Debbie Porteous

Normally staunch Vietnam veteran Winata (Jimmy) Opai struggled with his emotions yesterday as he was returned to his wheelchair in front of his fellow war veterans as dawn broke over Dunedin's Queens Gardens.

Southern police are slightly less happy in their work than their northern counterparts, according to a new survey, but dissatisfaction is nothing new and southern police officers do not think the results would be much different in most work places.

Police erect shields around the body of a 64-year-old Dunedin woman who died after an accident involving a truck and trailer unit at the intersection of Hanover and Gt King Sts, in Dunedin, yesterday.

Frosts and temperatures below 4degC across Otago are forecast for Anzac Day, but it will not keep veterans from attending.

About 150 servicemen's headstones will shine as new for people heading to Andersons Bay Cemetery today to pay their respects.

After years of devotion to organising Anzac posy-making sessions, ageing J-Force veterans and their partners are seeking younger people to take over the task.

The last, and biggest, cruise ship of the season bypassed Dunedin yesterday, a parting blow for local businesses which had otherwise enjoyed a bumper season.

Dunedin police are hoping for well-behaved revellers at the Hyde St keg party again this year.

Bluestone blocks from a historic Dunedin wall due to be demolished and replaced will be sold as salvage by an insurance company.

Three young people caught tagging St Paul's Cathedral in the Octagon, in Dunedin, yesterday left a church staff member sprawled on the ground and a bus driver angry after initial attempts to capture them failed.

All submissions on a pre-trial application to change the venue for David Bain's retrial were suppressed by a judge in a High Court hearing at Christchurch yesterday.

Embers from two large traction engines making their way over the Devils Staircase may have caused a series of scrub fires alongside Lake Wakatipu near Wye Creek last night, firefighters say.