Bruce Munro

Lyndall Hancock's history of Quarantine Island is the fruit of 46 years' research and writing.

The second theft of egg-laying chickens from her property has left Dunedin beneficiary Alena Tromptter angry and worried.

Probably New Zealand's oldest professional dance teacher, Sid Cottle, of Dunedin, has retired.

Jim is not your regular unsung hero. And he is no ‘‘mere cat''.

‘‘James'' could not be more pleased that he gets to spend his days in an odorous fellmongery, pulling animal skins out of a pickling bath. ‘‘It's good,'' he says with a grin. ‘‘It's better than sitting in jail.''

Rob Fehsenfeld and Janine Bolton are not looking for a miracle cure, just a better quality of life for their twoyear-old daughter Daryl-Ann.

Many Dunedin student summer job seekers may be forced out of the city to find work.

Southern Maori leaders have never hidden the historical reality of cannibalism, Te Runanga Otakou chairman Tahu Potiki says in response to a newly published history of cannibalism in New Zealand and the suggestion a Brighton archaeological site has been left to erode because it contains possible evidence of cannibalism.

It has been 83 years in the making, but next week Abbey Collins will create a Howison family tradition, when she begins her education at St Clair Primary School.

Booro Tione (78) is building what may be his last traditional Kiribati outrigger canoe, in a Dunedin garage.

It has been 83 years in the making, but next week Abbey Collins will create a Howison family tradition, when she begins her education at St Clair Primary School.

Extending the West Harbour walkway-cycleway is on schedule despite wet weather hampering work.

An embattled community traffic management group says it will stop assisting university capping parades and other student events if students keep stealing its equipment.

Bull kelp may have a lot to tell us about the geographic distribution of plants and animals around the globe, University of Otago's Ceridwen Fraser says.

Public transport in Dunedin is suffering growing pains for the first time in decades.

Rail track rehabilitation around Dunedin will not be affected by the Auditorgeneral's critical report on Ontrack's maintenance and renewal programme, Ontrack spokesman Kevin Ramshaw says.

Dave Goodman wants to give New Zealand's oldest trolley derby a new lease of life.