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Police are investigating a suspicious fire that engulfed a Caversham home on Saturday night.

The Alexandra Blossom Festival crowd was one of the biggest seen in 15 years, the event organiser says.

If the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival had a popularity contest for marine life forms, crayfish and whitebait, or their taste perhaps, would have won hands down.

Thousands lined Alexandra's Centennial Ave for the Blossom Festival Grand Parade today.

French-Canadian town crier Daniel Richer dit LaFleche has led an interesting life, introducing the Pope, the Queen, and Gene Simmons, of rock band Kiss.

It will be an uplifting experience for many in Dunedin over the weekend, although they will be lying down on the job.

It is the final push to the finish line for Dunedin's Distinction Hotel, due to open in less than a month.

Dozens of bronzed, statuesque figures filled the College of Education auditorium on Saturday.