Ellie Constantine

Most students flying to Dunedin know exactly where they will live, how they will get into town and what they need to do to get through course approval. Others do not.

As Orientation swung into the main entertainment events yesterday, deputy proctor Andrew Ferguson, speaking before last night's toga parade, hoped students would enjoy themselves, but not overdo it.

The weather gods did not smile on Dunedin students as they flocked into town for Orientation 2009, but that did not deter students from making the most of being back in town yesterday.

Students love free stuff, and they certainly would have appreciated the contents of free goody bags distributed by the Otago University Students' Association yesterday.

Primed to attack, three cardboard-clad first-year university students were unleashed upon each other to the delight of a crowd gathered in the union yesterday.

The organiser of a wacky hat competition at Grants Braes School, Sandra McHenry, sits among pupils with their creations on display yesterday.

More than 2500 people will camp out at Dunedin's Logan Park today as they take part in a 24-hour relay to remember, celebrate and support those with cancer.

Getting the most out of a drive from Dunedin to Aramoana is now possible, thanks to the launch of a harbour heritage trail brochure.

"Smooth-pay" systems offered by power companies are to blame for Dunedin's Electricity Consumers Fund running out, according to Anglican Family Care.

Despite long hours and constant reminders of the tragedy, coffee, the example of his Australian colleagues, and local hospitality are keeping a Dunedin firefighter in Victoria focused on his job.

Willingness to help has resulted in Macandrew Intermediate pupils raising $200 for Victorian fire victims.

The centre line on part of South Rd, Dunedin, may be moved in a bid to decrease the number of vehicles running off the road and to increase safety in the area.

Max the dog has been reunited with his family, six weeks after going missing from his home in Portobello.

New police Southern district commander Superintendent Robert Burns was welcomed to the community with a powhiri at Otakou marae in Dunedin yesterday.

Financial constraints have caused the owners of Dunedin's Bowling Green Tavern to call it quits in two weeks' time.

She was there in the very beginning and she was there again on Saturday as the Thieves Alley Market ran for the 25th time.

A Dunedin cat which found a warm spot to sleep in - the engine bay of a car - yesterday got an unexpected ride to a nearby garage, leaving the mechanic who found it amazed it had survived the experience with "all its bits".