Dunedin

Dunedin taxi company Southern Taxis has been ordered to pay four former drivers almost $100,000 in arrears over minimum wages and holiday pay underpayments. The Employment Relations Authority… Audio

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced to delighted Dunedin officials that the city's ambitious waterfront project will get more than $800,000 from the Provincial Growth Fund. Audio

CNN's travel correspondent Lilit Marcus  believes Dunedin is the most underrated city in the country and has more to offer than the usual tourism attractions for overseas guests.  Audio

America television network CNN has labelled Dunedin as New Zealand's most underrated city. With its cheap east, street art, craft beer and live music, Dunedin has "understated cool" apparently.  Audio

Dunedin band Death And The Maiden can count Shayne Carter among their growing number of fans. He invited them to perform at the Silver Scrolls last year, and since then they've released their second… Audio

More than 50 people in Dunedin's art community have pledged to keep professional theatre alive in the city, after it was announced last week that Fortune Theatre was closing. Audio

Outrage and tears followed news of the sudden closure of Dunedin's Fortune Theatre last week. Lynn Freeman checks in with a couple of people from the local theatre community. Video, Audio

Sonia Sly gives her assessment of iD Dunedin Fashion Week held from May 1-6 at the Dunedin Town Hall. The competitors are fashion design students from all over the world - 44 designers, 42… Audio

Nearly 40 people will lose their job after a shock revelation that Dunedin's new hospital will come at the expense of Cadbury World, which is on the same site. Video, Audio

After 400 shows, the theatre is closing effective immediately, leaving 11 staff jobless and the lower South Island without a professional theatre. Video, Audio

Grammy award-winning hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar has announced he’s coming to New Zealand. Video

Around 37,000 people are expected to cram into Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight to mark the beginning of what is expected to be the biggest event in Dunedin since the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Video, Audio

More than 100,000 people will visit Dunedin this weekend for pop star Ed Sheeran's concerts. Ian Telfer is there, and says the city is gripped in Ed Fever. Video, Audio

The world's biggest pop star, Ed Sheeran, will hit Dunedin this week bringing more than 110 thousand people to Forsyth Barr Stadium - almost the population of the city. Sheeran's three shows are… Audio

Cyclists say a flagship cycling project in Dunedin is confusing and in some parts badly designed, but the Transport Agency says it's a work in progress and it isn't due to be finished until October. Video, Audio

A Dunedin man, who credits his dog with helping him recover from paralysis, says it's a miracle that he's been reunited with her, five weeks after the Labrador-Huntaway cross disappeared in wake of a… Video, Audio

The clean-up was under way in Dunedin today, after more than 100mm of rain yesterday caused houses and roads to flood and prompted some evacuations. Video, Audio