Freedom campers owe the Dunedin City Council more than $65,000 in unpaid fines and much of it is almost impossible to recover because the campers have left the country.
After a betrayal of trust by one of its former members, the Otago Railway and Locomotive Society is ready to get back to restoring New Zealand's rail history.
Donald Carey was the lucky winner from more than 2500 entries in an Otago Daily Times competition at the Wanaka A&P Show - however, his friends were even luckier.
Zonta Yellow Rose recipients (from left), Fiona Nyhof, Sophie Barker, Michelle Chalklin-Sinclair, Liz Rowe and Suzanne Ellison at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery yesterday.
Almost gone are the days of couch burnings in North Dunedin, with the number of University of Otago students disciplined for fire-related incidents continuing to decline.
The mother of a former student who stripped at one of the now notorious University of Otago law camps says she was disgusted the dean of the law faculty seemed to condone the event.
Power Farming Otago general manager Daniel Scoles examines a 3m by 3m hole in his chain link fence, which was cut to allow a farm vehicle like the one behind to be stolen on Thursday...
Two people were left with only minor injuries after the 4WD they were in crashed down a bank aftercolliding with a container truck just before the Mosgiel SH1 on-ramp yesterday morning.