Shawn McAvinue

Eight seconds will seem a lifetime for cowboys riding 850kg bulls at the Outram Rodeo on Friday.

Landlords of substandard properties need to shape up their business or sell up, a Dunedin minister says.

A 43-year-old German man is due to appear in the Invercargill District Court tomorrow in relation to the fatal crash between a car and a campervan at Five Rivers in Northern Southland on Boxing Day.

A Southland man sustained burns to most of his body, including to his mouth and throat, in a house fire in Nightcaps last night.

Charlotte and Charlie are among the most popular names chosen for babies in Otago last year.

A film and video game screenwriter has been selected to make a literary tour of Dunedin for the Digital Writers' Festival in Melbourne.

A powhiri and haka welcomed the new rector of Otago Boys' High School yesterday.

A Dunedin woman who had a mastectomy more than two years ago is ''unbelievably frustrated'' with the scores of people waiting for breast reconstruction surgery at Dunedin Hospital.

A ''powerful and evocative'' sculpture has set foot in Dunedin.

Steve Marshall sports Hobbit ears every time an international cricket match hits the University Oval.

The relevance of contemporary art criticism is under investigation in Dunedin.

Ben Mitchell is trying to to pay his way to climb in Nepal by playing his saxophone.

It was a case of drone wars in Dunedin yesterday as the University Oval airspace became too cluttered for a Sky TV contractor.

The Dunedin Fringe Festival celebrated its new home and new logo last night.

Despite this week's rain, the dry spell is set to continue.

A 24-year-old Frenchman was chased by a pregnant shop owner after he allegedly took a wallet from her store.