Shawn McAvinue

A Mosgiel church is ensuring children in the Philippines have a spring in their step.

Yee-Haa - the Otago Goldfields Cavalcade is coming to Outram.

Volunteer Samantha Lindsey (12), of Dunedin, holds puppy Twix at the Otago SPCA in Opoho, Dunedin, yesterday.

A bruised and bleeding Mosgiel woman blames the Dunedin City Council for her seeing in the new year at Dunedin Hospital.

Heavy rain and strong wind had campers fleeing in Otago yesterday morning.

A Dunedin pup stranded up a cliff for several hours yesterday was finally reunited with her owner last night.

Cruise ship passengers avoiding what they say are overpriced shuttles to Dunedin city visited Port Chalmers instead yesterday, despite suggestions from cruise ship staff to bypass the town.

Carisbrook's demise was the end of an era for Otago. Shawn McAvinue tracks down those lucky enough to secure a memento of the stadium before it was demolished.

Carisbrook's demise was the end of an era for Otago. Shawn McAvinue tracks down those lucky enough to secure a memento of the stadium before it was demolished.

Carisbrook's demise was the end of an era for Otago. Shawn McAvinue tracks down those lucky enough to have secured a memento of the stadium before it was demolished.

A 23-year-old Dunedin man is in a critical condition in hospital after his motorcycle crashed into a fence in Mornington early yesterday.

Carisbrook's demise was the end of an era for Otago. Shawn McAvinue tracks down those lucky enough to have secured a memento of the stadium before it was demolished.

The cost for a warrant of fitness inspection could increase for motorists as a ''diabolical'' law change keeps unsafe vehicles on New Zealand roads, Dunedin Warrant of Fitness Centre inspector Phil Park says.

A man was seriously injured when he crashed his motorcycle into a fence in Dunedin overnight.

Dunedin is the fifth biggest city in New Zealand yet is the third most expensive in which to be buried and the most expensive in which to be cremated. Shawn McAvinue talks to those involved to find out why the cost of dying in Dunedin has increased 62% in the past seven years, as have the calls for more burial options.

Microchipped pets are having extended stays in shelters because their owners have failed to log their animals on to a national register, SPCA Otago executive officer Sophie McSkimming says.

A Kingston family is delighted to be reunited with its missing husky.

Carisbrook's demise was the end of an era for Otago. Shawn McAvinue tracks down those lucky enough to secure a memento of the stadium before it was demolished.