Six Otago secondary school pupils will get a first-hand look at what it is like to wield the power of Parliament when they sit in the seats of Otago's Parliamentary representatives for two days.
The Korean man who drowned when he was swept from rocks while fishing at Cape Saunders on Monday was doing one of the things he loved most.
A Korean man was swept to his death off the rocks at Cape Saunders yesterday, becoming the first rock-fishing fatality on the Otago coastline in about a decade.
A "dangerous" and "volatile" man was recaptured in a busy South Dunedin shopping precinct on Saturday after being on the run from police for two days.
Dunedin Police are looking for a man after a Kaan's Catering Supplies delivery truck was taken in broad daylight on Saturday.
Here's something for Dunedin teenagers to sing about next term - the city is about to get its own glee club.
The wrath of ward sisters and a ghostly figure in the mortuary seem to be popular topics for discussion among nurses at a reunion for the class of April 1965 at the Dunedin School of Nursing.
It may get cold in Dunedin, but Kavanagh College's new principal believes the challenge of running the Catholic school will keep sweat on his brow.
For many years, people have wondered about the white dressing gown draped over a handrail at the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool.
Parents of pupils at Corstorphine School in Dunedin are angry the principal is urging them to find new schools for their children before the Ministry of Education has officially given a closing date for Corstorphine.
He was only in the principal's chair for a week, and he had suspended 300 pupils for swearing at teachers, refusing to attend lessons, fostering a gang culture and even starting a serious fire at his London school.
"It was quoted at theatre conferences as being the ugliest, most dangerous piece of theatre equipment in New Zealand."
When you add competitive spirit to a passion for numbers, you get great mathletes.
The Government's proposed national environment standard aimed at assessing and managing contaminants in soil has been labelled "narrow-scoped" and "limiting" by the Otago Regional Council.
It has a smoky two-stroke engine and a distinctive sound, but the Trabant runs on the smell of an oily rag, which makes it the perfect car to take on a road trip.
"I used to stand on chairs at relatives' houses when I was little, and put on a bit of a play. I like the limelight - very much so."
Otago Anniversary Day will be just like any other day of the week for most businesses in the region.
A University of Otago student was knocked unconscious during "a brawl" in Hyde St, Dunedin, involving up to 50 people last night.
The Otago Theatre Trust has been put under the spotlight for failing to gain impetus in its efforts to raise $2 million for a backstage redevelopment at the Regent Theatre.
Macandrew Bay School has posted its healthiest March roll figures in 20 years and is having to look for creative ways to accommodate all its pupils.
