Trucks could be excluded from Blueskin Rd under a voluntary accord being negotiated between trucking companies, forestry owners, the police and the Chalmers Community Board.
Dunedin members of the Sensible Sentencing Trust will lead a peaceful march to the Dunedin courthouse on Monday, to coincide with the sentencing of the killers of 3-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri.
The annual Octacan mid-winter foodbank appeal for Presbyterian Support Otago is under pressure to be more successful than ever before.
Dunedin Hospital's gastroenterology clinical leader Dr Jason Hill is a happy man.
The travelling is easy in Tasmania, writes Brenda Harwood.
A flock of web-footed bandits has been invading the pitch at Watson Park, Port Chalmers, leaving fowl deposits in their wake.
A recent spate of nuisance rubbish dumping around Dunedin's rural fringes is frustrating residents and the Dunedin City Council, and raising concerns about what lies ahead for the summer. Brenda Harwood takes a look at the issue.
Relief, joy and a determination to do right by Dunedin's most vulnerable citizens fill the hearts of the Dunedin Night Shelter Trust members now they have hit their fundraising target.
The daily challenge of filling the kids' lunch boxes can be a minefield for parents, as recent studies have shown. Brenda Harwood talks to health advocates about the issue and its potential long-term impact on children's health.
The Dunedin Night Shelter Trust's fundraising campaign received another boost this week with a $25,000 donation from the William Sherriff Charitable Trust.
A group of Otago Polytechnic students are rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in to help raise funds and awareness for the Dunedin Night Shelter Trust.
Providing practical ideas and support for people living with visual impairment is the focus of the Dunedin-based Visual Impairment Charitable Trust Aotearoa NZ (Victa).
Green Island resident Jack Rutherford (84) is a practical man who has adopted an array of clever strategies to cope with his visual impairment.
Dunedin is proving to be one of the country's most successful recycling cities, gathering more than 9000 tonnes of recyclables at the kerbside and through community facilities each year.
The ''big chill'' that has struck Dunedin in the past two months has led to a three-fold increase in people seeking help through the Dunedin City Council's Consumer Electricity Fund.
The annual Octacan appeal is a vital component of the Presbyterian Support Otago Family Works foodbank supply, as ever-increasing demand puts pressure on the service.
A Dunedin man is thanking his lucky stars, and local agencies, after his recent rescue from an abusive living situation.
The Dunedin-based Red Cross Community Transport Service is looking for more volunteers as drivers and ''passenger assistants''.
The health experiences of migrants in New Zealand's biomedicine-focused healthcare system is the focus of research for Master's student Hannah Bailly.
Paul Mansfield is a man who knows ice - and he will be looking for five tonnes of it when he returns to the city in June.