Jessica Wilson

Otago Peninsula Community Board chairman Paul Pope is pleased the Dunedin City Council is backing a community bid to get the Otago Regional Council to make changes to its bus service.

A University of Otago student wants to shed light on people who use food banks, as she believes they are often blamed and ‘‘demonised’’ for needing help.

Otago's surf life-savers have clocked off for another year after performing more than 50 rescues, at least six times that of last season.