Shawn McAvinue

Winter finally showed up in Otago yesterday after an unusually extended and balmy autumn.

A Dunedin couple are saving a "mess'' to give the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra a new home.

SPCA Otago has been inundated with kittens, unseasonably warm weather in Dunedin having extended cats' typical breeding season.

A ‘‘passion for fashion'' helped raise more than $8000 for the Otago Community Hospice in Dunedin last night.

The iSport Foundation has chosen Kaikorai Valley College to receive donated sports gear including a set of left-handed golf clubs, racquets and baseball and cricket gear.

People are swarming to a Dunedin restaurant to eat locusts.

A Dunedin man with a disease which restricts his movement is certain the high-pitched scream of a long-life smoke alarm will alert him if a fire is burning in his state home.

When I order a grasshopper at a bar, I expect to be served a cocktail. But consider this a warning, because next time you are in Dunedin, you might find your order has a bit more kick.

Police are seeking three people in relation to a recent stabbing in Dunedin.

It's elementary.

More foreign tourists are fishing without a licence in Otago, Fish and Game says.

Buckling up is a no-brainer, police say.

The names suggested for an albatross chick could ruffle some feathers.

Dunedin musicians had a chance to strike a chord with music industry professionals last night.

A documentary about a Dunedin wrestler's battle to lose weight is being filmed in the South.

Mobile food vendors have a healthy appetite to open a night market in the Octagon.

The Jack Russell dog which bit a 9-month-old Dunedin girl has been destroyed.

The Dunedin City Council will not be taking any action against the owners of a dog which attacked their baby girl yesterday afternoon, after they agreed to have the dog put down.

Blue Oyster Art Project Space director Chloe Geoghegan is travelling to China and South Korea in August to strengthen New Zealand's art links in northeast Asia.