Chris Morris

The prospect of a global financial meltdown might be enough to drive you to drink - and it could be doing just that to many.

Operating hours at Dunedin's crematorium are to be reviewed after a grieving woman blamed "ridiculous" rules for a rushed farewell to a relative.

Dunedin City Council staff have suggested issuing a public advisory warning mothers about the risks of mixing baby formula with fluoridated water - a matter dismissed by the Ministry of Health nearly two years ago.

Objections to the planned $45.4 million Dunedin Town Hall development are still being raised, even as city council staff unveil a time-frame for construction.

The ghosts of thalidomide and Nazi Germany's gas chambers were evoked when Dunedin city councillors clashed over fluoridated water supplies yesterday.

Carisbrook Stadium Trust officials have been left red-faced after an exchange of rude emails with Dunedin stadium opponent Bev Butler was made public.

Dogs let off leashes and threatening Dunedin's yellow-eyed penguins should be shot on sight, a councillor says.

A group of Dunedin computer game developers are set to step from the cover of their urban warehouse and into the global spotlight.

The Otago Regional Council is not ruling out a prosecution over the contamination of a popular creek in an East Taieri subdivision, despite water samples finding no trace of human sewage.

Cat-lovers are being encouraged to vaccinate their pets following a spike in cases of "feline Aids" in Dunedin.

Councillors have voted to defer the controversial Harrop St "glass clip-on" atrium planned as part of Dunedin's multimillion-dollar town hall redevelopment.

Plans for a controversial "glass clip-on" atrium in Harrop St - part of Dunedin's planned multimillion-dollar town hall redevelopment - could be deferred if city councillors support a new version of the $45.4 million project.

Telecom's new high-speed broadband network is spreading across Dunedin, even as the company's competitors consider moves into southern markets.