Mark Price

She was born before the Wright Brothers flew, before the first electric washing machine and the first teddy bear were made, and before Kelloggs began selling cornflakes.

An enterprising University of Otago student spent last year "stoozing" - and now he's laughing all the way to the bank. Mark Price reports on a shrewd investment scheme.

The Kurow owner of a Hampden holiday home says he got "a hell of a shock" when he was told police had seized a vintage Rolls-Royce from his garage.

The Government has created something of a dilemma for 85 of New Zealand's most distinguished citizens - including about a dozen with Otago connections.

Several shops in the Dunedin City Council's $34 million Wall Street mall will open for the first time today.

A confidential telephone call to Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Cairns yesterday may have delivered the help needed to get the Otago Stadium project over another critical funding hurdle.

Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry reiterated yesterday the stadium could be finished in time for the Rugby World Cup, due to begin in New Zealand in September 2011.

A Dunedin city councillor has suggested the amount of private funding for the new $198 million Otago Stadium has been boosted by "dummy contracts".

A dislike of going to the gym has led to a Dunedin man creating a new asset for the city's mountain biking fraternity.

Motorists driving into Dunedin's central city area on the Tuesday after Easter can expect to find a whole new world of parking experiences.

North Otago seems to have borne the brunt of the wettest weekend of the year.

The project manager in charge of restoring the White House on the corner of Doon St and Portobello Rd, builder Don Milne, has resigned.