Bruce Munro

Thousands of students face mounting financial pressure this year because the Government was not quick enough to help them find summer jobs, New Zealand student union co-president David Do says.

Dunedin parking officers have to issue $2.4 million worth of parking fines each year just to ensure drivers behave, a Dunedin City Council manager says.

The rumour mill is getting out of hand, Mark Thom says, after an alleged arson threat against his Fairfield property.

Raise the bar and Meg McKay will jump over it.

The prospect of a free health centre being open in central Dunedin by Christmas is being lauded by social agencies.

Feeding toddlers more red meat or iron-fortified milk is now a proven and simple way for parents to stop them developing iron-deficiency anaemia, University of Otago researchers say.

Dunedin is leading the way in the urgent fight to prevent catastrophic climate change, local organisers of next Saturday's 350 global day of action say.