Imagine a world where you can control a machine to make a cup of coffee and a piece of nicely buttered toast with strawberry jam on it, just by thinking about it.
A recent trip to an Indian orphanage has fuelled Ben Hawkey's enthusiasm for making the most of what he has around him.
Railway wagons built in China and bound for New Zealand's railway network may end up gathering dust at a New Zealand port if the Maritime Union carries out its threat not to unload the ships on which they arrive.
Paymark transaction data for December shows the clearest signs yet that Otago is emerging from "the clutches of the recession".
You would think Fred Dagg, a couple of sheep and a 2m-tall jar of Marmite lying in your garden would make an absolute mess of your precious flower plots.
Wenita Forests are not discounting the idea the fire on 95 hectares of forestry land on Mt Allan could have been deliberately lit.
Milton police fear an arsonist may be at work in the township after six incidents in the past week.
A 44-year-old Mosgiel woman is believed to be the first road fatality of the 2010 Christmas holiday period.
Alex McCaw has just scored one up on cousin Richie. While Richie is also an accomplished glider pilot - and the All Black captain to boot, Alex (18) can now boast a superior gliding achievement.
Dunedin police officers on a routine patrol were surprised to find a 2-year-old boy wandering the streets of Halfway Bush in pyjamas early yesterday.
How many logs can a woodchopper chop? Otago Daily Times reporter John Lewis chips away at one of the world's top choppers to find out.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
The day Will Gibson could sit upright in a car seat next to his dad in the ute was the day he became a farmer.
''I couldn't have asked for more.''
There are about 1500 streets in the Dunedin area, and they can all be walked on one pair of shoes - just.
Rubbing shoulders with prominent lawyers who have represented rock stars, athletes and the Royal family is about to become a regular occurrence for Anita Chan.
Scrub clearing contractors where given a fright yesterday morning when a controlled and permitted burn-off of gorse near Portobello got out of control.
The St Kilda Brass Band has had a blast of success, with six of its youngest players being selected for a band of New Zealand's top young brass players.
A former Dunedin resident has completed the first substantive research which proves what many physical education teachers have believed for a long time - that outdoor education enhances classroom studies.
'Tis the season for giving, and buskers in Dunedin's shopping precincts know it.
