Why should he care? He's mayor and has a new book out. Hamish McNeilly talks to New Zealand's southernmost civic leader.
Foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay is about to add a new four-letter word to his vocabulary - beep - when a computer game version of Hell's Kitchen is released later this month.
Brownies are the new black, or at the very least the new navy.
From flipping burgers 30 years ago to becoming McDonalds' first South Island-based business consultant, it has been a golden arched career for Mosgiel woman Lynley Reid.
A former World War 2 air force navigator has completed possibly his last overseas mission, visiting his ailing former American pilot for "I think . . . the last time".
It sounds like a whale of a tale, but an 85kg lump of whale mucus discovered on a Southland beach 80 years ago earned three southern lads their own farms.
The public perception that Dunedin International Airport was more expensive for transtasman fares was simply not true, an Air New Zealand spokesman says.
Unlike its New York namesake, it has been a good few weeks for Dunedin's Wall Street development, with several high profile tenants signing six-year leases with the $34 million project.
In a New Zealand first, the University of Otago is offering a paper aimed at better understanding contemporary Muslim women.
Malia Villegas campaigned against vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin becoming governor of Alaska, but she has now embarked on a more rewarding campaign - improving the education of indigenous people.
The challenge of working in a different medium has led Alison Ballance, an award-winning producer and director with NHNZ, to accept a position with Radio New Zealand.
The Rakiura Maori Land Trust is reviewing hunting operations on its Stewart Island land, which may lead to cheaper hunting on the island.
A proposal to allow paramedics to treat people in their homes would be of "significant benefit" to rural communities and the elderly, a St John spokesman says.
A Dunedin problem gambling counsellor is spearheading a move to introduce a multivenue exclusion order for pokie venues in the city.
Shirley Johnson makes a living out of predicting the future in Irish magazines and newspapers - not bad for a person who left Dunedin more than 40 years ago with no idea where her travels would take her.
Five vehicles, including several Mercedes, were damaged in an attack on a Dunedin car yard early yesterday.
All will be kosher on MS Volendam when it arrives in Dunedin next year, as it will be the first cruise ship visiting New Zealand to cater for Jewish needs.
A gecko was the best thing on television yesterday morning for three far-flung New Zealand schools, which took part in a virtual learning network as part of Conservation Week.
Ngai Tahu has joined forces with oil giant Chevron to produce biofuels from marginal Maori land.
The decline in Dunedin residential property prices is likely to hit double digits in the coming months, with other properties in Otago-Southland likely to follow the downward trend, a property valuer says.