Table turns for town sculpture
Table turns for town sculpture
The art community has welcomed a decision to remove a picnic table placed on top of a Mosgiel art sculpture.
Shawn McAvinue
BMX on the back burner
BMX on the back burner
The Outram Charitable Trust project to build a BMX track has been put on hold as its focus shifts to horses.
Board distributes $5000 to groups
Board distributes $5000 to groups
The Saddle Hill Community Board last week distributed more than $5000 from its project fund.
Wellbeing Strategy group gets behind swimming pool bid
Wellbeing Strategy group gets behind swimming pool bid
A Mosgiel group last week signalled it wanted to jump in with Taieri Community Facilities Trust in the bid for a Mosgiel swimming pool.
Weather ideal for holiday weekend
Weather ideal for holiday weekend
The Queen's Birthday Weekend weather in Otago and Southland was mostly clear and calm - the complete opposite of weather at the corresponding long weekend last year.
Call made for roundabout
Call made for roundabout
A ''hideous'' Green Island intersection needs a roundabout, concerned residents say.
Slipping and sliding in the ice
Slipping and sliding in the ice
Panelbeaters and a tow company were busy ''mopping up'' wreckage in Dunedin yesterday after vehicles slid on black ice.
Update boost
Update boost
A project to update Strath Taieri history book East of the Rock and Pillar has been boosted by a $2000 community grant.
Delays after crash on Northern Motorway
Delays after crash on Northern Motorway
A multi-vehicle crash in frosty conditions caused delays for motorists after blocking Dunedin's Northern Motorway this morning.
Group 'trying to stop deaths'
Group 'trying to stop deaths'
Lives could be saved from drink-driving crashes if police stopped threatening $10,000 fines and supported unlicensed passenger services, the creators of a Dunedin social media campaign say.
Police search house: foul play suspected
Police search house: foul play suspected
Police searched a Dunedin home yesterday for clues relating to the disappearance of a mother who went missing 12 years ago.
Claim one-way move affecting hundreds
Claim one-way move affecting hundreds
Making a South Dunedin street one-way is inconveniencing hundreds of motorists daily for the safety of a sole cyclist, Marlow St resident Trevor McStay says.
Retain older workers, bosses told
Retain older workers, bosses told
The workforce in Otago is getting older and the businesses targeting the growing demographic will prosper.
Employers taking on young workers
Employers taking on young workers
Dunedin employers are giving young people a chance, Altitude Programme manager Sonya Hill says.
There's more to come in the life of Riley
There's more to come in the life of Riley
It was a meeting more than two years in the making.
SPCA resumes adoptions
SPCA resumes adoptions
The cat-killing virus at Otago SPCA has gone and adoptions have resumed but rigorous cleaning continues.
Purr-fect end to Moana's collar ordeal
Purr-fect end to Moana's collar ordeal
A cat found with a slipped collar around its belly, in a ring of rotted flesh, is healing and ready for adoption.
Heads in the clouds
Heads in the clouds
An aviation programme for year 13 pupils is continuing to take off in Mosgiel.
Employers asked to take on course graduates
Employers asked to take on course graduates
Employers have been asked to kick-start the careers of five Dunedin youths who graduated from the Limited Service Volunteer programme.
'We've all lost a part of ourselves'
'We've all lost a part of ourselves'
Kiriau family members are ''raw'' as they plan funerals for the brother and sister killed in a high-speed crash on the Southern Motorway on Sunday.