Rhys Chamberlain

The Otago Peninsula Trust has appointed Sophie Barker as its new marketing manager.

An 81-year-old Mosgiel man is ''speaking out'' after he was discharged from Dunedin Hospital without discharge papers and with a cannula left in his arm.

A Dunedin IT innovation team has won the ''Spirit of GovHack'' prize at the New Zealand GovHack awards held in Wellington recently.

The plaster has set, the mask is being cast and all is in readiness for Musical Theatre Dunedin's version of The Phantom of the Opera.

A week on from a house fire that destroyed everything he owned, the Dunedin community has rallied in support of Michael Mackay.

Residents of Dunedin's Radius Fulton rest-home were ''chuffed'' after learning they would be visited by the All Blacks, thanks to a video they posted online.

Cure Kids ambassador Brayden Warnock-Hannon (11), with the support of teacher Scott Manson, addressed some 500 pupils and staff at Kaikorai Valley College yesterday on what it was like to be a Cure Kids ambassador and how it all came about.

A balmy winter morning in Dunedin was deemed just perfect by a 2m, 150kg leopard seal that sunned itself on a pontoon in the Steamer Basin in the upper harbour yesterday.

More than 10 weeks after severe flooding swamped parts of South Dunedin, including the St John Hillside Rd depot, the emergency services organisation has moved back in.

An inability to play for 80 minutes proved decisive for Otago Country in its loss to Southland Metro Barbarians in Te Anau on Saturday.

The victim of a house fire in South Dunedin says he has ''lost everything''.

One Dunedin youth could be $1000 better off thanks to a grant set up by the Saddle Hill Community Board.

A woman's  generosity has benefited the whole Dunedin community after a new, fully equipped ambulance costing $214,000 was commissioned yesterday.

Otago Country lost to its Southland counterpart in its opening representative fixture of the season in Gore on Saturday.

Not many clubs can boast a continuous period of 86 years but that is exactly how long the Taieri Anglers Club has been in operation.

From weather to water, salt to sand, teeth to tech; all matter of experiments are on display at the Aurora Otago Science and Technology Fair at Otago Museum.

An ''effort to connect urban people to nature'' was launched yesterday with the unveiling, by Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull, of a nature panel.