The director of the University of Otago's marketing and communications division has been accused of bullying, and creating a 'toxic' environment.

A man is dead after his quad bike apparently crashed in steep terrain in central Otago over the weekend.

The hairy faces of three Otago rugby players were shaved at Dunedin Hospital yesterday to raise about $5000 in funds for the children's ward.

One person has been injured in a single vehicle crash near Lake Hawea in Central Otago.

He received death threats for blowing the whistle on a multi-million dollar defence scam - now a retired US Air Force officer is living a quiet life in Central Otago.

Adventure capital Queenstown has a quiet appeal, writes Cate Foster.

An Alexandra teenager who got drunk on his 18th birthday and started firing his new airgun haphazardly, shooting his good friend in the knee, was sentenced yesterday to four months community detention.

Archaeologists yesterday battled against the tide to rescue 14th century moa bones from a "significant" historical settlement at Awamoa Creek, south of Oamaru.

An "insurmountable" lack of radiologists has forced the Southern District Health Board to relinquish the southern breast-screening service from the middle of next year, the board announced yesterday.

A pair of US tourists had to be rescued by a police search and rescue team after becoming stranded on the banks of the Haast River yesterday afternoon.

Queenstown has a wide range of exciting activities on offer, discover Spy editors Andy Pickering and Ricardo Simich.

Police investigations into the death of an Otago remand prisoner have been stepped up following the involvement of New Zealand's police watchdog in the case.

Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

Elisabeth Easther pays our winter wonderland a visit.

Potentially life-saving technology, first trialled on Dunedin roads, is being installed throughout Otago in another world first.

An Otago teenager is lucky to have escaped serious injury after a fireball erupted when she was cooking in a Pine Hill house on Tuesday.

Two Dunedin youths have been arrested in relation to the theft and mutilation of a pet lamb in the city last month.

Friends helping an Alexandra teenager celebrate his 18th birthday took cover behind a wheelie bin when he became angry and kept reloading and firing his newly-bought airgun at them.

Otago Bowling Club members split more than $200,000 from the sale of grounds among themselves, instead of giving it to community interests.

Police are extremely concerned for the safety of an Oamaru man who was last seen late on Sunday night.