Timothy Brown

The future of water rights in Otago is headed to court today.

Some irrigation rights date back to the gold mining days, but that will change in October when a new regime comes into force.

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Nothing stirs local passions in Dunedin more than the fate and future of their beloved St Clair Beach.

The Dunedin City Council has outlined some possible plans for the beach and the wider coastline… Audio

Orientation Week - or Ori, as it's known - is underway at Otago University.

In years gone by, this meant trouble for Dunedin and its emergency services.

But, as Timothy Brown reports, things are… Audio

Locals have described it as the jewel in Dunedin's crown, and today the city council unveiled a possible future for Ocean Beach.

Covering more than three kilometres from St Clair to St Kilda, the… Video, Audio

Unsafe lead levels have been detected in children's blood tests in east Otago.

This following a contamination scare which has resulted in a do not drink notice and emergency water tankers.

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A Dunedin teenager is butting heads with his high school over his hairstyle.

Lewis O'Malley-Scott's corn-rows were deemed to be extreme by King's High School.

But, as Timothy Brown reports, his… Video, Audio

The government will spend $55 million over the next three years to foster public interest journalism.

Minister for Broadcasting and Media Kris Faafoi announced the contestable fund in Dunedin.

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It's been a long time since a $200,000 mortgage allowed you to buy a property in Queenstown.

But now a local housing trust is offering 25 apartments for the same price that they cost to build.

The… Audio

Residents in the two east Otago towns affected by the water issue will be offered blood tests from next week.

Authorities are still trying to pin down the source of the elevated lead levels in the… Video, Audio

The 8000 tonnes of toxic waste that has been stored in a disused factory in Mataura since 2014 should be gone from the town by the end of April.

Flooding and fire last year in the building where the… Audio

It's been confirmed that eight thousand tonnes of toxic waste will finally be removed from Mataura's disused papermill by the end of April. The ouvea premix releases deadly ammonia gas when it's wet… Audio

It has been a long time coming for the people of Mataura, but finally the town will be rid of the thousands of tonnes of toxic waste, illegally moved into their community.

But while the ouvea premix… Audio

The Labour Party campaigned on keeping the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point open for another three to five years.

But as Christmas approaches, the smelter's 1000 staff go into the holidays uncertain… Audio

Covid-19 has brought an end to the rocketing rental prices in Queenstown and Wanaka but the waiting list for affordable housing continues to grow.

While those on the frontline of what was described… Audio

An independent review has found the country's longest-serving mayor, Sir Tim Shadbolt is struggling to do his job. The review into Invercargill City Council was prompted by the Department of Internal… Audio

Researchers have already uncovered unmarked graves at the 150-year-old Drybread Cemetery in rural Central Otago.

Archaeologists will spend a month excavating parts of the historic cemetery, but… Audio

It's been more than a year since the Dunedin City Council announced its intention to buy 42 hectares of Foulden Maar, a fossil-rich diatomite reserve near Middlemarch.

Locals with an interest in the… Audio

A former Dunedin Airport security worker is accused of orchestrating a bomb scare that shut down the airport in March last year.

Preetam Maid is on trial facing one charge of taking an imitation… Audio

More than 400 foreign fishers are headed to New Zealand to crew deep sea trawlers because Kiwis can't fill the jobs.

A charter flight from Russia will arrive in Christchurch tomorrow, where the first… Audio