Dan Hutchinson

New York is the city that never sleeps, some call Paris the city of love but Dunedin is fast gaining a moniker people can really sink their teeth into - ''Salmon City''.

Members of the salmon fishing fraternity have had their patience tested to the limit as they try out a new salmon trap in the Leith River.

Poor toilet facilities and a lack of wheelchair access at the Dunedin City Library have been criticised by the Dunedin Public Libraries Association at the Dunedin City Council's annual plan hearings.

Dunedin musician Selwyn Campbell reckons he might have one of the first electric guitars ever made in New Zealand.

Toxic mould in a Mosgiel house has made Lil Murdoch's life a misery for the past five months.

A flooded mine shaft that swallowed a Hindon farmer's sheep dog last week is a ''graveyard'' of animal bones, Dunedin geologist John Youngson says.

A mould decontamination specialist says there is a ''definite issue'' with mould in New Zealand homes and that mould is affecting some people quite badly.

A television set recycling programme has proved hugely popular in Dunedin, with more than 4400 TVs handed in to various outlets.

A man and his dog found themselves in deep trouble recently, 12m down an abandoned gold mine.

There are encouraging signs that Dunedin's sewage does not stink any more.