Laine Priestley

Plenty of yarns were spun when almost 200 knitters clambered into five train carriages destined for Oamaru at the weekend.

Running 100km within 24 hours may feel like a hard slog in the mud for most, but a large contingent of Dunedin teenagers have taken on the challenge to fundraise for mental health.

The Dunedin religious community is calling on people to stop and take a look at a largely overlooked sculpture in the centre of the city that is a symbol of city-wide co-operation.

The parents of a young father who took his own life were ‘‘amazed’’ by the support they received from their community after the tragedy, and have decided to pay them back.

Firefighters have accused their bosses of hiding vital information about their working conditions from the government.

A name change will help a Dunedin school embrace its local cultural heritage — and hopefully stop it getting the wrong mail.

Residents of a Dunedin street are frustrated at the lack of notification about an all-hour road closure that has been imposed at one end of their road.

Stepping in to help save a man’s life is all in a day’s work for the Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade.

The loved ones of an Otago Corrections Facility inmate may find their visiting rights revoked after being caught trying to smuggle in medication.

Kidney failure was simply a hurdle, and not a roadblock, for Dr Paul Trotman.

Otago secondary schools are having to ‘‘dig deep’’ into their pockets to fund school counsellors.