Nigel Benson

He is a master of the dramatic paws.

Eyes will be on the sky in the Octagon tonight when the Dunedin Fringe Festival is launched from above.

Dunedin's long hot summer has led to a total fire ban being declared throughout the city.

A project to preserve the Dunedin coastline cleaned up at the 2013 Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards yesterday. The premier Pod award was won by Our Seas Our Future for its work promoting cleaner, more beautiful coastlines.

New Zealand rhythm and blues singer Aaradhna will be the guest artist for the Paul Simon concert at Forsyth Barr Stadium on April 6.

The ducks were out for the cricket in Dunedin yesterday. The 10.30am start of the first test between New Zealand and England was initially delayed because of bad light.

NHNZ subsidiary NHNZ Moving Images is up against one of the world's largest media organisations in the 2013 Focal International Awards.

Dunedin police are warning inner-city residents to be vigilant, after a spate of burglaries.

Cruise ship passengers must have thought they had berthed in the wrong city at the sight of a Tower of London yeoman warder in the Octagon yesterday.

A Dunedin artist has been invited to show his work at one of the world's most prestigious art exhibitions.