Shawn McAvinue

The Salvation Army's ''The Wonder of Christmas'' opened in Dunedin last night - without a Santa.

A loyal customer was the first to walk down the aisles of a ''wonderful'' new Dunedin supermarket yesterday.

Power bills for many Otago consumers are dropping, thanks to a rush of new players into the electricity retail market. Part of a nationwide trend, small and medium-sized businesses are taking on the big companies.

Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, you cause scores of injuries.

Accidents were the order of the day on wet roads around Dunedin yesterday but fortunately no-one was hurt.

A heat-distressed dog was rescued by firefighters from a car in Dunedin yesterday. 

Greazy Dogs Motorcycle Club members leave Dunedin on the Southern Motorway yesterday.

Dunedin City Station firefighters get to work after a Mercedes A180 hit a bank and rolled on Portobello Rd. near Rosehill Rd, in Macandrew Bay this afternoon.

A translation of some of Robert Burns' poems into Maori will feature in the annual St Andrew's Day lecture.

Taieri's top cop is campaigning to have the Mosgiel Police Station open to the public all day.

Australian ''social capitalist'' Peter Kenyon visited Green Island last week, aiming to increase the engagement levels of greater Green Island residents with their community.

The death of a takahe chick at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary is being blamed on the inexperience of an adoptive dad with feeding.

A Dunedin lecturer was shocked but unsurprised by the Paris terror attacks because the French Government continues to ignore the needs of North African immigrants.

Tickets to the Fleetwood Mac concert at Forsyth Barr Stadium sold out in minutes yesterday but a second Dunedin concert is unlikely, the promoter says.

Minutes after the Dunedin Fleetwood Mac concert sold out, scalpers started listing tickets online.

A Dunedin woman was two blocks away when terrorists opened fire on a Paris restaurant.

Free whisky - that got your attention. Tastings of the water of life, peaty ale, acts by Scottish performers and a porridge-eating world-record attempt - these are just some of the ways Dunedin and Edinburgh will strengthen ties later this month.

The opening weekend of the The Distinction Dunedin Hotel was a success, the owner says.