More than a quarter of ear, nose and throat patients who need surgery are being turned away from the overloaded Dunedin Hospital department, a letter released under the Official Information Act shows.

A woman who complained about drunk and disorderly Dunedin students says she's been harassed in person and online since appearing on TV.

From wildlife to heritage to chocolate, Peter Feeney finds plenty of reasons to extend your visit to Dunedin.

Motat's clever use of te reo has seen it receive top honours at the ServiceIQ 2015 New Zealand Museum Awards in Dunedin.

Dunedin police are investigating after a Palmerston baby was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A truck has jack-knifed near Dunedin this morning closing city-bound lanes on State Highway 1.

A man who sparked an armed manhunt and a police car chase in Dunedin was captured last night.

A fugitive who went on the run in Dunedin has been found after eluding police for much of the day.

Police failed to protect Katherine Webb and her children, Bradley and Ellen Livingstone, an inquest heard today.

Bradley and Ellen Livingstone were "reluctant" and "nervous" ahead of meeting their father under supervision for the first time, the coroner's court has heard.

Edward Livingstone deliberated before making the decision to kill his children, an inquest has heard.

Changes have been made to the way Southern police handled cases of family violence after the deaths of Bradley and Ellen Livingstone.

The police prosecutor in charge of Edward Livingstone's second protection order breach has conceded mistakes might have been made in the way police handled the case.

A harrowing statement from Katharine Webb to police has revealed the horrific minutes leading up to her children's deaths.

The duplicity of Edward Livingstone has emerged during the coroner's inquest into the death of himself and his children.

An engine issue grounded a Christchurch-bound flight at Dunedin International Airport yesterday, but Air NZ has kept tight lipped about the problems.

Four students were arrested and a stereo seized from a drunken party in Dunedin yesterday.

New University of Otago research is providing the most comprehensive picture of the nearly 40million-year-long evolutionary history of baleen whales.

A bizarre, self-amputating, vertical swimming, serpent-like marine specimen has washed up on the salt marsh at Aramoana in Dunedin.

Watch: a highlights package of the Ultimate Waterman even at Pinnacle surf break off Potato Point at Purakaunui.

A truck driver has been praised after deliberately steering his out-of-control truck and trailer into a bank as it hurtled down a steep bank.

Dunedin Venues Management Ltd has apologised for a ticketing mix-up which resulted in an Alexandra couple barely being able to see Rod Stewart.

A castle, gardens and penguins give the student town of Dunedin a more refined air, finds Sam Wicks.

Tuatara have hatched in the wild in the South Island for possibly the first time in several hundred years, experts say.

An 88-year-old man called up for jury service said he would probably have slept through most of the trial.

With the full name of Abergavenny Sunny, and a pedigree status as a seal tabby Birman, Sunny the cat is a creature of some dignity and grace.