The six young native parrots released at Orokonui Ecosanctuary nearly a fortnight ago are getting stronger every day, general manager Chris Baillie says.
Kitten cut in two, starved guinea pigs and heat-distressed dogs are among the animal cruelty cases in Otago to make the Royal New Zealand SPCA's sixth annual list of shame.
Nothing but "untouched, uninhabited landscape for miles in every direction", is how Dunedin artist Claire Beynon describes her summer home in the Antarctic.
As pots tumbled out of the kiln, a group of Dunedin artists looked on, pleased their experiment at raku firing had worked, even if it needed a bit of "fine tuning".
Excavating under the 140-year-old Pukehiki Church to remove tonnes of earth, in the wet and cold for the past eight to 10 months, has not dampened the spirits of a group of Otago Peninsula teenagers, who celebrated the end of the undertaking at the weekend.
All the winter debris has been cleared away and the water in St Clair Salt Water Pool is sparkling - ready and waiting for the first swimmers of the season.
Dunedin musician Bevan Gardiner has swapped the bright lights of the stage for quiet study time as he returns to student life after four weeks on the road with John Denver tribute show Whisper the Wind.