About 1400 customers lost their broadband service connection in the South Island after a fibre-optic cable was accidentally cut by a contractor in Rakaia.
A foundation to ensure the long-term future of Orokonui Ecosanctuary was launched in Dunedin last night.
A new service aimed at solving disputes with quality mediation was launched in Dunedin yesterday.
The ''cavalier attitude'' of Dunedin pedestrians is worrying and controlled crossings should be used more, Age Concern Otago executive officer Susan Davidson says.
Steam locomotive Ja 1240, also known as Jessica, leaves the Dunedin Railway Station yesterday, heading to Sawyers Bay.
A charity auction to raise money for the Brighton Surf Life Saving Club and Community Facility rebuild will be held next month.
Health World Mosgiel has taken on the rental and sales of mobility equipment.
A SuperGran shortage has sparked an appeal by a volunteer to people with experience to step up and help others navigate life.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum educator Sara Sinclair cuts a cake in the museum's Josephine Foyer yesterday, with the help of Frankie McKinlay (6), to celebrate the 142nd birthday of steam locomotive Josephine.
Speed limit tolerances lowered over Labour Weekend to improve driver behaviour have been effective in the South, Dunedin police say.
A Dunedin playgroup has spent its $5000 Government grant on new toys.
Free laser therapy is a heaven-sent gift for badly burnt dog Demon.
John Osborne drives a ball from the ninth tee at Chisholm Park Golf Club, in Dunedin, yesterday in a national amputee golf tournament.
A Dunedin mother who says some of her mail has gone missing over the past five months is angry at the response from New Zealand Post.
The Mornington Coffee House has been sold after being run for the past 28 years by the same couple. James and Glenda Butler, of Dunedin, decided to sell the Mailer St cafe after Mrs Butler had a...
A severely burnt dog called Demon has been through hell and back but remains upbeat as his owner searches for a way to heal his skin infection.
We are in the thick of Arts Festival Dunedin and the first three nights have had audiences stamping on floors demanding encores and guffawing with uncontrolled laughter.
The moment Belgian singer Micheline Van Hautem walked from the back of Glenroy Auditorium singing, she owned the room.
A private collector outbid the Hocken Library for an unpublished James K. Baxter poem.
The past 10 days my wife has referred to herself as the ''arts widow'' but today I return to her after being immersed in the spectrum of creativity known as Arts Festival Dunedin.
