Water sports, children, dogs, birds and Otago's panoramic landscapes have been favourite subjects among the 516 entries in this year's Otago Daily Times Magic Moments readers' photography competition.
Who would buy a steep, scrub-covered, pocket handkerchief-sized slice of rural land with no water supply? Ian and Fliss Butcher would. Allison Rudd talks to the couple transforming their difficult plot into an oasis.
Company Bay couple Michael and Edith Laba have taken control of their living environment. They generate almost all their own electricity, get most of their hot water from the sun and are always warm and cosy in their super-insulated home. Allison Rudd visited the house they say they never want to leave.
Whanganui has been through it, and now Nicola Taylor is campaigning for the extra letter in the name of her home settlement to be accepted and used by all.
Purakaunui is a sleepy seaside settlement on an inlet about 20km from central Dunedin which has been a popular holiday spot for well over a century, but the area's rich Maori history has not been widely known, until now. Reporter Allison Rudd talks to the pair behind Purakaunui te Turangawaewae, a DVD which shares the area's heritage with the world.
People no longer eligible for a state house seem to have accepted the change and were trying to find housing in the private sector, Dunedin social service agencies say.
Otago's largest wind farm Mahinerangi has produced 9% more electricity than expected in its first eight months of operation, delighting its owners. Twelve turbines were commissioned in March and...
Retailers are looking forward to a strong Christmas season after news that spending in Otago in recent weeks is well up on the corresponding period last year.
A public park may be created as part of a $2.6 million redevelopment of St Patrick's Basilica complex in South Dunedin.
Anyone who has seen Pam Ayres perform live or watched any of her DVDs will know her distinctive style as she recites her comic verse and relates anecdotes about her life.
In an ideal world, the skills of Barnardos Child and Family Services staff members Frederica Shannon and Sue Bain and their colleagues would be quite redundant.
Southern New Zealand residents are among a select few in the world who may get a good view of a partial solar eclipse tonight provided the sky is cloudless.
The temporary closure of the Dunedin Town Hall for renovations has led to a major scheduling change for the Dunedin RSA choir.
Another cyclist, another truck, another incident - same old story on Dunedin roads. But this time it had a happy ending. Reporter Allison Rudd was there to see a cyclist's amazing escape.
Daniel Mackie says he did not think about his own safety yesterday when he ran into a smoke-filled Milton house and rescued a young boy.
For the second successive year, a University of Otago researcher has been awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand's top scientific honour, the Rutherford Medal.
Labour's infrastructure spokesman Shane Jones has rejected any suggestions a change of government would slow down the post-earthquake rebuilding of Christchurch.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters covered familiar themes in a speech in Dunedin yesterday.
Miriam Frank says the contents of her autobiography will come as a surprise for most of her New Zealand school friends and University of Otago classmates.
A Dunedin election forum attracted a full house of candidates and voters last night.
