Shawn McAvinue

Smears save lives and Southern women can save on testing costs this month.

Paul Highton (61), of Dunedin, arrives by helicopter to the Sons of the South book launch in Dunedin last night with his wife Jan and his son Joe, who is holding the family dog, Pebbles.

Three Dunedin boys were two points shy of a perfect quiz score last night.

A collection of unwanted bicycles will help build a South Dunedin bike library.

About 100 people filled a Dunedin lecture theatre yesterday to listen to academics debate moral issues arising from the Syrian civil war.

A cracked and sinking cricket pitch is being resurfaced as cricket's popularity advances steadily on the Taieri.

Dunedin man Ricky Te Whare said if he had gone to bed, like he had wanted, he would have died.

Dunedin man Bob Alexander and the ICT 1301 go way back.

Community generosity has been revealed in the response to the plight of an unwanted blind dog, but all has not gone to plan.

Debris divers and rubbish wranglers are being called on for the coming Macandrew Bay clean-up.

As the former Hoyts' cinema in the Octagon is stripped by contractors, the future tenants have already started asking prospective staff to get in touch.

Visits and issues at most Otago libraries are declining as readers shift from printed to electronic material.

The spike in sales of Otago rugby supporters' apparel is expected to increase before Sunday's Ranfurly Shield defence.

Despite being surrounded by teddy bears, today is no picnic for ANZ North Dunedin branch manager Judy Chiles.

A Dunedin girl is defying doctors' expectations that she would never walk and is training for an endurance running race.

A fire in a commercial wheelie-bin early on Sunday was the third arson in Dunedin at the weekend.

Volunteer Ana Vulinovich (22) among daffodils she sorted into bunches yesterday for Friday's Daffodil Day appeal.

Seaweed experiment in Dunedin may reach a sticky end.

About 100 people wore traditional garments at the University of Otago this week to celebrate International Languages Week.