Stories by Tim Brown

Dunedin City Council is consulting residents on the St Clair to St Kilda Coastal Plan as it grapples with how to balance the needs and desires of locals, with the threat of climate change.

Orientation Week is underway at the University of Otago - a source of trouble for Dunedin in previous years.

A Queenstown housing trust is offering apartments for as low as $200,000 - but there's a catch.

A deal has been struck to speed up the removal of aluminium dross from Mataura's paper mill.

Films such as Scarfies haven't enhanced the reputation of Dunedin's housing stock but some Kāinga Ora tenants have no concerns as they move into newly refurbished apartments.

A former Dunedin Airport aviation security officer who planted a fake bomb days after the Christchurch terror attack has been jailed.

Researchers will today begin the excavation of parts of the historic Drybread Cemetery in Central Otago in a bid to locate unmarked graves.

The Dunedin City Council is staying tight-lipped about its plans for the possible purchase of the Foulden Maar mining site.

A group fighting against development of Wānaka Airport claims the airport's owners are not being upfront with the community about its plans.

A former Dunedin Airport aviation security officer is on trial after a bomb hoax shut down the facility in March last year.

Queenstown Lakes councillors have supported Queenstown Airport's promise not to increase the number of aircraft into Queenstown or develop Wānaka Airport before July 2023.

Queenstown Lakes councillors will decide today whether to sign off Queenstown Airport's plans for the next three years.

Some fishing companies are being accused of overlooking qualified and competent New Zealanders in favour of bringing in foreign crews who will work in harsher conditions for less money.

The University of Otago and Southern Cemeteries Archaeology will excavate parts of Drybread Cemetery next month to uncover unmarked graves at the Central Otago site.

There is renewed hope the Southland town of Mataura may finally be freed of the burden of more than 10,000 tonnes of potentially toxic waste.

Fifty-one people were slain by the mosque terrorist - brutality on such an unprecedented scale in this country made the perpetrator's sentence inevitable, RNZ reporter Tim Brown writes.

The man who carried out the mosque attacks in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 has been sentenced to a life in prison and will never leave jail.

The loss of the 51 people who were killed in 15 minutes at two Christchurch mosques resonated around the world as they left behind 34 spouses, 92 children and more than 100 siblings. These are their… Video

This afternoon the final victims of the mosque shooting spoke to the court. Just before the court adjourned for the day, it was confirmed the shooter would not speak in his own defence.

The mosque gunman has been dismissed as an "insignificant killer" in the High Court at Christchurch this morning.

Little Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim from the Christchurch mosque attacks, used to run around his family's home pretending to be a police officer.

A former Christchurch city councillor, who is supporting mosque attack victims in court, says it has been a "cathartic" experience for people to let out 18 months of hurt and anger.

Dozens of victims have now recalled the day "the devil" visited their places of worship.

An Imam from Linwood Islamic Centre has recalled the moment a gunman opened fire on the worshippers in prayer.

The High Court will hear from further victims of the Christchurch terror attack this morning.