Hand-cut chips and "proper lettuce" are just some of the reasons Francis Greenhalgh has been going to Best Cafe for lunch every Saturday for 71 years.

Four Mosgiel women who came up with a plan 12 years ago had 50,000 reasons to smile yesterday.

When Nicola Petrie went into Dunedin Hospital’s emergency department in pain in September 2024 she did not expect to leave 13 hours later with a terminal bowel cancer diagnosis.

Jetstar will be dropping one of its transtasman flights from Dunedin for a period in late winter.