Pupils entering the school hall for their first exam in Dunedin at Bayfield High School yesterday walked past a list of prohibited examination items - no notes, books, iPods or electronic translators.
More than 220 children got damp and dirty at the Portobello Paddock Pursuit yesterday.
Clydesdales and a Rolls-Royce coupe displayed different types of horsepower yesterday in a parade to encourage Dunedin road users to be considerate.
Furniture and rubbish fires in ''infamous'' North Dunedin streets kept fire crews and police busy at the weekend.
A fire caused significant damage to a house in Opoho, Dunedin, yesterday.
Assaults on and threats to Work and Income New Zealand (Winz) staff in 2011 and 2012 were more prevalent in the Otago region than Southland but non-existent in Central Otago and South Canterbury during that time.
The celebrations of Miller Studios' centenary started with a cocktail function at the firm's headquarters in Anzac Ave last night.
A Dunedin woman who says she was choked while pregnant is fundraising for a mobility van for her severely disabled daughter.
Laying a stormwater pipeline on the State Highway 1-Caversham Highway Improvements project in Dunedin yesterday are Downer machine operator Chris Gray (left) and drainage foreman Scott Tierney.
Nine-year-old Amelia Steele, of Kyeburn, meets SPCA Otago resident dog Archie, in Dunedin yesterday.
A Dunedin teen is set to be the youngest driver and only female to race in the Cromwell finale of an endurance series this weekend - at speeds of up to 230kmh.
The Department of Conservation's move to set up a group to find Otago's first marine reserves within two years is ''extremely concerning'', Otago Rock Lobster Industry Association executive officer Simon Gilmour says.
A tennis tournament, a celebrity cook-off, a quiz night and massive party in the park will feature in next year's Festival of the Plain.
People should get off the ''high-fat bandwagon'' and dismiss a recent article that promotes a diet of saturated fats, University of Otago human nutrition professor Jim Mann says.
At The Evening Star reunion yesterday (from left) Roger Soroka, Bill Shadwell, Shirley George and Les Beck reminisce in the Allied Press publishing room.
Charlie - the cat that was tied in a pillowcase and dumped on a Dunedin roof - was feasting on fish after returning home to Mosgiel yesterday.
St Clair Surf Club lifeguards training for the opening of the season today at St Clair Beach. Lifeguards will patrol St Clair, St Kilda, Brighton and Kaka Point beaches from today and Warrington Beach from November 23.
The dumping of a cat in a tied pillowcase on the roof of a four-storey Dunedin building has been condemned by SPCA Otago.
A survey of nearly 500 New Zealanders living with psoriasis reveals more pain is associated with the chronic skin condition than just that from the scaly red skin lesions caused by the condition.
Measuring a child to check compliance with a height-based child restraint law would be ''ridiculous'', Dunedin police road policing manager Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall said.
