Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

Erosion threatening the "entire existence" of Dunedin's largest rugby club has prompted the club's chairman to ask for new grounds.

Call it the confusing case of the mystery million.

It is unclear when a Dunedin hotel will reopen after a major fire gutted a room and caused significant damage to several floors on Monday night.

Students fear Knox College's traditions are under attack, after the Presbyterian Church moved to ban initiation ceremonies, scrap elitist symbols and tighten rules on alcohol.

Non-students living in North Dunedin flats have been blamed by the University of Otago for a marked increase in the numbers of fires being lit last year in the student quarter.

Dunedin film-maker Robert Sarkies is hoping for a successful double bill today.