Vet takes up SPCA Otago role
Vet takes up SPCA Otago role
SPCA Otago's new director of animal welfare Jeff Herkt is preparing for "hard times'' in the job.
Shawn McAvinue
Vandals attack croquet club’s rooms
Vandals attack croquet club’s rooms
A Dunedin croquet club is counting the cost of extensive vandalism to its facility on the eve of its season opening.
Birthday card takes centenarian back
Birthday card takes centenarian back
A birthday card given to a southern centenarian in Dunedin on Saturday sparked memories of a boyhood shared with "beautiful wahines with mokos".
Police pursue stolen Mercedes
Police pursue stolen Mercedes
A police pursuit of a stolen car was abandoned north of Balclutha today, police say.
Debate aims to interest young people in politics
Debate aims to interest young people in politics
A debate in Dunedin last night was designed to engage youth with politics.
Extension for report
Extension for report
The South-East Marine Protection Forum has been granted an extension for the delivery of its recommendations to the Government.
DCC moves to halt domain damage
DCC moves to halt domain damage
The call for measures to stop hoons damaging grassy areas at Brighton Domain has been answered.
Writers can do without bogans
Writers can do without bogans
Outrageous Fortune writer Rachel Lang says she didn’t have to "live next door to bogans" to write a convincing TV series about the residents of West Auckland.
Court cases bust budget
Court cases bust budget
Expensive court cases have blown out an Otago Fish & Game budget by more than 600%.
Screenwriting success requires Olympic effort
Screenwriting success requires Olympic effort
The effort to get a screenplay to the silver screen is similar to winning an Olympic gold, a Dunedin scriptwriter says.
Candidates address Port forum
Candidates address Port forum
Candidates for the Dunedin North electorate faced off at a forum in Port Chalmers last night.
Festival a celebration of youth and music
Festival a celebration of youth and music
More than 200 performances at an annual ''celebration of young people and music'' began in Dunedin last night.
Fishers want single voice
Fishers want single voice
The future of recreational fishing was discussed at a public meeting in Dunedin last night.
Boy injured at Burger King
Boy injured at Invercargill Burger King
A bleeding teenage boy was taken to hospital after a fight closed Burger King in Invercargill last night, police say.
Agencies fight planned student quarter liquor stor
Agencies fight student quarter liquor store
The three agencies fighting plans by McCarthy Enterprises owners Ken and Patricia McCarthy to open a new Super Liquor outlet in Great King St at the site of the former McDuff's Brewery made final...
Theatre opposes bar's licence
Theatre opposes bar's licence
The Regent Theatre has objected to a nearby bar applying for a new on-licence because of its patrons' ''insulting and intimidating'' behaviour.
Church to be demolished
Church to be demolished
The former Wesley Methodist church, on the corner of Hillside Rd and Wesley St in South Dunedin, is being demolished.
Mud run gives firefighters gold
Mud run gives firefighters gold
A pack of Dunedin firefighters has beaten law enforcement and fire service personnel from around the world to win a gold medal in the United States.
Bain murders feature film in the works
Bain murders feature film in the works
An Australian film-maker is finishing the script of a "true crime drama'' about the Bain family murders in Dunedin.
Baldwin St safety in spotlight
Study of steepest street's safety
Ways to make the world's steepest street safer will be discussed after a tourist van became stuck in Baldwin St.