Elliot Parker

A busy block of Great King St has been identified as the preferred location for Dunedin's planned central bus hub.

Military historian Aaron Fox gave a public talk at Toitu yesterday detailing the clothing and supplies that New Zealand soldiers were equipped with during World War 1 at Gallipoli.

A 3m, self-amputating, vertically swimming, serpent-like ''bizarre'' marine specimen has washed up on the salt marsh at Aramoana.

Dunedin lawyer Bernadette Farnan is now a district court judge, after a packed-out swearing-in ceremony in the Dunedin District Court.

North Dunedin residents are calling for an arrester bed to stop run-away trucks after the latest accident at the bottom of Pine Hill Rd, near the Dunedin Botanic Garden.

A truck driver has been praised after deliberately steering his out-of-control truck and trailer into a bank as it hurtled down the steep northern entrance to Dunedin.

Even Hollywood stars have time for a bite to eat and a bit of a chat in Tapanui, it seems.

Apprentice electricians tested their skills against the region's best at the Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin yesterday.

When keen Dunedin hunter Kevin Shannon decided to clear some space, the wildebeest, gemsbok and warthog were among those that had to go.

Four Otago women have been honoured with service medals for 50 and 60 years of service to the Mid-Otago Federation of Women's Institute.

Brighton artist Karen Baddock has been awarded the contract to paint the image that will feature on a New Zealand Post collectors stamp and this year's duck shooting licence.

Parents of pupils at Mornington School in Dunedin need not worry about a slip in their children's reading progress over the holidays.

A house built in six days? Easy.

Bodie Morris (5) fends off dry ice at the Otago Museum's ''Best Science Show in the History of the World'', this week.

The Dunedin Hospital's reception desk was surrounded by well-wishers and flowers yesterday as the ''mum of the hospital'' completed her last shift after 25 years of service.

How does a marriage last 65 years?

James Ung, of Dunedin, listens to Tom Hutchinson, principal cornet player for Welsh brass band the Cory Band at the Kaikorai Metropolitan Brass rooms yesterday.

About 1300 people came through the Dunedin Community Gallery doors during the Dunedin Photographic Society's 125th Anniversary Exhibition.

Otago Daily Times reporter Elliot Parker shares his early impressions of Dunedin.

If there were any permanent human inhabitants on Disappointment Island they would not have been disappointed with the attention the island has received during the past two weeks.