Eileen Goodwin

Visiting United States pro-life campaigner Jill Stanek says the tide finally appears to be turning in the bitter abortion debate.

A tough-talking alcohol submission prompted concern from some Southern District Health Board members yesterday that it was unrealistic.

It may be contrary to the instincts of lawyers out to make money, but mediation as a way to settle disputes is on the rise, says visiting summer school lecturer Associate Prof Brent White.

Dunedin's community boards have started identifying spots where a ban on freedom campers may be lifted.

Research on how part-Chinese people see themselves has particular resonance in Otago, says Zarine Rocha, a New Zealander studying for her PhD in Singapore.

Another delay means petrol will not flow again at Waikouaiti's pumps for a few weeks yet.

As the 100-millionth lamb rolled down the Finegand meat processing works chain yesterday, workers Michael Brown and Garry "Beau" Williams reflected on their nearly 100 years' combined experience at the South Otago plant.

Interest in a key Cancer Society fundraiser has increased after publicity highlighting a lack of entries, Otago Southland Cancer Society chief executive Mike Kernaghan says.

Life's wasted opportunities motivate Trudy Dent to help people with eating disorders.

Finding that children with higher levels of self-control had healthier and more successful lives has important implications for social policy, Prof Richie Poulton, director of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, says.

A home-made "bomb" thrown from a van traumatised a woman and her children in Green Island yesterday, Dunedin Senior Sergeant Mel Aitken said.

The body of a 48-year-old Tasmanian holidaymaker was found by a search and rescue helicopter crew in the mountainous Lake Adelaide area of Fiordland National Park yesterday afternoon.

A Dunedin mother whose child was severely disabled by a botched labour is disappointed with the Government's "limp-wristed" response to a report recommending changes to maternity care.

For Williams Syndrome sufferers, their camp is like a family gathering, Williams Syndrome Association Otago Southland area co-ordinator Sandra Paterson says.

As Billy Harmon took a quiet evening surf last night, unbeknown to him, a helicopter, two jet skis, three boats, an inflatable boat and container ship were searching for him 20km away.

The Cancer Society in Otago and Southland faces a loss of between $200,000 and $300,000 this financial year if interest in a key fundraiser does not pick up, chief executive Mike Kernaghan says.

Contractors felled several huge 95-year-old Douglas fir and Pinus radiata in Frasers Gully, Dunedin, yesterday. Bound for Korea, the logs weigh up to 10 tonnes.