Chris Morris

After a year of hard work, a group of young cadets from Dunedin will this weekend leave their mark on New Zealand's World War 1 commemorations.

Southern clubs have hit back at suggestions some of New Zealand's smaller racetracks are unsustainable.

New rules designed to keep Dunedin's beaches and wildlife safe from unruly motorists this summer have been delayed by red tape in Wellington and the holiday break in Dunedin.

Tekapo businessman Anthony Tosswill says he will be "walking away" from Dunedin if the latest design for his proposed five-star hotel is rejected.

Taggers who defaced one of Dunedin’s popular street murals have drawn the ire of the city’s art lovers.

Warmer water, and more people making the most of it, could be behind a jump in stingray sightings in Otago Harbour, it has been suggested.

The push to revive Dunedin’s latest five-star hotel bid is set for an Environment Court mediation hearing, but "significant" changes to the project are already taking shape.

A Japanese doctor accused of causing a Boxing Day crash in the Lindis Pass which injured five people will be allowed to fly home with his injured wife before returning to Dunedin to face court.

A project to bring poetry to Dunedin's public spaces is also a chance to catch up on some reading.

A Dunedin mobile trader whose roadside stall has been labelled a ''mess'' by a neighbouring business says beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Firefighters have extinguished two blazes in Central Otago this afternoon. 

The Dunedin City Council manager whose approach earned her the nickname ''Ruthless'' has quit.

The Otago Multiple Sclerosis Society's under-siege executive committee has pulled out of a meeting planned to try to resolve an acrimonious split in the organisation.

Ratepayers will ultimately meet  the cost of a recent lighting failure  inside Forsyth Barr Stadium, it has finally been confirmed.

The company running Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium is still refusing to shine a light on the cause of a blackout before the recent All Blacks versus Wallabies test.