Rosie Manins

Dunedin will be temporarily without a leading naval officer when Lieutenant-commander Ian Marshall deploys to South Korea this week.

A lifetime of learned discipline is being temporarily reversed by Dunedin's George Street Normal School pupils, who are using a commercial vehicle as their painting canvas.

Southern police will be closely monitoring traffic on Otago roads during Easter, when they expect large numbers of people to travel throughout the region.

The Otago Corrections Facility is one of New Zealand's worst-performing prisons and needs improvement, according to a new Government ranking system.

Otago tourism operators are gearing up for their best chance at showing off the region's activities, accommodation and attractions to hundreds of national and international delegates at Trenz 2013 in Auckland.

Dunedin police were forced to use pepper spray against two dogs fighting in the middle of Princes St yesterday morning.

Drunken disorder in the student quarter is being exacerbated by police and council intervention, university students and Castle St residents say, citing a Saturday night incident as a classic example.

More than 30 tabby cats and kittens are settling into their new Dunedin homes following a successful Tabby-A-Thon at SPCA Otago over the weekend.

This year's millinery influence at iD Dunedin Fashion Week continues to inspire budding hat-makers.

Dunedin musician Lisa Tui performs in the Sanctuary Sirens concert at Orokonui Ecosanctuary on Saturday afternoon.