Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

An intruder apparently tried to gain entry to a house at Drivers Rd, Dunedin, about 9pm on Monday, but ran off when challenged by a resident, police said.

Opposition to the Dunedin City Council's sale of millions of dollars' worth of surplus land is growing, with the second recent sale to emerge infuriating a nearby community theatre.

Allied Press Ltd, publisher of the Otago Daily Times, has announced its purchase of the Oamaru Mail newspaper and its website from the Christchurch Star Company.

Members of the public are likely to have another say on the best way to utilise the Forsyth Barr Stadium, it has been suggested.

More than $1 billion of previously uninsured Dunedin City Council assets are now covered in the event of a major disaster, although questions remain over some details of the new deal, council staff say.

Gordon Greer's hair was much longer in 1966 and he also had ''fewer wrinkles''.