Shawn McAvinue

Dunedin is fast becoming the ''onesie'' capital of New Zealand.

A Dunedin trolley car has exceeded the inner city speed limit and is set to go faster.

Two Dunedin School of Medicine students will soon be helping some of the poorest people in India.

Equity in Dunedin homes will be the ''collateral damage'' of the Government's mismanagement of the Auckland housing crisis, Labour Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says.

A camera system worth nearly $1 million and capable of allowing a video referee to instantly rule on a forward pass or offside is being tested in Dunedin.

Emergency services attend the scene of an accident at the intersection of Andersons Bay Rd and State Highway 1, in Dunedin, yesterday.

Singing keeps you young at heart, Dunedin Star Singers life member Madelene Barkman says.

That 10 mobility scooter riders have been killed, and 19 seriously injured, in New Zealand in the past five years is ''frightening'' and such deaths and injuries need to stop, Dunedin City Council road safety adviser Deborah Palmer says.

Electricity spot prices are "volatile" and the distribution costs across sparsely populated areas and ''difficult terrain'' in Otago and Southland pushes the retail price in many areas past the national average, Electricity Authority chief executive Carl Hansen says.

People climbing on the Moran Building in the Octagon are causing serious problems which the the building owner is working hard to circumvent, Cutlers commercial property manager Richard Thompson said yesterday.

The Pink Ribbon Street Appeal today and tomorrow aims to raise funds to support women withbreast cancer, boost awareness and fund research into targeted treatments. Reporter Shawn McAvinue talks to St Kilda woman Leanne Smith, who is facing her own struggle.

The Bledisloe Cup arrived in Dunedin yesterday and will be part of the silverware served up at a breakfast for 10 Otago Daily Times readers.

A Dunedin service is weaving people with mental health issues back into the workforce.

A Mosgiel mum who ''eats, sleeps and breathes soccer'' was unable to collect her women's coach of the year award at Football South's recent prizegiving because she was - you guessed it - out of town coaching.

More than 200 descendants of a pioneering Chinese trader celebrated their family connection in Dunedin in the weekend.

Warming up before a game at the Pacific Trust Otago netball day at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin yesterday are (from left) Louina Siola'a (7), Semisi Taungapeau (9), Akosita Siola'a (10) and Keili Amoto (15).