As temperatures rose to 28degC yesterday, swimmers were advised against entering bacteria-ridden water at St Clair beach in Dunedin.
Some Dunedin students will be happy to know they are moving into warmer and drier flats this year after their landlords have taken up Energywise insulation subsidies.
Earning $1100 for eight-hours' work sounds like a pretty good deal.
A life of clean living is credited with Kathleen Rapley reaching her 100th birthday yesterday.
A drop in fuel prices has heralded the end of a boom in scooter sales.
Having "dipped her foot back in the waters" of the entertainment industry, a young Dunedin woman is excited about her new role as a presenter for Sticky TV.
According to the map there is nothing there, but the locals call it a "home away from home".
Dunedin drivers received almost $15,000 worth of fines for illegally parking in mobility spaces over the past six months.
Got your rod, got your line, but have you got your fishing licence?
Southern hydro lakes have turned the tables on power companies as instead of too little water, there is now too much, forcing "spilling" to occur.
When is a cow a bull? Or a donkey a horse? According to Wayne Pollock, it is when you live in town and have no idea about life on a farm.
Since its inception two years ago, the Keep Dunedin Beautiful programme has been ridding the city of graffiti, one wall at a time.
Toothpicks, PVA glue, thousands of flowers and very nimble fingers have transformed plain white card into $53,000 for charity.
Consumers put the recession to one side this month to enjoy the best of the festive season, latest Paymark figures show.
Two months after Contact Energy's much publicised price rise, its rivals still have a reason to celebrate: reaping the benefit of thousands of new customers.
Traffic volumes were high on roads around the region yesterday, though most drivers were well-behaved.
As Dunedin retailers walked a fine line between discounting excess stock and still making money on Boxing Day, shoppers lapped up resulting bargains yesterday.
A sudden change of venue did not interrupt the Baker family's Christmas lunch or stop Santa from finding them yesterday.
For Christmas, the Brown family bought groceries in bulk - which is what you do when you are having about 250 people for lunch.
It was a couple of years in the making, but Marj Higgs was "absolutely thrilled" when a plaque acknowledging her 29 years' service to the Otago High School Old Boys Society was unveiled this month.