Jonathan Chilton-Towle

The Dunedin City Council is working to upgrade parking meters in high-use areas after reports of worn card readers.

A community meeting is to be called to resolve issues around the siting of a proposed recycling centre at Pukehiki.

The builder of the Great Wall of Corstorphine has been unveiled but it seems unlikely it will bow to community wishes and install a gate.

It may not be possible to see the Great Wall of Corstorphine from space but locals want it gone, or at least gated, all the same.

The Dunedin City Council's senior animal control officer Jim Pryde has retired after 38 years.

A South Dunedin man is calling for more support for people trying to start their own businesses.

The Mosgiel Christian bookstore will celebrate its 30th birthday next week.

The Dunedin City Council is monitoring a section of the Water of Leith's bank that residents were concerned was at risk of collapse.

Mosgiel hairdresser Lyndsey Meyer proved she was a cut above the competition when she won the Otago World Skills hairdressing competition recently.

East Taieri Dog Park (ETDP) users are calling on the Dunedin City Council to improve the state of the park.

A South Dunedin schoolgirl's dream of an art wall for disadvantaged youth is one step closer to completion.

The Royal Albatross Centre's problems with human waste disposal could be solved by an innovative system involving evaporation.

Concerns have been raised that freedom campers may be taking Otago Peninsula's rare jewelled geckos.

Members of Dunedin's Hindu community believe having their own temple would strengthen the community as a whole.

Posies made of rosemary wrapped in red paper have been laid on the graves of service men and women in the services section of the Anderson's Bay Cemetery on Anzac Day for years - but the tradition is threatened by a shortage of rosemary.

Neighbours to the Wingatui Racecourse have voiced their opposition to a proposed housing development at the site.

A fitness course pioneered by the Dunedin Training Centre could help troubled youth get their lives on track.

A Dunedin-based marine conservation group has been recognised for its efforts to clean up Dunedin's harbour with two awards.

Portobello Domain is under attack by rabbits, leaving members of a local football club at their wits' end with the 2014 football season just around the corner.