25 Jun 2025

Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 25 June 2025
First Jetstar flight arrives in Dunedin

Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton

A Dunedin mother and son lived in a cold, dark and wet Kainga Ora house for nearly a week after a hot water cylinder burst, trans Tasman flights to Dunedin have returned, and the government is providing $15 million for a solar farm on Stewart Island with the hope of reducing steep power prices.

RNZ reporter in Dunedin covering Otago and Southland.