Rosie Manins

Saying goodbye to his lifelong passion is understandably emotional for Lieutenant-commander Bruce Walker, of Dunedin.

In a meat-minded frenzy, the first customer of The Mad Butcher Dunedin spent $700 before 7am yesterday and the tills show no sign of slowing.

Modern technology and young minds might be key to such future innovations as self-navigating lawnmowers, virtual home furnishing and user-adaptable positioning technology.

A replacement life ring has been installed at Cape Saunders, after the near-drowning of a teenager and two men.

Condensation is the latest issue plaguing the locomotive display at the Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin.

Otago Harbour octopuses are losing their grip as winter sets in, leaving jellied carcasses clumped along the rocky shores of Dunedin.

A couple of Otago born-and-raised New Zealanders have been voted among the most trusted people in the country.

St John is so much more than an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff, as Rosie Manins discovered recently while shadowing paid and volunteer Dunedin members for a day.

An Indian man and woman are in Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after a head-on collision on State Highway 6 at Frankton last night.

Dunedin's winter is heating up on the heels of a domestic tourism campaign.

Dunedin will host the world's largest indoor rodeo show outside Las Vegas, followed by New Zealand-exclusive performances from bands like The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Bruno Mars, an international event promoter says.

Despite its ever-increasing success, iD Dunedin Fashion Week remains in search of permanent sponsorship and requires a huge amount of organisation by a dedicated committee.

South Dunedin teenager Micah Wharerimu is being called a hero for helping save the lives of his best friend and two of his uncles after they were swept out to sea while fishing at Cape Saunders yesterday.