Dunedin

Dunedin musicians are amped up and making a song and dance after the Dunedin City Council plugged local musicians into a network of community facilities where they can rehearse.

When tasked with giving back to the community, a group of Dunedin pupils blew the challenge out of the water.

Praise and disdain were levelled at city councillors ahead of a fraught debate on South Dunedin’s future.

For secondary school student Lula Joseph, accepting a young achievers’ award was a family tradition.

Increasing numbers of whales may be leading to more of them being entangled in fishing equipment — but it remains something of a mystery.

Dunedin’s former Mad Butcher store will soon be reduced to rubble with a $10 million vehicle showroom complex to be built in its place.

Mosgiel is being ‘‘terrorised’’ by a flock of small toy ducks that have appeared suddenly and with seemingly no explanation.