Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

A teenage farmhand became an unintentional hero after helping keep a potentially disastrous scrub fire at bay.

As Tamara Cuttriss blacked out and went under the water for the final time, her last thought was: ''This is it. What a waste. I haven't even lived yet.''

A Taieri couple want to thank the motorists who stopped and helped put out a roadside fire which could have caused a ''conflagration'' on their property if it had got out of control.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum public programmes developer Rua McCallum with a replica of a stained-glass window from Kotahitanga Church in Moeraki.

A ''powerful and evocative'' sculpture has set foot in Dunedin.

Timmy the runaway puppy was found yesterday by delighted Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei.