Otago

More than 300 cars were reported driving dangerously at a Western Bay of Plenty road gathering Saturday night, with one person arrested and a pedestrian injured.

Archaeologist have learned more about the early settlers in a gold mining town after examining their graves and exhumed remains. Audio

Further job cuts are likely as the university grapples with a drop in enrolments and growing costs.

National's ex-candidate Stephen Jack has lashed out at the media after resigning, accusing it of "woke stupidity" and "character assassination" which destroyed his political ambitions.

Otago landowners are fighting to stop their properties from being rezoned, saying tougher flood hazard rules could make them uninsurable and unsellable.

A previously unknown population of Clutha flatheads has been found in Central Otago thanks to DNA technology.

Police say the shooting which seriously injured a former Green Party candidate was an isolated incident, despite it being the fourth Dunedin firearms incident in two months.

Health bosses desperate to recruit new cancer doctors will need to sell them on cramped spaces and shuttling up and down the street most days.

A prominent Dunedin activist and former Green Party candidate seriously injured in a shooting incident has been named.

A person has been found dead after reportedly going overboard from a boat off the coast of South Dunedin.

Police inquiries are continuing to determine where a seriously injured man - who flagged down a passing car from a venue later raided by armed officers - was shot.

NASA's super pressure balloon has launched from Wānaka Airport, the first of two missions planned this year.

Residents of two Otago towns will have to continue boiling or conserving water over the weekend.

National's health spokesperson says an additional $10 million in funding for Dunedin Hospital is ultimately returning some of what was previously taken away.

The government has forked out an extra $10 million for the new Dunedin Hospital rebuild just months after making controversial cuts, but has ruled out further large redesigns.

Police are urging drivers to find other ways home if they plan to go out drinking, after a middle-aged Dunedin woman tested nearly six times over the legal limit yesterday afternoon.

Scabies cases are spreading among student populations, but access to treatment is proving difficult, with topical creams in short supply around the country.

A 44-year-old man has been arrested after shots were fired in central Dunedin earlier on Monday, as police continue to search for another man believed involved in the incident.

An endangered native fish is set to benefit from a barrier to protect it from bigger, introduced fish in Central Otago.