Shawn McAvinue

The injury statistics are cat-astrophic.

A Dunedin state house and everything inside it was destroyed by fire yesterday.

A 5-year-old boy was carried to safety by a lifeguard at St Clair Beach on Saturday, after being caught by the incoming tide.

A Dunedin dog dodges death row but can't escape his ancestry. In an attempt to better understand his canine's quirky characteristics, Shawn McAvinue fetches a misunderstood mutt's DNA.

The positive reaction to projections of Otago poetry in Krakow has the Polish city seeking more.

Tartans and grins adorned the hundreds of "romantics'' at the opening ceremony of the International Festival of Historic Motoring in Dunedin last night.

The nerves are jangling for Dunedin siblings set to perform in Australia's largest music festival.

Budget advisers are bracing for droves of people struggling with credit card debt after a big December spend in Otago and Southland.

The spelling mistake in a Mosgiel street name is to be corrected.

A battle to stop alleged cultural insensitivity in Mosgiel is boiling over as another Scottish place name is spelt incorrectly in an administrative blunder.

A masked man "chopped his way in'' to a Dunedin service station to steal more than $7000 of cigarettes and tobacco.

A man who reported hearing gunshots in South Dunedin overnight will appear in Dunedin District Court over making a false statement to police.

A Dunedin beauty queen is relaxing in her family crib in Central Otago, has "no regrets'' at performing a haka in China and looks forward to both working as a doctor and getting married.

The sight of a Dunedin scarfie riding a moped wearing only shorts, a singlet and helmet makes Pete Daly shudder. ODT reporter Shawn McAvinue spent a morning with the motorcycle training instructor to learn how to "ride forever'' on one of the most dangerous motorcycles known to man.

A Dunedin police officer interviews a man after two cars crashed on the corner of Richardson and Moreau Sts in St Kilda about 10.50am yesterday.

I want dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.

SPCA Otago is set to open its first op-shop in Dunedin.