Debbie Porteous

An Air New Zealand flight from Dunedin was cancelled after the plane was struck by lightning on its approach into the city's airport this afternoon.

January was the fifth driest month in Dunedin since records started at Musselburgh in 1918.

A new gift and hospitality policy at the Dunedin City Council has had a mixed reaction among staff.

Providing safe public access to the Caversham Tunnel could mean more sewage might flood Surrey St properties, Dunedin city councillors have been told.

Logan Park Drive, the road to the University Oval in Dunedin, will be temporarily renamed Brendon McCullum Dr for the duration of the Cricket World Cup.

A new pool complex in Mosgiel is in the Dunedin City Council's draft long-term plan - but no money is allocated for it.

Widening Otago Peninsula's low road seven years sooner than planned is a ''no-brainer'', Dunedin city councillors say.

A proposal to double the ratepayer contribution to a city-wide cycle network over the next decade has received initial support from most Dunedin city councillors.

The Dunedin Public Art Gallery has asked for ''a modest'' increase in the ratepayer contribution to the cost of acquisitions, to keep the collection relevant.

Dunedin community board wish lists are again dominated by requests for improvements to sports grounds, infrastructure, and maintaining existing services and facilities next year, as boards continue to heed the city council's tight budget situation.

Hidden behind a row of wooden screens in Lovelock Ave in Dunedin's Northeast Valley are some glasshouses that would produce cracker tomatoes. But these are no ordinary glasshouses. Reporter Debbie Porteous and photographer Stephen Jaquiery took a sneak preview of the Dunedin Botanic Garden's new propagation unit.

Stacey Jefferies might be in trouble with husband Scot again this morning.

A magic moment caught on her sister's camera has won Dunedin amateur photographer Madeline Bilkey (12) the top prize in this year's Magic Moments competition.

Seagulls rifling through central Dunedin rubbish are riling at least one local resident.

City councillors might favour a different option to that proposed by the Taieri Community Facilities Trust for a new pool at Mosgiel.

Otago farmers are being praised for working together and making sacrifices to ensure rivers are sustained as many in the region's east become ''extremely'' low, with no significant relief in sight.