Debbie Porteous

Dunedin police are appealing for sightings of a dog that attacked two alpacas, one of which was later put down, at a Dunedin property yesterday

A visisting peace and conflict research fellow based in Dunedin has added his voice to a flurry of international condemnation of Israel following the flotilla incident, but does not think the incident will change anything.

A Portobello business owner, concerned that proposed parking changes threaten his livelihood, on Saturday dug out new parking signs installed by the Dunedin City Council.

District Court bailiff Dave Boucher fixes a seizure sticker to a car at a Dunedin impound yard as Constable Jon Dunn (left) and Acting Sergeant Andrew Camp, both of the strategic traffic unit, check some of the 10 vehicles seized in a four-hour joint operation yesterday.

A course promoting cleanliness, hard work and daily structure for young unemployed people is worth its weight in gold, a Dunedin police officer says.

The actions of some Dunedin second-hand dealers could come under scrutiny from the police after a sting by Work and Income agents uncovered a possible beneficiary scam.

The Brighton coast resembled a giant fluffy milkshake yesterday, with the beach and foreshore blanketed in a thick milky foam.

For most of his life Reuben Jones' heart condition will probably be invisible to others.

A ute driven by an elderly man collided with a car, which then shunted a parked ute into a house in Ravelston St, Dunedin, yesterday.

A policewoman was allegedly attacked by a woman she was arresting in Tomahawk Rd in Dunedin yesterday.

The back of Doug Lovell's bright blue volunteer's sweatshirt should probably read: "I survived the Regent 24-Hour book sale ... for 30 years".

Residents and businesses on Dukes Rd, near Mosgiel, say they have "had a gutsful" of boy racers damaging and littering the roadside and their properties and keeping them awake.

A group at Sawyers Bay on Saturday were faced with a big job - catching 10,000 fish.

Lyndon Adams went to work one Monday about a month ago, and has not been home since. A logging accident in a farm forestry block near Balclutha that day left him with 10 fractures in his spine and four titanium plates and 29 screws in his pelvis.

Secondary pupils can hold their after-ball parties in Dunedin as long as they are not on licensed premises and they follow a strict set of guidelines, authorities say.

A review of the safety of lpg heaters, recommended by Otago Southland regional coroner David Crerar last year, will be completed in the next few months.

People involved with a Dunedin centre for disruptive school pupils fully supported its continuation, despite the Government suggesting their feedback was behind its closure.

Being given three faulty anklet units during his six-week home detention sentence has concerned one Dunedin man.