'Inner child' finds success
'Inner child' finds success
Releasing her inner child helped a Dunedin entertainer win a children’s music award.
Shawn McAvinue
No leads in dumped dog investigation
No leads in dumped dog investigation
Puppies left for dead in Dunedin have found new homes but the investigation to find those responsible for dumping the dogs has closed due to a lack of positive leads.
Vehicles entered at stadium and flats burgled
Vehicles entered at stadium and flats burgled
Police are seeking witnesses to a North Dunedin crime spree after flats and vehicles were broken into, including those of Otago rugby players away on a training camp.
Thieves target Nth Dunedin
Thieves target Nth Dunedin
Police are seeking witnesses to a crime spree in North Dunedin after homes and cars were broken into last night.
Popular exhibition being obliterated
Popular exhibition being obliterated
Spare a thought for Dunedin Public Art Gallery staff removing 1.4million circular stickers as they continue to take down an interactive exhibition today.
Appeal over block of flats
Appeal over block of flats
Two neighbours have brought their fight against a 25-room apartment block proposed for central Dunedin to the Environment Court.
Ice so bad grit truck slips off road
Ice so bad grit truck slips off road
Freezing temperatures on the Taieri transformed a stretch of highway into a skating rink yesterday morning, creating black ice, putting a grit truck in a ditch and forcing a road closure.
Tree likely cause of blaze
Gum tree beside lines likely cause of blaze
A branch or bark from a gum tree coming in contact with a power line "most likely" caused the Saddle Hill fire last year.
Nan’s singing our song
Nan’s singing our song
Dunedin student Korina Kahu-Luke gets emotional when she hears the solo introduction to the hit single Poi E.
Jokes upset Rape Crisis
Rape Crisis distressed over jokes
The rape jokes told by an Australian comedian due to perform in the South encourage sexual violence and make light of survivors' pain, Rape Crisis Dunedin says.
Taieri school choirs harmonise at town hall
Taieri school choirs harmonise at town hall
Memories were made at the Taieri Schools' Music Festival in Dunedin last night.
New citizen feared missing 'furry hug'
Fears of missing furry hug behind citizenship decision
A Londoner became a New Zealander in Dunedin so she wouldn't miss out on a "furry hug'' with Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull.
Southern finalists found
Southern finalists found
The six pupils set to represent the South in the New Zealand Spelling Bee national final were decided in Dunedin yesterday.
Word on the street
Artists check out word on the street
The artists who made a small mosaic-tile library in Dunedin looked it over for the first time yesterday.
Pupils 'beam in' to theatre experience
Pupils 'beam in' to theatre experience
A digital backstage pass to allow Dunedin pupils to "beam in'' remotely was used for the first time yesterday to watch an actor and director rehearse at the Fortune Theatre.
Students help catch burglar
Students help catch burglar
Quick-thinking students helped police catch a burglar in North Dunedin yesterday.
Usher standing down after nine years
Usher standing down after nine years
Saddle Hill Community Board member Jonathan Usher is standing down and will not seek re-election this year.
‘Brook Project’ book out
‘Brook Project’ book out
A public art project about the former Carisbrook sports ground site began two years ago and ended with a publication launch in Dunedin on Saturday.
Drunk man with shotgun arrested
Drunk man with shotgun arrested
Police have charged a 58-year-old Dunedin man with possessing a double-barrelled shotgun while intoxicated after an incident on the Otago Peninsula on Saturday.
Fire services’ amalgamation discussed
Fire services’ amalgamation discussed
The legislation set to amalgamate rural and urban fire services was a hot topic at a Dunedin conference for nearly 100 southern "chiefs and deputies'' at the weekend.