Albion Place retailers in central Dunedin say they have a problem with rats and say a homeless man is to blame.
Dunedin police are concerned about the behaviour of a young man who has been spotted numerous times hiding in bushes at a children's playground.
North Korea's traditional priorities might be its downfall, those at a University of Otago lecture heard yesterday.
In an effort to preserve the indigenous cultures and languages of Otago's Hispanic residents, four Dunedin women have established Grupo Hispano Otago (the Otago Hispanic Group).
Dunedin's young automotive engineering students had an expert assess their work when Kiwi racing driver Greg Murphy visited the Otago Polytechnic campus yesterday.
Tourism Dunedin chief executive Hamish Saxton launched a marketing prospectus to about 100 Dunedin-based tourism accommodation and activity providers during three sessions at the Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday.
Kiwirail's 45 infrastructure and engineering staff in Dunedin are yet to be told whether their jobs will remain, as the state-owned enterprise considers cutting up to 220 jobs by October.
A European approach to public transport could be implemented in Dunedin, through an Otago Regional Council plan.
Otago's four finalists in the World of WearableArt Awards are celebrating their selection in the international show, which attracted 327 entries from around the world.
About 60 people, mostly children, participated in the neurosurgery fundraiser brain and body exercise, which involved activity stations throughout the garden.
Sometimes even heroes need saving.
Two Bluff fishermen are recovering after the crayfishing boat they were on capsized in Chalky Inlet near Landing Bay just after 5pm last night.
Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean says criticism of her involvement in a charitable trust which received government funding is misguided.
George Tetzlaff, of Mosgiel, will never be short of friends.
A winter marketing campaign attracting domestic visitors to Dunedin is paying off for those involved.
Sheer hard work, dedication and old-fashioned policing is resulting in impressive crime reduction across the Southern policing district, police minister Anne Tolley says.
A fire was last night blazing across at least 7ha of tussock and scrub on the hilly landscape between Hyde and Macraes Flat.
Mention "ghost chips" and most young New Zealanders will think of the latest anti drink-driving campaign, Assistant Police Commissioner, Superintendent Dave Cliff says.
Visual impairment is no barrier for Dunedin art enthusiasts, who are making the most of audio installations in the city.
A knife, which may have been used in the aggravated robbery of the Normanby Tavern on Monday, has been found in a nearby park.