Shawn McAvinue

An innovative bike track in native bush and a wetland view will attract people to the upgraded Walton Park, Saddle Hill Community Board chairman Scott Weatherall says.

Most pupils can continue to curl up and dye but more extreme styles and colours are still banned despite a High Court ruling yesterday, Otago principals say.

A parish is selling two churches because insurance costs have doubled and an earthquake-strengthening bill looms.

Work and Income has approved emergency dental treatment for invalid beneficiary Paul Whiteman, who has also accepted a free set of dentures.

A pensioner frustrated with his daily delivery of mail declaring lottery wins wants to warn others of the scams.

A surprise swirling wind stopped fireworks soaring on Saturday but the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival attracted a large crowd.

An invalid beneficiary wants an ''inhumane'' government agency to stop his pain and lend him the money to remove his rotting teeth.

Dogs teaching compassion to underprivileged children are set to be joined by more cuddly staff.

A Dunedin robotics competition attracted more entrants than its rival cities and had more girls making machines than boys.

Nick Chisholm is more nervous about unveiling his muscled new body than his wedding.

Wind may have put paid to the fireworks display but it didn't extinguish the enthusiasm of the performers and spectators at the 2014 Dunedin Midwinter Carnival.

A Dunedin schoolboy will miss the opening weekend of the ski season today to attend an Outward Bound course to help him carve a path to the Paralympics.

The issue of slow drivers in Mosgiel, highlighted in the Otago Daily Times this week, prompted some residents to blame elderly drivers.

A building at Catlins Area Motel in Owaka was "well involved" with fire when crews arrived about 11am, a fire service southern communications spokesman said.

A Dunedin schoolboy's road to recovery after a major head injury he received playing rugby has been faster than doctors anticipated.

Dunedin School of Art student Shelley McConaughy, of Dunedin, photographs her ''site-specific'' work Shelter in the Octagon yesterday.

A dog is taken from St Kilda by animal control staff yesterday after it was reported as harassing a cyclist and ripping a pedestrian's jeans.