John Gibb

Anyone who has tried to plug an appliance into an electric socket in poor light knows it not always easy to do.

More than 1000 people, including delighted parents, watched a series of lively performances in the opening session of the 22nd Otago Early Childhood and Schools' Maori and Pacific Island Festival (Polyfest) at the Edgar Centre, Dunedin, last night.

A list of farms at risk of breaching environmental rules has been provided to dairy industry representatives, an Otago Regional Council report says.

The Mosgiel Rotary Club's latest annual second-hand book sale enjoyed strong public support and is likely to raise $10,000 to back the Taieri Pool project, organisers said.

The chemistry was just right.

From next Monday, Dunedin motorists will no longer be able to turn right from Mornington Rd into Caversham Valley Rd, as the Lookout Point bridge project nears completion.

These cats and dogs were not always at each other's throats, and in the end there was only a whisker between them.

More than 150 people took part in a candlelight vigil in Dunedin yesterday, with several speakers strongly supporting Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull's call for a refugee resettlement centre to be established in the city.

Dunedin ACC claimant Dr Denise Powell found the experience of representing herself at an ACC review hearing ''stressful'' but was successful in her claim.

Brittany Williams still cannot quite believe that she is going to graduate from the University of Otago today, with a commerce degree.

A University of Otago research discovery has shed new light on links between diabetes and heart disease and could help ''greatly decrease'' the impact of New Zealand's growing diabetes epidemic.

Otago Museum staff long suspected that an ancient cuneiform inscription in a polished brick-like rock in their collection was something special.

A leading British-based cancer researcher, Dr Peter Campbell, is cautiously confident about making further progress in the fight against cancer, but warns it remains a ''slippery'' long-term threat.

After being married for 60 years, Dunedin residents Betty and Gordon Renwick are still cheerfully completing each other's sentences, and often instinctively know what their spouse is thinking before anything is said.

A memorial march and plaque unveiling at Portobello on Saturday both honoured Lance corporal John Geary, who died on the corresponding date, August 8, at Gallipoli 100 years ago.