Hamish McNeilly

Proceeds from the Anything But Books Sale on Saturday will help prevent the Regent Theatre from being bypassed by big name productions, sale convener Doug Lovell said.

A Bluff woman says she is an "emotional wreck" after being pricked by one of seven syringes and needles - some used - inside a Southland Times newspaper delivered to her home.

After a half century in front of the classroom, John Huggett may be the oldest teacher in New Zealand.

The first all-gay cruise is coming to Dunedin next year, before it heads to Australia for the Sydney Mardi Gras.

One of Air New Zealand's largest clients, the University of Otago, may choose to fly with another carrier following the airline's decision to suspend transtasman flights from Dunedin.

On a day when images of the Otago University Students Association toga parade disorder were making headlines around the world, one Dunedin visitor, English broadcaster Dan Cruickshank, was wondering what to make of it all.

Ngai Tahu kaiwhakahaere (chairman) Mark Solomon was yesterday called on to resign by kaumatua from his own marae.

A leaked cruise ship order form reveals passengers are paying premium rates for Dunedin excursions, including more than $300 to play a round of golf at St Clair Golf Club - not that anyone is complaining.

Angry George St retailers, who spent hours removing egg, blood, vomit and faeces from shop-fronts yesterday, are calling for the annual student toga parade in Dunedin to be cancelled and for the students association to pick up the cleaning bill.

Ten tourists trapped for three nights by rising floodwater were yesterday rescued by enterprising locals who towed their five vehicles to safety.

Flights across the Tasman may become faster and cheaper if the New Zealand and Australian Governments move to reclassify the route from international to domestic.

Three days into a two-week holiday, two families had a trip they would rather forget, when their hired bus plunged down an embankment moments after exiting the Homer Tunnel yesterday.

They may not be drinking our beer there, but they are drinking their beer here.

Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin says he is prepared to speak to gangs in an effort to resolve issues which have come to the fore in recent weeks.

The House of Pain could provide pleasure for generations to come, says the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, which is calling for a debate on the future of Carisbrook.