All aboard for festival story time
All aboard for festival story time
For children who love books, Port Chalmers will be the end of the line on Saturday.
John Lewis
Fumigation to kill deadly cat virus
Fumigation to kill deadly cat virus
Cleaners armed with fumigation, waterblasting and steam-cleaning equipment were busy at the Otago SPCA yesterday in a bid to kill a deadly virus which hit the facility's cat population.
Career workshops just the job
Career workshops just the job
If you're dreading going back to work after reading this on your morning smoko break, perhaps it's time for a career change.
Young family overwhelmed with support after devastating fire
Young family overwhelmed with support after devastating fire
Family and friends are rallying around a teenage couple and their 2-year-old daughter after they lost everything in a house fire.
Fire in house 'a real inferno - it was unreal'
Fire in house 'a real inferno - it was unreal'
A South Dunedin family was lucky to escape its Bay View Rd home after a candle set fire to a bed and sent flames ripping through the house with surprising speed.
Star Wars fans out in force
Star Wars fans out in force
What happens when children walk into a movie theatre and see one of the most recognisable ''bad guys'' on the planet waving a laser gun about?
Almost 200 on railway walk
Almost 200 on railway walk
When a train stops in the middle of nowhere, and you have to walk 8km to the next sign of civilisation, it can make passengers pretty cranky.
Businessman 'aghast' at Ukraine 'misinformation'
Businessman 'aghast' at Ukraine 'misinformation'
A Dunedin businessman says he is having trouble reconciling media reports on the conflict in the Ukraine with what he has seen on a recent holiday, and believes all is not what it seems.
Fencing: Pippi shows winning edge at nationals
Fencing: Pippi shows winning edge at nationals
Not to put too fine a point on it, but it seems Pippi Miller has her adversaries well and truly foiled.
Only to 'test the waters'
Only to 'test the waters'
Corstorphine House may be on the market, but its owner says he has no plans to let the historic Dunedin property go.
Duck-shooter follows his calling
Duck-shooter follows his calling
If you didn't know better, you would think someone was keeping a flock of ducks in the basement of the Mornington Tavern.
Election-day beer expo family-friendly
Election-day beer expo family-friendly
The Dunedin Railway Station is not traditionally where art and science come together - it is usually where people gather.
Floods cut broadband service
Floods cut broadband service
About 500 Telecom customers in the lower South Island have had their ultrafast broadband service cut for the second time in two weeks after the flooded Kakanui River severed a fibre cable near Maheno.
SPCA seeks temporary homes for cats, kittens
SPCA seeks temporary homes for cats, kittens
The Otago SPCA is looking for up to 10 people to foster cats or kittens for up to three weeks, in the wake of a deadly virus which has hit the facility's cat population.
Virus forces SPCA to quarantine cats
Virus forces SPCA to quarantine cats
The Otago SPCA's cat adoption centre has been closed and put under strict quarantine conditions after about 40 cats came into contact with a highly contagious and deadly virus.
Bonds formed in war lasted for a lifetime
Bonds formed in war lasted for a lifetime
New Zealand's World War 1 soldiers were renowned for their ability to build or fix anything with a piece of No 8 wire.
NCEA statistical picture questioned
NCEA statistical picture questioned
The number of Otago secondary schools failing to meet the national average pass rate in all levels of NCEA continues to rise, recently released statistics from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority show.
Finding the inner dancer
Finding the inner dancer
A Peruvian Latin dancer hopes to ''unleash'' the dancer from within typical Otago blokes from next week, when he reopens his dance studio in Dunedin's former chief post office building.
Winning return to speaking
Winning return to speaking
Connor Seddon says delivering an award-winning speech is all about timing.
'Learning hub' officially opened
'Learning hub' officially opened
A new $280,000 ''learning hub'' at East Taieri School has given its pupils double the excitement this year.