Nigel Benson

A magic act with a down-to-earth message is in Dunedin for a spell.

A half century of chopsticks was celebrated in South Dunedin last night.

The Dunedin Botanic Garden is growing.

Forsyth Barr Stadium is to be renamed for Otago's first defence of the Ranfurly Shield against Hawkes Bay on Sunday.

Dunedin police are investigating two suspected arsons in South Dunedin overnight.

Willowbank station firefighters spray foam on to a burning logging harvester on Mt Cargill, Dunedin, yesterday.

St Clair Salt Water Pool opened for the season with a splash yesterday.

It was a stern test, but they got there in the end.

The only way is up for Pip Milford-Hughes.

Big has been beautiful in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery this week.

Age is no handicap if you are good enough.

Kaikorai Valley College teacher Greg MacLeod is surrounded by pupils after arriving for class yesterday dressed as Edna Turnblad, his character in the upcoming Musical Theatre Dunedin production Hairspray.

The Otago Festival of the Arts received a boost yesterday with the announcement of a $150,000 Otago Community Trust donation to help fund next year's festival.

A Dunedin music institution which has helped launch some of Otago's best young singers and musicians is calling time this week.

Erik ''The Lizardman'' Sprague is a colourful character.

''This is the story of a ship that has no peer,'' begins the first history of the pride of the United States Navy - USS Enterprise.

Kim Mitchell always knew pop star Stan Walker had the x-factor.