Molly Houseman

Dunedin has some new residents and they are putting on quite the show.

A busking gorilla playing a piano accordion drew curiosity and joy from passersby in George St, Dunedin, yesterday.

Queenstown nurse Brooke Thomas has broken the New Zealand women’s record for running the length of the country.

Mandy Wennekes, of Dunedin, received quite the fright when she discovered a huge sea lion in her backyard yesterday afternoon.

A woman escaped with bruising when a passing truck clipped her and her car as she was buckling her baby into a car seat in Dunedin on Tuesday.

A large sea lion brought traffic to a halt near Dunedin yesterday after it took a seat in the middle of the road.

Dunedin bus drivers have had to urinate behind bushes or limit their water intake due to a lack of access to toilets, a Tramways Union survey has shown.

With the likelihood of more people, who are possibly less experienced, taking to the South’s lakes, rivers and ocean these summer holidays, Otago harbourmasters are urging caution on the water.

It looks set to rain, but it will take more than a little dampness to scupper the plans of thousands keen to celebrate the end of a challenging year at events across the South this New Year’s Eve.

Sporting their new beach bags and enjoying the sunshine in Dunedin yesterday are Emily Watt (10, left), of Brighton, and her cousin Marissa Conway (9), who is visiting from Waipahi.

Oamaru is buzzing after the buyer of a Lotto ticket at a local supermarket won $18.25 million in the Boxing Day jackpot.