Rebecca Fox

A great weekend was had by all - even the ducks.

Standing on stage with his namesake, country music star Kris Kristofferson, Kris Collins is lost for words.

Ladies, worried about the reaction to those expensive new winter boots you just bought?

A decision on the future of the student fare discount for Dunedin's buses will be made soon, but in the meantime the discount will continue.

Groundwater management for the South Otago basin is overly restrictive, as the science behind it is wrong, the Otago Regional Council says.

North Otago has again borne the brunt of the latest low to slide across the east coast, with 60mm of rain falling in 24 hours.

Joe van Alphen routinely wins awards for his dahlias and tulips but it is his pumpkins that have been getting the attention lately.

A cuppa, a scone and a chat can be all some people need to ease the social isolation they find themselves in.

The Dunedin City Council will not be seeking repayment of the $400,000 debt it wrote off to save the Otago Rugby Football Union even though it was now back in the black.

The organisers of the Strath Taieri A&P Show put their feet up yesterday happy in the knowledge their event had been one of the best in years.

Twenty young Otago rugby players will be ''coached'' by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a Rippa rugby tournament at Forsyth Barr Stadium during the royal visit next month.

An international panel of scientists on April 13 told us greenhouse gas emissions were accelerating despite reduction efforts. But not everyone believes in human-caused climate change. Rebecca Fox looks at why. 

More publicity about the damage wallabies can cause, similar to that of a ''gigantic rabbit'', has been called for after confirmed sightings of the pests in the Trotters Gorge and Hampden areas.

Dredging may be the most practical way of reducing toxic algae blooms in the Tomahawk lagoons, an Otago Regional Council report says.