Rhys Chamberlain

The future is here and pupils at Flag Swamp School are living it by way of an electric car built by their teacher, Trisha Geraets.

Cultures combined to make a welcome to Pasifika students to the University of Otago health sciences division a special one last night.

After almost three months without a warranted inspector, SPCA Otago has two new inspectors on its staff.

None of five people arrested in the student quarter at the weekend, including a 16-year-old who allegedly threatened another man with a craft knife, are university students, police say.

Dunedin's heritage, culture and status as a Unesco City of Literature have gone on show at a literary lunch where the Lord Provost of Edinburgh was a special guest.

Whether you are into rock, reggae, dance or dubstep, there was something for everyone at the Waitati Music and Arts Festival on Saturday.

Over $1000 worth of property was stolen from a house in Ocean View, Dunedin, over the weekend, police say.

Police have stepped up patrols in the student quarter after two couch fires in Castle St on Friday night and two arrests in relation to alleged disorderly behaviour.

Two passers-by saved two dogs trapped when a house caught fire in Dunedin yesterday.

A police officer and a Reillys Towage and Salvage contractor prepare to winch a vehicle out of the Water of Leith in Dunedin yesterday.

Otago can officially lay claim to a new wildlife species, after scientists proved the existence of the endangered Otago shag.

Two dogs have been rescued from a house fire in the Dunedin suburb of Waverley.

A milestone for one of Dunedin's most well-known community, volunteer initiatives will be celebrated when Otago Access Radio turns 25.

A limited edition, $5000 vintage steering wheel was stolen from a home in Company Bay - then returned after the thief was caught in the act.

Two experts have been employed to try to understand and curb the drastic drop in yellow-eyed penguin numbers.

Two people transporting a load of bees were taken to hospital yesterday after the ute they were in rolled, spilling about 20 hives on to the road.

People scrambled to secure the best seats for the main events at iD Dunedin Fashion Week when tickets went on sale at 9am on Monday.

Fire investigators have completed a scene examination of a house burnt to the ground in Middlemarch, but will not know the cause for "a few days''.