Dunedin

A $5.4 million safety upgrade on Dunedin's southern motorway will begin next month.

There was no need to spell out how difficult it was to retain the year 9 and 10 Otago Daily Times Extra! Otago regional spelling quiz title last night.

Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has accused Mondelez of misleading city leaders over the prospect of a Dunedin-based operator winning the contract to make Jaffas and other Kiwi confectionery.

Two weeks after being  cleared of serious sex charges, a Dunedin man was back in trouble with the law.

A Dunedin supermarket that sold "rotten" roast lamb is offering customers refunds and its supplier has apologised as both companies launch an investigation.

All those plastic bags floating around after shopping expeditions can now be recycled under a joint initiative between the retail sector, the packaging industry and the Government.

Police have identified the owner of a four-wheel-drive which was involved in an illegal furniture dumping incident in central Dunedin last month.

Two unemployed Mosgiel men have been arrested following a string of Nissan thefts in Dunedin.

Labour MP Clare Curran is threatening to pull out of the Mondelez working party and has accused the multinational of showing ''contempt'' for the community.