Mark Price

A fire at the Dunedin City Library early yesterday was one of six suspicious fires across the city in a 12-hour period.

The $70 million investment Cadbury made in its Dunedin plant before it was swallowed up by food giant Kraft seems to have gone down well with the new owner.

"Who isn't at work this morning?" is likely to be the most asked question in Dunedin today.

The Dunedin City Council has no specific use for the former Logan Park art gallery it plans to spend $5 million restoring.

The Otago Chamber of Commerce campaign against Otago Regional Council harbourside plans has cost it one of its biggest members - the Otago Regional Council.

The mother of murder victim Sophie Elliott is backing the new youth version of the Sensible Sentencing Trust which lobbies for harsher sentences for convicted criminals.

The man representing Dunedin in negotiations with oil exploration companies believes the city is well placed to benefit if two oil companies decide, in August, to drill off the coast next year.

Otago hunters squelched their way back to work this week after an extremely wet start to the wapiti hunting season in Fiordland.

A plan by the New Zealand Transport Agency to create a cycleway over the Caversham Hill is not the best option for cyclists, according to the group pushing to be able to use a former rail tunnel through the hill.

After a 14-month wait, a carpet shark at the aquarium at Portobello chose Easter Sunday to hatch.

A high-country station regarded as one of the most picturesque in the country is on the market.

The home of Careys Bay artist Ralph Hotere is being offered for sale by tender.

The company that has won the contract to design and construct improvements to Dunedin's Caversham highway plans to start work on site this time next year.

Rugby fans could have the option of travelling by train between Dunedin and Christchurch during the Rugby World Cup next year.

Dunedin Civil Defence authorities will change the way they respond to tsunami alerts in future.