Shawn McAvinue

A sell-out crowd set a record at the Illuminate Paint Party in Dunedin last night.

A man escaped with minor injuries after the Fulton Hogan truck he was driving rolled about 25m down a bank into a Brighton creek, near Dunedin, yesterday.

Six Dunedin students ''bounced back'' from a disqualification to make the grand finals of the national 48-hour film competition.

Brighton residents protesting against the installation of a 2degrees cellphone tower have heat, shelter and an outhouse to sustain a long stay.

Welcome to arguably the most energy-efficient building in Dunedin.

Tattoos may be more heavy metal than intended.

Otago and Southland building apprentices have made the cut for a national scholarship.

Severe loneliness is spreading across Otago, Age Concern staff say.

The Government message to open a window for ventilation is as old and useful as the mould growing in New Zealand homes and politicians need to ''get real'' about dampness, Dunedin businessman Paul Facoory says.

Rat infestations of Otago homes have kept exterminators busier than ever.

Two Dunedin motorists who fled after crashing their cars have been charged with drink-driving.

Dampness and ''mould dripping down walls'' is a ''respiratory burden'' on children, Child Poverty Action Group spokeswoman Dr Nikki Turner says.

The unearthing of a worm sculpture design in Dunedin yesterday prompted a mixed reaction.

A refugee resettlement centre about to get a $5.5 million upgrade had been a gateway for a starved Cambodian boy to become a successful Dunedin restaurant owner.

An out-of-control car reversed at high speed through the door of a Dunedin art gallery last night.

A Dunedin truck driver is a win away from representing New Zealand in the world finals of a truck fuel-consumption competition in Sweden.