Carla Green

Emergency services had a busy time in the Waimate district yesterday, attending two crashes in a three-hour period.

A Dunedin man involved in this week's union negotiations over zero-hour contracts says the union got ''a pretty good offer''.

Lindsay Kaan reckons he has given about $15,000 worth of fruit and vegetables to the Otago Community Hospice in the past year.

Universal basic income (UBI) has been hailed as a silver bullet for economic woes by some advocates from the political left, right and centre, former Green Party MP Sue Bradford says.

Louise Nicolson has big plans for the future.

''The adrenaline was definitely pumping,'' junior lifeguard Bryn Schievink said.

A gaggle of young women wearing party dresses and ankle spraining high heels stood huddled under the overhang at Stuart and Castle Sts on Saturday afternoon, taking refuge from a sudden aggressive downpour.

Police cordoned off part of the Dunedin suburb of Tainui on Saturday after the discovery of what turned out to be a ceramic ornamental grenade.

Hunter Tisdall (3), of Middlemarch, takes a break on his pony Jiggy during the Strath Taieri Pony Club Gymkhana, held in ''brilliant sunny'' weather at the Middlemarch Show Grounds yesterday.

After Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu on March 13, Radius Fulton Care Centre residents (from left) Russel Taylor (85), John Smith (66), Ethel Gillies (86), June Clark (77), activities co-ordinator Beth Sizemore, Lloyd Martin (91), Jean Allen (77), and Ida Schmelz (93), decided to help.

Today is the last day of the season for pool-goers in St Clair, Mosgiel and Port Chalmers.

Six Dunedin protesters staged an environmental demonstration against the 2015 block offer for oil and gas exploration, which was announced yesterday.

As the Otago Community Hospice marks its 25th anniversary, community support is strong. But donations are always a necessity. Carla Green reports.

The University of Otago Foundation Trust is ''currently considering'' divestment from fossil fuels, its chairman John Ward says.

''To me, it's an adventure,'' Ray Grubb said, almost tentatively.

Otago rock lobster fishermen are expecting a significant boost from crayfish limits which are set to rise almost 50% in the South.

A complicated cat rescue at a Mosgiel arts and crafts shop has ended with the shop's lock picked and holes bored into its wall.