Laine Priestley

Good things come to those who wait was the message from a Dunedin intermediate school principal during the unveiling of a long-awaited covered turf.

A fatal fire in Manapouri that killed a mother and son was in a house with no smoke alarms, just one effective exit and combustible material stored inside.

Dramatic helicopter "rescues" and boat tours were just some of the many attractions at Port Otago yesterday, but one Dunedin 3-year-old insists her ice-cream just could not be topped.

Not many parents put their children in a guillotine or throw knives at one another, but that is business as usual for one travelling circus family.

Even people with the best intentions can find it difficult to support women in minority communities struggling with domestic violence, an advocate says.

Making the inner city safer is the only way to honour the courage Dunedin teenagers showed in sharing their accounts of sexual harassment and abuse, a secondary school principal says.

A Dunedin woman’s dream of a Christmas roast quickly turned into a nightmare when she became one of many lured into a scam with the promise of lamb.