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A Dunedin dog-lover is calling on other ''lazy'' owners to do the right thing and clean up after their pets.

The MP pay rise backtracking is a start, but chief executive pay should also be in the Government's sights, Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran says.

It's every motorist's nightmare - stuck at a red light that refuses to turn green.

Dunedin needs to adjust its attitude if its economy and population is to grow by 2030, a leading agribusiness executive says.

The Dunedin City Council has sold almost a million dollars of oil and gambling shares before a final decision on its ethical investment policy next month.

New Zealand does not have a "realistic option of doing nothing" in the fight against Isis, Prime Minister John Key says, in advance of a Cabinet meeting to decide on whether to send New Zealand troops to Iraq to join forces against the Islamic terror group.

Forsyth Barr Stadium's biggest party is back. The Zoo has entertained since 2012 but what's in store for the year ahead? ODT reporter Timothy Brown finds out.

The Dunedin flatmates behind a street party which attracted more than 1000 people last weekend say they cleaned up 550kg of glass afterwards and took it to the dump.

A contractor has reportedly refused to clean Hyde St due to the amount of smashed glass strewn in the notorious party street in Dunedin's north end at the weekend.

An elm has caused a nightmare for some residents of a Mosgiel street, but the owner's plans to cut it down have been opposed by Dunedin City Council staff.