While avian diphtheria hit some Otago Peninsula populations of yellow-eyed penguins hard, overall the breeding season on Otago's coast has been very positive, the Department of Conservation says.
Severe gale-force gusts were experienced along most of coastal Otago yesterday.
Heavy rain in Central Otago last month set records, while in Dunedin summer failed to happen and the city was considered the coldest and wettest in the country.
The first of this season's Bluff oysters should be on sale in Dunedin today, but supplies later in the week could be scarce as forecast weather conditions are not ideal for fishing.
They will not be the health police but they may save your life, visiting British tobacco cessation specialist Jennifer Percival says.
Fantastic wood panelling and intricate plaster work are just some of the advantages of moving into a historic building, Dunedin pub owner Michael McCarrigan says.
High seas have inundated Dunedin's St Clair salt water pool, covering the facility in sludge and seaweed and causing up to $4000 damage.
Having a stall at The Star Home Show in Dunedin this weekend saved Christchurch woman Jasmine Keir from losing all her art, as Tuesday's earthquake "trashed" her workshop.
A rare visitor to Otago Harbour berthed yesterday - a Korean icebreaker bound for the Antarctic.
Members of the Bluff oyster industry are hoping for a season delivering as good or better than last year's bumper harvest.
The culture, history and traditions of the sea will be celebrated during this year's Seaweek.
Arriving in a strange city, to stay at a strange place, with a child who has just been diagnosed with cancer is a daunting and scary time, Dunedin mother Mary-Lee Rolleston-King says.
Fifteen Canterbury TV (CTV) staff are believed to have died when their central Christchurch building collapsed, CTV chairman Nick Smith, of Dunedin, says.
A Dunedin judge is calling for upstanding community members to give up their time and show youth offenders there is an alternative to a life of crime.
Covered in dust and blood, former long-time Otago Daily Times South Otago reporter Glenn Conway walked away from The Press building in central Christchurch after yesterday's earthquake, only to see the building's frontage collapse before him.
A new approach to helping save one of New Zealand's unique species has been launched - a community-owned species management plan.
Otago residents will be able to have their say on freshwater management at a public meeting tomorrow.
Trestle tables once full of books were standing nearly empty by the end of Dunedin City Library's Barking Mad Book Sale yesterday.
The new Southland Stadium has a "non-negotiable" completion date of March 30, next year.
For the first time in its 28-year history, Dunedin's Rhododendron Festival will not take place this year.
