Rosie Manins

Looking a little worse for wear, Dunedin's Wallpaper House is getting a revamp for iD Dunedin Fashion Week.

Up to $1.5 million of Government funding could be lost to the Otago Regional Council, if it fails to make peace with the New Zealand Transport Agency over bus contracts.

Pleasantries abandoned, hundreds of Dunedin women tore at clothing racks in search of discounts at the iD Designer Sale inside the Dunedin Public Art Gallery yesterday.

Barbara Kendall says her graduation with a double degree from Otago Polytechnic comes with a familiar sense of relief.

Major roadworks on a section of State Highway 1 at Pine Hill, estimated to cost about $600,000, will begin on Monday.

Today's Relay For Life opening ceremony will signify a beginning and an end for Sue Oliver and her Oliver's Army team-mates.

Dunedin fashion design graduate Emily Scott is preparing to showcase her work, inspired by Christchurch's revival from the earthquakes, to an international audience in Kuala Lumpur.

Scaffolding has been removed from the front of the former Canton Restaurant premises in Princes St, Dunedin. The facade is being restored to its former glory.

Hyde St tenants will meet other keg party stakeholders today to further discuss plans for this year's party.

New Zealand's Beige Brigade smashed its way to victory against England's Barmy Army in Dunedin yesterday. Barmy Army tour organiser Giles Wellington, of Barmouth, said team members were ''drowning their sorrows'' at the pub last night.

There is a familiarity about HMNZS Otago that might make even the most resolute landlubber feel at home.

Otago Polytechnic academic leader of fashion Margo Barton judges the 31 entries in the Otago Daily Times iD paper hat design competition yesterday. Dr Barton said she was looking for fun, as well as style, in the hats, which had to include a prominent Otago Daily Times masthead.

Budding Dunedin chef Stephanie Peirce continues to impress with her creative concoctions, winning the most innovative dish award at an Australasian competition in Melbourne this week.

Toast Bar owner Jamie Hughes and Quick Brown Fox owner Arjun Haszard savour their cocktail collaboration, inspired by Dunedin, at the Insiders Dunedin website relaunch in the Dunedin Community Gallery last night.

Lieutenant-Commander Ian Marshall is preparing for his longest overseas deployment, monitoring the armistice agreement between North and South Korea in the 60th anniversary year of its signing.

Fog at Dunedin International Airport delayed the landing of flights from Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch yesterday morning.

Insiders Dunedin is being relaunched tonight in an effort to rejuvenate its use by the city's population, for the promotion of Dunedin as a whole.