Being the oldest competitor at this year's Masters Games may not have thrilled Jim Carson - he was at best ambivalent about that honour - but closing in on 91 years of age he says a lifetime of walking has him ready to go.
A Dunedin woman has managed to get German motoring giant BMW to make changes to an advertisement on Air New Zealand flights that showed one of its vehicles on the wrong side of the road.
Persistent rain gave some Dunedin motorists a parking fee reprieve yesterday.
An extra $75,000 study has been added to investigations into the future of the wider Dunedin coastline, at the same time as $100,000 was committed to studying erosion at city beaches.
Dunedin's City of Literature initiative should have a project manager and extra funding soon, after the council voted to increase activity on a project councillors said had been slow to get up and running.
Roading and internet access, swimming pools and erosion were the focus of the community boards that oversee the outlying areas of Dunedin city.
Police are treating two car fires in Dunedin - including one in a central car park building that caused a pall of acrid smoke to drift over the city this morning -as suspicious.
A Dunedin woman who has imported new generation hepatitis C drugs she says will save her life wants to get her message out to others to source them from a ‘‘buyers' club'' in Australia.
A Dunedin to Queenstown air link looks set to be scaled back after only just taking off, despite being a big hit with those who turned up for its inaugural flight yesterday.
The Dunedin City Council has decided to spend a $54,000 penny to open the Municipal Lane toilets 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
With two of the 11 collisions between trains and vehicles in New Zealand last year having taken place in Otago, KiwiRail and TrackSafe are again pushing a message of caution near railway tracks.
A proposal to amalgamate some services of the six Otago councils is not a move to a super council, mayors say.
Matthew Davey says the Highlanders helped make him - now he is ready to help return the favour.
Record monthly numbers and increased flights look set to drive growth at Dunedin Airport, as management continues to try to add transtasman cities to the list of destinations available to passengers.
For 42 years, Bruce Masson has looked after a large tract of some of Dunedin's wilder and more remote countryside. The man in charge of the source and catchment of Dunedin's water supply told David Loughrey of adventures in rivers, pipes and snow.
Christmas in Otago yesterday doubled as an example of how the world could be, with cultures and religions working peacefully together to help those lonely or in need.
A step on to the catwalk at the iD Dunedin Fashion Week next year is "a big step'' for a Dunedin designer.
The majority of food outlets will be closed on Christmas Day, despite the scheduled arrival of cruise ship Diamond Princess.
The material in question may be better described as interesting rather than fashionable, but curtains are set to storm into vogue as the very latest style in Dunedin.
St Patrick's Basilica is getting a chance to breathe as an about $2.6million redevelopment of the 1880s building in South Dunedin proceeds.
