Shawn McAvinue

Woohoo - Malaysian hawker food restaurant Madam Woo is set to open in Dunedin in September.

A Dunedin doctor is aiming to raise the most money in New Zealand from his booze break.

To celebrate their 98th birthday, Mosgiel sisters and identical twins Elsie Fagg and Cora Wright  swapped cards, cash and good-natured teasing.

Housing New Zealand has had a change of heart, ending a tenant's ''nightmare'', and agreeing to replace a television damaged after a Dunedin state house was flooded.

A service station employee is warning others to ''be aware'' following a petrol theft in Dunedin yesterday, as police inquiries continue into stolen registration plates used in other ''petrol drive-offs''.

A student is leaving Dunedin next week for an upstate New York university on a scholarship package worth more than $100,000.

A pedestrian is helped by members of the public after being hit by a motorbike in Dunedin about 5pm yesterday.

Taxi company Uber says it has no plans to launch its services in Otago and Southland until a Government review is complete.

A long-standing secret society of pranksters from Dunedin's Selwyn College created a sticky situation for a Dunedin student yesterday - colourfully catching the attention of passers-by.

Contractors work on the four-storey car parking building behind the former chief post office in Dunedin yesterday.

Halberg Disability Sport Foundation Otago and Southland adviser Bridget Meyer is collecting sports gear for disabled Tongan children.

If residents of Outram, Waldronville, Strath Taieri and Middlemarch want faster and more reliable internet connection now is the time for them to ''step up'' and make themselves heard.

The preferred markings of a proposed multipurpose turf will be the topic of a public meeting in Middlemarch next week.

The stoat on the loose at Orokonui Ecosanctuary has still not been found.

For 99 years, Honi Smith celebrated his birthday on July 21. 

The year was 1981. New Zealand was in turmoil.

A collaborative purchase of an artwork by major art galleries in Dunedin and Christchurch for them to share is a New Zealand first.

A Dunedin beneficiary wants his absentee landlord to make his flat warmer because it is making him sick.

An Otago egg merchant is expanding its operation to meet the increasing demand for free-range eggs.