Shawn McAvinue

Fewer Europeans, Maori and Pacific people are smoking tobacco in the South but Asians in Southland are bucking the national trend and opting to inhale.

A Warrington couple are attempting to make mountaineering history on an expedition to the Himalayas.

Horses hoofed it up George St yesterday in the Ride the Rhythm street parade.

Trees in the Octagon and their new look after an arborist applied a mix of compost tea and a lime wash yesterday morning.

A petition calling for the Government to allow microchipped, registered and desexed dogs to stay in state houses has been backed by more than 300 people in its first day.

Three big name artists including Tinie Tempah are set to perform at a Forsyth Barr Stadium dance party in March.

An 8-year-old boy sustained serious head injuries when he fell off a bouncy castle near Cromwell this afternoon.

A Kingston man is ''frustrated'' police gave the Canterbury woman who took his husky a pre-charge warning.

The leash has shortened as the Government tightens its policy on dogs in state houses.

Trampoline accidents in Otago have jumped 51% in the past year - a much bigger leap than the national average.

A horse rider who fell from her mount when it stepped in a ''one-metre rut'' in a rubbish-laden road wants more road maintenance from the Dunedin City Council.

A woman's bloody fall in a Dunedin car park has prompted the Dunedin City Council to repair a pothole and erect a ''trip hazard'' warning sign.

Pay packets from recruitment service Student Job Search (SJS) were nearly $700,000 less in Otago last year than the total earned by students in SJS placements in 2012.

Foodshare has fed more people than you have had hot dinners.

A pair of pet parrots are on a wing and a prayer of being reunited with their owners.