Hamish McNeilly

New Zealand Post is confident it has stamped out problems with its post code system after Waihola residents discovered their mail was ending up in opposite ends of the country.

New Zealand is a world leader in eliminating violence against children and more countries should follow its "courageous move", a visiting authority says.

Would-be firefighters from as far afield as Invercargill and Christchurch participated in theory and physical tests at a recruitment open day in Dunedin on Saturday.

The Dunedin City Council is still in a holding pattern over what to do about erosion at St Clair beach.

A pioneering technique by a Dunedin artist has dramatically reduced the time required to create the traditional Maori cloak, or korowai.

The move to being a charitable trust would allow the New Zealand Masters Games to access funding from a wider range of sources, organisers say.

Dunedin's Knox Church resembles a giant jungle gym, with more than 5.5km of scaffolding installed inside the 148-year-old church to allow interior refurbishment.

It was ready, set, play, for children and their caregivers yesterday, when the St Clair Playgroup returned to its regular home, following an arson attack last September.

Rua McCallum wears her moko not only on the outside.

The historic causeway un-earthed last month at the Dunedin City Council's $34 million Wall St development is likely to be sealed in glass - at an initial cost of $310,000.

Just like the 140 other pilgrims who returned from World Youth Day in Sydney yesterday, Brydie Meinung-Thompson had an "awesome time", despite sustaining an injury.

It could be the last of the golden summers, with tourism operators likely to increase prices in 2009-10 because of the rise in fuel prices.

It will be a ta lofa lava and kia orana from newly ordained First Church minister Anne Thomson when she holds her first service tomorrow.

A pigs-might-fly punt by Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt may earn the city millions of dollars, as a biotech firm is planning to put pig parts into people.

A media baron and a businesswoman were inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame last night.

A Dunedin researcher believes he has discovered how to prevent the onset of blindness for people with type-one diabetes

A $35 million to $50 million proposal to eradicate rats, wild cats and possums from Stewart Island has been released to the community for consultation.

The booming of the male kakapo this breeding season is likely to be followed by an unprecedented population boom, with experts predicting a 50% increase in the population of the critically endangered bird species.