Hamish McNeilly

Spring cleaning was in the air at Tony Brosnan's Wakari home yesterday, with University of Otago students volunteering to do a range of odd jobs.

It may be high and dry for now, but the former passenger ferry Elsie Evans could make a return to Otago Harbour as early as next year, funding permitting.

A Dunedin woman is warning people to be wary of telephone scammers who claim to be from the Department of Internal Affairs.

The Waikouaiti service station, the town's sole fuel outlet, has pumped its last drop, with its owner confirming the site will not reopen after being extensively damaged by a crayfish-laden truck last week.

Southern district police are more likely to be older and less ethnically diverse than their northern counterparts, figures show.

A record number of cruise ships will visit Dunedin this season, pumping tens of millions of dollars into the local economy.

The forthcoming cruise-ship season will result in temporary changes to parking around Dunedin's Octagon.

A crane toppled into an inlet on Otago Harbour at Burkes, near Dunedin, yesterday morning.

For the past fortnight, Judith Scheele has worn the same wedding dress and travelled more than 18,470km from her German home to Dunedin in an effort to win her dream wedding.

Rugby has received more than $108 million in pokie grants over the past five years, with the cash-strapped Otago Rugby Football Union ranking third overall for grants.

A new Dunedin tourism venture will demonstrate Maori culture to passengers on some cruise ships this season.

Eavesdropping criminals' ability to tune into police radios will soon be over and out, with Southern police set to switch to a secure digital radio communications system in 2012.

This is the story of the big one that did not get away.

A love of language has brought hundreds of first-time visitors to Dunedin to hear some of the leaders of tomorrow address the issues of today.

Speculation over the collapse of Stadium Southland by Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt has been dismissed as electioneering, but he maintains there were concerns with the structure from the outset.