Nigel Benson

Today's Royal Wedding could test some marriages around Otago, and even lead to ugly custody battles.

The Queen has sent her apologies and William and Kate are otherwise engaged.

It was hard to miss United States couple Lee and Paul Garlington in Dunedin this week.

Alan Pantall doesn't go to Anzac Day services.

Cath Gubbins' Dunedin home is full of rats - and she couldn't be happier.

Performing Bad Smelly in the Octagon yesterday are (front row, from left) Joseph Knopp (5), Ella Cox (8), Joel Whitcombe (8), Cory Inglis (7), Cailin Rogers (9) and Morgan Alcock (7); (back row, from left) Ben Whitcombe (15), Joan Middlemiss, Edward Rogan (14, obscured), Elizabeth Horner (9), Hannah Whitcombe (12), Emma Fleury (12), Bree Colston (12), Rebecca Horner (11), Nicole Fleury (12) and Anton Dunford (13).

A monster of the deep shared its secrets with a large crowd at the Otago Museum Reserve yesterday. About 150 people attended the dissection of the 1.8m blue shark.

It looked like child's play, but the game was stacked.

Dunedin police have come up with a novel scheme to help teenagers race faster.

A Dunedin student is making a noise in the United States film industry, without leaving her bedroom.

"I'm obviously no gym bunny," Otago Neonatal Trust chairwoman Debbie Sinclair puffed, soon after the start of the Ride 4 Life fundraiser in the Octagon, Dunedin, yesterday.

Is is a car? Is it a bike? No ... it's a super trike.

Love, laughter and lots of children have been the ingredients for a happy marriage for Mosgiel couple Les and Eunice Preston, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Monday.