Shawn McAvinue

A Middlemarch woman is seeking an apology from a community board chairman for spreading "utterly ridiculous and unfounded" rumours of flood mitigation work being stopped to protect a pet eel.

Cowboys will get two chances to chase points at the Outram Rodeo this weekend.

Pig hunting can be an emotional pursuit.

Cowboys will get two chances to chase points at the Outram Rodeo this weekend.

The children of a Dunedin family are ready to return to school next week thanks to their mother’s forward planning to cover the expense.

Hundreds of people attended the Whanau Fun Day at Marlow Park in St Kildaon Saturday.

Dunedin mother is "excited" about the prospect of moving into a co-housing development but acknowledges it would not be suitable for everyone.

The sun shone as thousands of people attended the 25th Anniversary Brighton Gala Day.

Town met country at the Otago Taieri A&P Show, in Mosgiel, on Saturday. Reporter Shawn McAvinue was there to catch the action.

Dunedin is living up to its name of "Salmon City", making fishers hopeful this season will buck a trend of declining numbers of the prized species.

An outbreak of a "highly contagious" dog disease is spreading "like wildfire” across Dunedin, a vet staff member says.

An investigation has been launched after hundreds of eels and trout "perished" in the lower Silverstream on the Taieri due to the impact of flooding earlier this month, the Otago Fish & Game...

Dunedin’s oldest hotel continues to get a $10 million face-lift in a bid to get a 5-star rating as hotel room occupancy rates fall across the nation.

The world’s cutest sheep or a face only a mother could love?

Dunedin police are holding a family fun day next weekend in a bid to reduce the spike in family violence they see at this time of year.

Dunedin businesswoman Nicola Chisholm has been busy.

Dunedin racing car driver Chris Henderson talks to motoring reporter Shawn McAvinue about his 2012 Toyota GT86, which was built after he rolled his 1984 Toyota&nbsp...

Otago Chamber of Commerce chief executive Dougal McGowan has resigned and his final day of work is tomorrow. He starts a new role at the Dunedin City Council next week.

A crowd of nearly 1000 flocked to the twenty20 Super Smash cricket matches between the Otago sides and their Central District counterparts at the University of Otago Oval on Friday.