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Dunedin is in for a complete rethink of its alcohol policy, with a new plan due for release soon.

The last possums hiding on Otago Peninsula will be hunted down using specially trained sniffer dogs.

A senior citizens group says the Dunedin City Council is still ''putting pedestrians well down the list'' despite improvements being made to intersections.

Hundreds of Dunedin residents are cashing in their KiwiSaver to plump up their deposit on a first home.

Zezaf Soliman (82) was all smiles on Friday as she was sworn in as a New Zealand citizen.

Dunedinites are being encouraged to generate their own energy and will get ''a red carpet, not red tape'' response from the Dunedin City Council.

After 19 years of providing meaningful employment to other people, Task Force Green co-ordinator Alex Griffin is finding it pretty tough to give up his own job.

The Water of Leith is teeming with baby salmon following the latest release from the Dunedin Community Salmon Hatchery on the weekend.

Taking the long walk through to the back of Cargill Enterprises in South Dunedin is probably the best way to understand what this place is all about.

Cargill Enterprises is having to borrow money so the social service can stay afloat. Managers are confident clever thinking and community support can turn the tide. Dan Hutchinson reports.

It is bad news for those who are a bit twitchy about sharing their space with rats and mice.

Drug abuse has been described as ''the root of most evils'' and the main cause of a high rate of mental health problems in the shearing industry.

Thousands of old Dunedin TV sets are being brought in for recycling thanks to a Government subsidy called the TV TakeBack. Star reporter Dan Hutchinson takes a look at what is involved in recycling these TVs.

Toxic mould in a Mosgiel house has made Lil Murdoch's life a misery for the past five months.

An unusually low number of comments on the Dunedin City Council's annual plan has been described as a sign of ''approval'' and, conversely, ''apathy''.

Members of the salmon fishing fraternity have had their patience tested to the limit as they try out a new salmon trap in the Leith River.

New York is the city that never sleeps, some call Paris the city of love but Dunedin is fast gaining a moniker people can really sink their teeth into - ''Salmon City''.

Poor toilet facilities and a lack of wheelchair access at the Dunedin City Library have been criticised by the Dunedin Public Libraries Association at the Dunedin City Council's annual plan hearings.

Dunedin musician Selwyn Campbell reckons he might have one of the first electric guitars ever made in New Zealand.