Stu Oldham

Dunedin electrician Brad Latimer joined the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to save sharks in tropical waters but ended up pulling bits of Ady Gil out of the Southern Ocean.

Jessica Jensen expected an explosive week at the Otago University Advanced School Sciences Academy and, after plunging her hand in alcohol, she got what she expected.

A Dunedin wind turbine company has given itself a March 31 deadline to get the cash it needs to manufacture turbines for the national and international markets.

The first blades for a dozen turbines to be installed at TrustPower's Mahinerangi wind farm will arrive for the site this morning.

Helen Laidlaw started playing golf at Dunedin's Chisholm Park Golf Club when she was 18 and, apart from a 15-year stint in Christchurch, Invercargill and Waiouru until 1964, has been a member ever since.

Dunedin's world cup fan zone might be shifted to the Forsyth Barr Stadium after the Dunedin City Council decided not to have it in the Octagon.

A binding public referendum has been proposed as a safety mechanism to allay public concerns over feared privatisation of Dunedin's water.

The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (HPT) has been challenged to help the Dunedin City Council beef up a council-administered heritage fund.

A fund to help Dunedin people pay their electricity bills has escaped the knife.