The weather was not ideal for a seafood festival, but many hundreds of people were still hooked.

Police are unable to say what weapon may have killed a man whose body was found in North Dunedin last week.

After almost half a year living at the Dunedin SPCA, an "incredibly sweet" pooch named Fudge has found her forever home.

Just when Michael Lopez-Alegria was winding down for retirement, the former record-breaking Nasa astronaut found himself in the hot seat again, preparing humans for future space flight.

Emergency services were called on to extricate 18 people trapped by flooding at Waiora Scout Camp yesterday.