Shawn McAvinue

A rescued blind cattle dog will see out her final years in Dunedin.

A South Dunedin synthetic cannabis shop is a magnet for anti-social behaviour, Supporting Families in Mental Illness manager Jackie McKenzie says.

A South Dunedin mental health organisation is hosting a forum to lobby the Dunedin City Council to stop a newly opened nearby store from selling synthetic cannabis so close to the service.

A synthetic cannabis retailer says some people should be banned from buying the product.

A 17-year-old Dunedin rugby player remains in a coma but bleeding on his brain has stopped as team-mates, staff and pupils hope for a full recovery.

Brighton residents have been given a week to discuss the alternative proposed sites for a 2degrees cellphone tower in Scroggs Hill Rd.

Police say the death of a driver at Allanton won't see them step up their monitoring of the weekly boy-racer "drag-train" convoy on the Taieri.

Bespoke high-quality audio equipment design and manufacturing company Perreaux Industries has not looked back since moving from Auckland to Mosgiel.

A former Dunedin teacher had created an online classroom connecting students in China to English language teachers in New Zealand.

A cyclist's life is more valuable than car parks, Dunedin deputy mayor Chris Staynes said yesterday at a memorial ceremony for a Dunedin cyclist killed when fell under a truck.

A pitch invasion, a lone male streaker and an aggressive Southland supporter did not mar the rugby match against Otago at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday, the stadium operators say.

Cat-swapping has been made possible for Dunedin scarfie flats' felines.

About 140 children became rainbow warriors in Dunedin yesterday as anglers prepared for the first day of the fishing season tomorrow.

Older pedestrians in Dunedin are more at risk of being hit by a vehicle on a fine weekday afternoon, Age Concern Otago communication manager Niall Shepherd says.

Volatile liquids and gases have caused the largest number of unintentional deaths from poisoning in young New Zealand children, a Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee report shows.

The widow of cyclist Dr Li Hong He has not returned to the Dunedin arterial road where her husband was killed and will not attend a memorial ceremony there on Monday, Spokes Dunedin secretary Dr Robert Thompson says.