Shawn McAvinue

Just like Christmas, the Dunedin Santa Parade approached fast yesterday afternoon.

Even though the climb by AvantiPlus bike mechanic Mac Robertson (50) was aided by an electric motor, Chinese travellers clapped as he motored up Baldwin St.

The Dunedin students who peddled from the Octagon to Auckland were battered by bad weather on their final day of cycling towards a climate change summit, which started yesterday.

Despite members of the Otago Fish and Game council supporting the investigation of the Tarras Irrigation Scheme by the Otago Regional Council, they want minimum flow settings of the Lindis River kept separate from the proposal for public submissions.

After 40 years of convincing Kaikorai Valley College pupils of the worth of Shakespeare, a Dunedin teacher is retiring.

The toxic algal bloom found in Lake Waihola and the Tomahawk Lagoon in the past two days can cause illness in humans and be deadly to dogs, the Otago Regional Council says.

A Tongan minister came to Dunedin on God's call and yesterday became a New Zealander - so he can spread the Gospel abroad if called upon again.

When Dunedin ballet dancer Bene Stewart (18) finished his final dance in the Solo Seal exam, he was sure he had given enough to pass the prestigious test.

Sinterklaas and helper Black Pete are farewelled by the Dutch community after a celebration in Dunedin last night. About 25 children of recent Dutch immigrants were given presents by Sinterklaas at the Northeast Valley Baptist Church Hall.

A personal trainer in South Dunedin has been smiling ever since she won a national fitness award.

The Community Learning Centre in Dunedin will shut its doors on Thursday after 20 years of teaching adult students with intellectual disabilities.

Dunedin police are still looking for the man who sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman near the University of Otago campus early on Sunday.

Waitati resident Mandy Mayhem (40) leads Lani Morrison (33), of Port Chalmers, and a bevy of brides during "all brides day" at Doctors Point Beach, north of Dunedin, on Saturday.

About 20 Dunedin community groups were told on Thursday morning why they should encourage people to complete next year's census.

A Dunedin arborist will represent more than 20,000 of his peers worldwide who are working in the understaffed, underpaid but "sexy" industry of arboriculture.

The $5 million warehouse development by Port Otago on the former Glendermid Leathers tannery site at Sawyers Bay is on target.

Some dinner tables may go without a New Zealand ham this Christmas because fewer pigs are being farmed, New Zealand Pork chairman Ian Carter says.