Shawn McAvinue

Incoming Fortune Theatre artistic director Jonathon Hendry was introduced to patrons at the 2016 season launch in Dunedin yesterday.

Melissa Van Der Haegen (11) leads the George Street Normal School kapa haka group in Dunedin's Meridian mall yesterday to promote the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal.

Noise complaints about buskers in the lower Octagon forced the Dunedin City Council to create a booking system to give performers exclusive slots to play to cruise ship passengers.

Dunedin Highland dancer Serena Sangster (19) is set to realise a lifelong dream by performing at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

A 24-year-old woman has died after falling from a steep cliff face in Mt Aspiring National Park.

If you're after a hotel bed and a restaurant booking in Dunedin tonight, you've left your run a tad late.

A former Waitaki Valley man is on a pilgrimage around New Zealand on a horse-drawn cart to celebrate a simpler way of life.

Tour operators parking buses on Central Dunedin car parks are blocking access to his business and to a fire hydrant, a cafe owner says.

A dark Dunedin warehouse will be transformed to an enchanted forest of giant lanterns to celebrate the summer solstice.

A well-known South Dunedin costume shop is closing after 50 years.

Hallelujah - A Dunedin singer has been belting out Messiah for nearly 60 years and shows no signs of stopping.

A reality television show is testing whanau responses behind the wheel in Dunedin.

The Salvation Army's ''The Wonder of Christmas'' opened in Dunedin last night - without a Santa.

A loyal customer was the first to walk down the aisles of a ''wonderful'' new Dunedin supermarket yesterday.

Power bills for many Otago consumers are dropping, thanks to a rush of new players into the electricity retail market. Part of a nationwide trend, small and medium-sized businesses are taking on the big companies.

Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, you cause scores of injuries.

Accidents were the order of the day on wet roads around Dunedin yesterday but fortunately no-one was hurt.

A heat-distressed dog was rescued by firefighters from a car in Dunedin yesterday. 

Greazy Dogs Motorcycle Club members leave Dunedin on the Southern Motorway yesterday.