Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

The discovery of a child's toy wrapped in tape sparked a bomb scare at a popular Dunedin scenic drive.

Fire crews battled through the night to put out a blaze at a house in Northeast Valley.

A 90-year-old war veteran targeted by ''gutless'' teenage burglars says at their age he was fighting for his country.

Mayor Dave Cull (front row, left), Reading Entertainment managing director Australia and New Zealand Wayne Smith, Dunedin Cinema complex manager Henry-Stewart Landsborough, Queenstown complex manager Rebekah Moore and New Zealand operations manager Mark Kendrick celebrate the opening of Reading's Dunedin cinema complex last night.

The Dunedin City Council has taken another step towards a trial closure of the lower Octagon to vehicles, despite councillors being divided over whether the move will be the end - or the saviour - of some city retailers.

Cars are a lot tougher to cut through than they used to be.