The word Toitu has become shorthand for the Settlers Museum since the name for the stream that ran through early Dunedin was added to the facility in 2012. But just where is that historic water course now? David Loughrey set out on an expedition to follow the stream's path from the soft, dappled light of Belleknowes to the metallic grind of the industrial sector.
A complaint to the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) resulted in a police apology for a slow Oamaru police response to the crimes of repeat paedophile Leonard James Mulholland.
Action and support have not been enough to stop the closure of the New World supermarket in Port Chalmers, and its replacement with what residents say will be a higher priced alternative.
A holy writ nailed to the door of the Andersons Bay Presbyterian Church is a last-chance effort to save the historic building, but its parish has voted to dissolve, and the church says it is expected the building will be demolished.
With the full name of Abergavenny Sunny, and a pedigree status as a seal tabby Birman, Sunny the cat is a creature of some dignity and grace.
Prof Dirk De Ridder has a hands-on relationship with southern brains, as both a neurosurgeon and Neurological Foundation professor of neurosurgery at the University of Otago. He talks to David Loughrey about phantoms, how brains create God, and the relative nature of morality.
Kate Hesson, who has lived through a year that included 311 days away from her husband, ''appreciates'' cricket rather than calling herself a fan.
Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum got a text about midnight on Tuesday from the heart of South Dunedin.
Both existential and physical healing could be had from the study of sloths.
Transformation and change - and some outlandish imagery - lit up Dunedin's Athenaeum Underground last night, as a multi-disciplinary fire theatre event told tales from Metamorphosis.
The Meridian mall was touched by the exotic and the slothful yesterday, as Fringe Festival acts brought the stage to the house of commerce.
The Dunedin Fringe Festival's Black Box has seen its share of odd activities, but the shop window performance space in George St is also something of an unusual stage for performers.
Ten days into the frenetic pace of the Dunedin's Fringe Festival, Josh Thomas is struggling with the 10th day without his beloved dog Rupert.
It was a most tasteful display.
In his grieving mother's words, Justin McFarlane died ''in such an evil way''.
Five overseas drivers appeared in Otago courts yesterday after a weekend of death and injury again focused attention on tourist driving on southern roads.
Justice Minister Amy Adams has ordered a new inquiry into David Bain's compensation claim, prompting Mr Bain's long-time advocate Joe Karam to launch an attack on the Government's handling of the issue.
A Guinness world record for the weirdest foreskin, ropeheads who strangely know each other, and the difficulty of dropping your laser in deep space were subjects that invaded the minds of the audience for Aik 'n' Sides last night.
Six sold-out shows already, and good crowds generally have cheered Fringe Festival organisers as the festival approaches the half-way mark.
Pecha Kucha stands uncomfortably on the edge of a precipice.
