in Dunedin.
Wild weather and caused a tree to 'hug' a car in Bishopdale, Christchurch, on Wednesday.
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