Shawn McAvinue

The sweet-smelling cream and purple trumpet flowers on the towering lilies have taken their time to put on a spectacular show in Mosgiel.

A Dunedin man becoming a finalist in the Senior New Zealander of the Year awards is a fitting way to finish a career with the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Motorists can offset rising petrol prices by changing their driving style, the AA says.

A real Christmas tree decorated without tacky tinsel won the Regent Theatre a prize of $500 for it and $750 for its favourite charity - the Regent Theatre.

The executive officer of the Council of Social Services Dunedin has resigned to take on a similar role in West Auckland.

A Korean couple who met during the Korean War became New Zealand citizens in Dunedin yesterday and are looking forward to a retirement in Dunedin of golf, gardening and watching their grandchildren grow.

A cup of tea and the first installment of $540,000 in donations to promote peace were shared between a Hiroshima resident and University of Otago staff in Dunedin on Tuesday afternoon.

Dunedin resident Lynnette Scott called her son as soon as she heard her entry had been picked from 700 others in the draw for the Highlanders jersey giveaway.

Frosty is melting in the bathtub and other decorations are spilling out of a Mosgiel house this Christmas.

A chemical smell sparked an armed police callout in Northeast Valley yesterday afternoon.

A man wielding a hammer and wearing a balaclava entered the Pine Hill Dairy five minutes after it opened on Sunday morning.

More than 150 eager children from Otago and Southland send Santa a letter between Boxing and Labour Day but Santa waits until November to reply.

The Government could build better communities in Dunedin by getting out of the way, a community builder from Seattle says.

Brendan Bransgrove, of Dunedin, sent 13 bottles of his home-brew beer for judging at the Society of Beer Advocates' recent national home-brew competition in Hamilton, and came away a champion.

Several flights rescheduled for the same time will cause a "4 o'clock swell" at Dunedin International Airport, so travellers are advised to check in early on summer afternoons.

A Dunedin advocacy group has called for improved safety measures for cyclists after the death of a male cyclist outside Dunedin Hospital yesterday.

The cyclist run over by a stock truck outside Dunedin Hospital on Monday was a senior lecturer at the University of Otago's Faculty of Dentistry, a husband and father of two preschoolers.

Just like Christmas, the Dunedin Santa Parade approached fast yesterday afternoon.