Boaties are being warned to be wary of floating clumps of debris in Lake Dunstan, after recent heavy rain.
A meals on wheels driver has been praised by Dunedin police after discovering an elderly woman in distress yesterday.
New Zealand Battle of the Bands organisers have hailed the quality of up-and-coming Dunedin bands.
An ancestral journey to reunite Maori with their marae ended in cyberspace at the weekend.
A visitor from the deep beached in Dunedin this week. The juvenile southern sunfish was discovered washed up at Te Ngaru Beach, near Aramoana, at lunchtime on Thursday.
The Dalai Lama will be greeted in Dunedin this month by an interfaith welcoming party at St Paul's Cathedral.
A mild winter is being forecast for Otago and Southland.
The most expensive album in New Zealand music history was launched in Dunedin last night. The Chills' latest album, Somewhere Beautiful, will set you back $6500.
The promoter of a Fleetwood Mac concert scheduled for Dunedin later this year is angry at being charged a $50,000 fee after the cancellation of the concert.
Dunedin Venues Management Ltd has extended an olive branch to the promoter of the ill-fated Fleetwood Mac concert scheduled for Forsyth Barr Stadium.
The overseas couple who had a ''shock daughter'' in Wanaka two months ago are enjoying some Southern hospitality.
An innovative housing design in Lake Hawea was recognised at the 2013 New Zealand Architecture Awards, in Auckland, last night.
The Otago Community Trust marks 25 years today. Nigel Benson learns about the art of giving.
The gloves are coming on.
They are calling her their ''shock daughter''.
The Hare Krishna faith was more a science than a religion, a visiting swami said in Dunedin yesterday.
Southern South Island researchers who have made outstanding contributions to health were celebrated in Dunedin this week. The annual awards acknowledge researchers and research initiatives at the Dunedin School of Medicine and Southern District Health Board.
Wet, muddy conditions in Dunedin at the weekend were good news for Mike McCarthy, of Dunedin, as he tackled the Waitati Park course in his V8 Safari during the Otago Land Rover Owners Club 4x4 Ironman rally yesterday.
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery has won an international award for its website.
A spaceship from the 1970s called Aerosmith berthed in Dunedin last night.