Shawn McAvinue

Their guitars in the baggage hold, two musicians are winging their way to Scotland to represent Dunedin.

Squeaky brakes and sunhats featured heavily in a classic car convoy to Waikouaiti yesterday.

Rare car collectors are passionate people with strong arms for steering and strong backs for cranking.

Police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old prisoner at Otago Corrections Facility at Milburn yesterday - the second death of an inmate at the prison in two months.

Mosgiel residents being trapped in the township as floodwater rises around them is a real threat and the emergency response plan is weak, a top Taieri police officer says.

A Dunedin man is still seeking answers more than 10 years after his son died after being king-hit in the central city.

A berry-growing ‘‘season from hell'' across New Zealand caused a buying frenzy of strawberries and raspberries in Dunedin yesterday.

Livestock suffer when pasture does not grow and lifestyle block farmers need to prepare now, SPCA Otago says.

The injury statistics are cat-astrophic.

A Dunedin state house and everything inside it was destroyed by fire yesterday.

A 5-year-old boy was carried to safety by a lifeguard at St Clair Beach on Saturday, after being caught by the incoming tide.

A Dunedin dog dodges death row but can't escape his ancestry. In an attempt to better understand his canine's quirky characteristics, Shawn McAvinue fetches a misunderstood mutt's DNA.

The positive reaction to projections of Otago poetry in Krakow has the Polish city seeking more.

Tartans and grins adorned the hundreds of "romantics'' at the opening ceremony of the International Festival of Historic Motoring in Dunedin last night.

The nerves are jangling for Dunedin siblings set to perform in Australia's largest music festival.

Budget advisers are bracing for droves of people struggling with credit card debt after a big December spend in Otago and Southland.

The spelling mistake in a Mosgiel street name is to be corrected.

A battle to stop alleged cultural insensitivity in Mosgiel is boiling over as another Scottish place name is spelt incorrectly in an administrative blunder.