Sharing of data shows benefit fraud
Sharing of data shows benefit fraud
Welfare fraud reforms designed to stop illegal payouts have resulted in the cancellation of more than 350 southern benefits.
Shawn McAvinue
It's goodbye to Telecom
It's goodbye to Telecom
The Telecom rebrand is set to Spark on Friday.
Sushi empire expanding
Sushi empire expanding
Hikari Sushi Bar chef Min Yu presents sushi and sashimi for sale in Dunedin yesterday.
Law penalises sensible users, operator says
Law penalises sensible users, operator says
A sunbed age restriction proposed by the Government is penalising responsible users, a Dunedin salon owner says.
Here comes the sun - if tree can be trimmed
Here comes the sun - if tree can be trimmed
A towering macrocarpa tree needs trimming, as it shades a roof where solar panels are to be installed, Brighton homeowner Stu Nicholson says.
Newly Nood in strip mall
Newly Nood in strip mall
A homeware shop that failed in Dunedin before is about to give retail another crack in the city.
Bridge team takes on the world
Bridge team takes on the world
A New Zealand youth contract bridge team stacked with players from Dunedin and Invercargill is due to land in Turkey on Friday for the world championships.
It's in the bag - hunters in school fund-raiser
It's in the bag - hunters in school fund-raiser
High-flying ducks made it difficult for young hunters to bag the bounty required for the Taieri College Hunting Competition.
Queenstown leads offers of organs
Queenstown leads offers of organs
Queenstown-lakes District residents are more likely to indicate yes to organ donation on their driver's licence than any other New Zealand district.
Bookbus warning: Use it or lose it
Bookbus warning: Use it or lose it
Not enough Mosgiel residents are borrowing from the Bookbus, prompting a warning the mobile library service could be relocated.
Protesters oppose factory farming in day of action
Protesters oppose factory farming in day of action
The ''pig-headed'' pork industry must stop using sow crates, Animal rights group Safe proclaimed in the Octagon on Saturday.
Veterans' sacrifices in Korea recognised
Veterans' sacrifices in Korea recognised
The sacrifice of veterans was commemorated with a lunch in Dunedin on Saturday to mark the 61st anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
High George St rent 'killed business'
High George St rent 'killed business'
A well-travelled artisan baker says it is too hard to make a crust in Dunedin, so he closed his shop on Saturday, making four staff redundant.
Jewellery retailer tells of slow business death
Jewellery retailer tells of slow business death
A lack of foot traffic and impulse purchases caused the slow retail death of Dunedin jewellery shop.
Expiry date looms for frozen embryos
Expiry date looms for frozen embryos
The first batch of frozen embryos, sperm and eggs given a 10-year time limit is due to expire in November, specialists say.
Q & A: Kim Dotcom
Q & A: Kim Dotcom
Internet Party founder Kim Dotcom answers Shawn McAvinue's questions before tonight's Party Party event in Dunedin's 10Bar.
Emphasis on space, comfort as cinema opens
Emphasis on space, comfort as cinema opens
The sense of space is striking on stepping from the Octagon into the lobby of the new Reading Cinema.
Road crossing fraught
Road crossing fraught
Spasmodic traffic lights at the Princes and Rattray Sts intersection and a ''ridiculous'' traffic management plan has made crossing dangerous, Dunedin grandmother Shar Carlini says.
On the trail of the lottery scammers
On the trail of the lottery scammers
Don't hate me now I'm rich. Shawn McAvinue chases cash to Kuala Lumpur.
Crossing safety measures criticised
Crossing safety measures criticised
Interim safety measures at pedestrian crossings in the Green Island business district have failed, Saddle Hill Community Board member John Moyle says.