Tess Brunton

Lower Waitaki Plains residents could wait more than a month before any action is taken to remedy their contaminated water.

The lower South Island's only residential village for vulnerable children closes its doors to children and their families for the last time today after first opening in 1941.

The sighting of a wallaby in Dunedin is extremely concerning, the Otago Regional Council says.

Some people with disabilities and their families are still suffering after cuts to support services which were only supposed to have a minor impact.

With the final test match between the All Blacks and Les Bleus only a day away, French rugby supporters have started trickling into Dunedin.

The teenager who booked an Airbnb property for an alcohol-fueled party in Dunedin has been kicked off the site.

A new fly species has been discovered among the mudflats around Aramoana in the lower South Island.

Dunedin Hospital's new gastroenterology department is expected to help a region with one of the highest bowel cancer mortality rates in New Zealand.