Shawn McAvinue

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall's visit to Dunedin next month has ''delighted'' those selected to host the Royal couple during their most southern stop.

A large forest fire in East Otago yesterday threatened four houses near Dunback.

A Dunedin woman with internal burning sustained during the Saddle Hill fire is out of intensive care and recovering in a general ward.

Several organisations supporting Otago and Southland families affected by mental illness are joining forces in response to a Southern District Health Board funding cut.

A group of residents are warning a Dunedin club it will fight to stop a BMX track being developed in Fairfield.

Friends Connor Turner (3) and Leonie Kennedy (4) attend the Wattie's Cans Film Festival at Rialto Cinemas in Dunedin yesterday.

The life cycle of a Dunedin cat, Louie, nearly ended after he went through a wash cycle.

Sugary drinks are destroying the teeth of Southern children and a switch to water is needed now, an oral health expert says.

A crane has been called in to upright a large truck that rolled in central Southland today, spilling a large quantity of oil.

Emergency services attend a crash near Westwood in Dunedin yesterday.

A strategy to strengthen arts and culture in Dunedin was launched last night.

The arrest of a former Dunedin man in Cambodia has ''shocked'' a friend.

Asplundh foreman David Barrett (left) and site supervisor Ben Hohaia grind a stump in the lower Octagon last night.

A Middlemarch grazing block posed a big challenge for contestants at a regional ploughing competition on Sunday.

Nearly $250,000 is set to be spent developing public reserves in Mosgiel subdivisions and the community has expressed its wishes for the space.

A hard-working woman shared a bottle of sherry in Mosgiel yesterday to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Tie-dye dresses, tarot cards, kaleidoscopes and henna tattoos - it must be a travelling gypsy fair.

The steam locomotive Ab 608 Passchendaele starts a return trip between Dunedin Railway Station and Sawyers Bay yesterday.