Shawn McAvinue

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.

If you are sick of city life take a 20km drive down Otago Peninsula from Dunedin to Portobello to find the perfect escape. Shawn McAvinue visits Portobello Village Tourist Park.

Torrential rain and strong winds closed major tourist route the Haast Pass for much of yesterday.

''Please, sir, I want some more,'' was Oliver Twist's famous request.

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.

Knowing what to do with unwanted paint in Dunedin will become clearer after a solid waste bylaw review.

Rain kept the punters and horses away from the Boxing Day races at Wingatui yesterday.

Nothing, zero, zilch, the big doughnut - that's the compensation a South Dunedin businessman got when he had to stop trading so his landlord could demolish the building he leased.