Shawn McAvinue

A Mosgiel switchboard manufacturing business is doubling the size of its premises and expects to increase staff numbers as the economy strengthens.

Rising rents and falling sales have closed a Dunedin skate shop after 20 years of business.

Despite a large waiting list for counselling at Rape Crisis Dunedin, the service doubts it will get a cent of the millions the Government promised to support sexual violence services.

Works of art including a ''pearler'' by Ralph Hotere are set to be auctioned to raise funds during Otago Community Hospice Awareness Week, chief executive Ginny Green says.

The co-owner of award-winning whisky Dunedin DoubleWood is threatening to launch a social media campaign against a Scottish whisky giant if it continues legal threats.

A Mosgiel mechanic injured in a ''colossal'' crash during the Rally of Otago last year is set to return to the event in his rebuilt car tomorrow.

The love songs of ''serial philanderer'' Robert Burns were performed at a lecture in Dunedin last night.

More engagement with teenagers is needed to curb Dunedin having one of the largest rates of youth unemployment in New Zealand, Base manager Mary-Ann McKibben says.

Chest-deep snow and a high avalanche risk forced Warrington couple Paul and Shelley Hersey to retreat to base camp on their final attempt to reach the summit of an unclimbed mountain in the Himalayas.

With legal highs expected to be banned from early tomorrow, the Southern District Health Board is giving advice about ways to cope with impending withdrawal symptoms.

The unsung heroes of maternity care were recognised yesterday, the International Day of the Midwife.

Dunedin ethical boutique The Cuckoo's Nest is closing after struggling to compete with shops selling mass-produced clothing.

Powergel ''sausages'' discovered in a Bacon St, Dunedin, shed were destroyed by the New Zealand Defence Force explosive ordnance disposal squad in the city yesterday.

Dunedin children got a perfect score in the latest Ministry of Transport survey of restraint use in vehicles.

Blind New Zealanders are losing their identity by listening to foreign accents on text-to-speech programs, Dunedin Social Services community co-ordinator Rob Tigeir says.

Police tasered fewer animals last year but diversified from just dogs to include a pig and a goat.

A man has been seriously injured after falling down a lift well at Speight's Brewery in Dunedin this morning.

Former children's television presenter Olly Ohlson lost his cool over the Government's handling of his red-zoned house in Christchurch and moved to Dunedin.

The best breeding years are behind purebred shih tzu Ted and he needs a home.