Hamish McNeilly

A food fact-finding trip to Dunedin resulted in two Wellington-based food tour directors clocking up more calories than air points yesterday.

The formula for the New Zealand International Science Festival was just right, says festival director Sue Clarke.

Stand-in Springboks captain Victor Matfield said he had the size 14 feet to fill the boots of injured World Cup-winning skipper John Smit

A pilgrimage of faith will begin for 140 young people from the Otago-Southland Roman Catholic diocese, when they join 4000 other New Zealanders at the World Youth Day in Sydney next week.

One of Dunedin's oldest streets, unearthed last month at the Dunedin City Council's $34 million Wall Street development, is likely to be preserved under glass.

The Moonlight Track has been closed to the public, following the discovery of an "impressive" landslip beside the Shotover River on Monday.

The fate of one of Dunedin's oldest streets, discovered in the central city last month, will be known tomorrow.

Dunedin is likely to be on the menu later this year when a tourist operator begins food tours to the city.

The man dubbed Dr Death was waiting last night to hear if a last-minute injunction would prevent the sale of his controversial book.

After losing their stall in the Octagon, Cambodian refugees Song and Phy Sem have left Dunedin, bringing to a close another chapter in the lives of a couple who have survived much worse. Hamish McNeilly reports.

Taken from her parents and forced to fight for the Khmer Rouge, Phy Sem somehow survived to find safety in Dunedin.

Pain at the pump is affecting people's wallets and their willingness to volunteer, agencies say.

It was a close shave for barber Selwyn Grave on Wednesday, when low-lying sun reflected from a shaving mirror caused a fire in his bathroom.

Australian euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke said it was "worrying" his first visit to Dunedin had been hampered by venue changes, after detractors waged a phone campaign to stop his visit.

By popular demand, the traditional cloth nappy will now be included as part of a Dunedin City Council's nappy subsidy scheme.

Brent Bell felt as if his heart had been ripped from his chest when he discovered someone had stolen his prized collection of Earth, Wind and Fire albums.

Thomas Watson is determined not to let the $450 he spent on a van go to waste, despite organisers pulling out of the Undie 500.

The University of Canterbury Engineering Society (Ensoc) has pulled out of organising an Undie 500 event to Dunedin this year, even in revamped form, warning without the support of local authorities the event might now be forced "underground".

Invercargill police have called in reinforcements to patrol city streets after reports rival gang members are heading south.