Jono Edwards

When Savanna Leigh turned 16 in June she tore the packaging off a chocolate block to find a shimmering golden ticket. She knew exactly what that meant.

If predicted clouds manage to part tonight, even for a moment, Otago will be treated to a stellar display in the skies.

The team behind the "spiritual home" of an iconic Dunedin craft beer maker has clearly tapped into something special, the bar having been crowned the best in the country.

Gini Letham (front left) and Graeme Loh (front right) set up trap boxes at Sandfly Bay helped by (back from left) Grady Quinn,  Franny Cunninghame and Jorge Jimenez, holding Niko Jimenez...

There is no evidence linking poor air quality and health problems in parts of Otago, regional councillor Michael Laws says.

Bus troubles have continued with more no-show services on the city's revised network, but the regional council is saying issues are not due to a staff shortage.

''All I care about is this guy getting caught,'' a St Kilda pub manager said after one of his staff members was assaulted during an attempted aggravated robbery.

A prisoner driver's licensing programme at the Otago Corrections Facility is as popular as ever and helping to curb reoffending, staff say.

Dunedin Hospital patient Jane Pemberton admits going under anaesthesia was slightly daunting.

An 8m kaka mural which now graces a Northeast Valley wall will act as a symbol for residents trying to encourage the native birds to flock there.

No trucks on State Highway 88 is the future Port Otago imagines for the harbour.

A Nasa astrophysicist at the forefront of the search for life on other planets will attempt to illuminate secrets of the universe in Dunedin this week.

The Very Rev Dr Trevor James officiates at the dedication of the Parata Chapel at St Paul’s Cathedral in Dunedin yesterday morning.

Oliver Picken (14), of Auckland,  ponders his next move at the South Island Rapid Chess Championship in Dunedin yesterday. 

Dunedin girl Millie McRodden (8) clings on to Carlos the Donkey as the animal’s owner, Sonya Verdoner, of Balclutha, keeps him steady at the Glenfalloch Gala Day yesterday.