The implementation of a plan more than a decade in the making has been hailed as a major milestone that is about ensuring Dunedin is ‘‘a fantastic city to live in’’, the mayor says.

Lottie Farrell enjoys a day at the newly-reopened Opoho playground on Saturday.

The Brethren movement had ‘‘a philosophical aversion to committing anything to paper’’ making the history of some churches difficult to trace.

A Dunedin man who broke into a building while on the run after stealing a tip jar, defecated on the floor, a court has heard.

Eagle-eyed users of the Chain Hills Tunnel trail may notice something slightly different about the tunnel entrance at Wingatui on their next visit.

A former Dunedin teacher seemed like a father figure to children at his church, but in reality was using his trusted positions to betray families and sexually abuse boys.

When Sofia Hayes was born, she was so limp and pale her mother feared the worst.