Shawn McAvinue

Donations for the family of the cyclist killed outside Dunedin Hospital on Monday have reached $7500.

Waikouaiti police want to talk to a motorist who saw a car, with an elderly man and large dog inside, flip at the southern end of the Kilmog yesterday afternoon.

Former Mad Butcher owner Sir Peter Leitch will not go down without a fight, and was in Dunedin yesterday to see the laboratory helping him battle bladder cancer.

The $15 million retirement village being built in Dunedin is on track and will be ready for its first residents in Christmas.

A programme to protect babies and young children in Dunedin has been granted funding for a few more years but those in rural areas remain at risk, a social agency director says.

Members of the 60+ tramping club in Dunedin range in age up to 84, but are ready for the challenge of Coronet Peak.

Former prime minister Helen Clark packed out a South Dunedin theatre last night with a talk on poverty, inequality and hope.

A section of the walking and cycling track between Dunedin and Port Chalmers was officially opened on Saturday.

An early arrival pushed a wedding out a day and into the chapel of Dunedin Hospital.

The dead were celebrated by a Hispanic group on Saturday to keep the language and culture of Latin America alive in Dunedin.

Members of the Cosy Dell Tennis Club celebrated the its centenary in Dunedin with pinstripes, pretty dresses, bonnets and bow ties on Saturday afternoon.

A new off-road vehicle that resembled a mix of rickshaw and wheelbarrow had a trial run in Dunedin yesterday, its first outing in New Zealand.

The process of breeding better queen bees began for the year in Mosgiel early last week.

The "cool idea" of an open wall refrigerator has won a student from Dunedin some cold cash at an international design award in Italy - and is impressing internet users.

Staff are 'devastated' after fire gutted the premises of printing business Colortronics in central Dunedin yesterday, destroying recently-installed new machinery.

A Dunedin school pupil has tasted sweet success in reaching the final of a national competition for his science project on honeybees.

Gumboots may be the footwear of choice at the "Party in the Puddle" at the Wingatui races today, organisers say.

A successful foster parent should never give up on a young person - or the cooking of Sunday roasts, a Dunedin foster child says.

The best skateboarders in Dunedin will get technical on the rooftop of Northland Mall in Christchurch today.