Shawn McAvinue

About 60 ''flat cats'' came a step closer to domestic bliss at a clinic in Dunedin yesterday for the cats of tertiary students.

Fields of fabric daffodils and 1000 little bears wearing orange sleeveless jackets have landed in Dunedin for distribution across the province.

Dis-establishing 35 positions in 11 regional Work and Income offices is a ''kick in the teeth for staff,'' Public Service Association (PSA) national secretary Brenda Pilott says.

A mayor from another dimension met the Dunedin mayor at the opening of the Dunedin Cadbury Carnival on Saturday.

When I entered the Carisbrook garage sale on Saturday, it was my first time at the stadium.

Korean War veterans, their families and members of the Korean community gathered in Dunedin on Saturday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.

A mobility scooter ''went up like a bomb'' in Mosgiel on Friday night.

Angela Hodges blamed herself when her newborn son Max struggled to breast-feed.

A Dunedin competition to support breast-feeding mums has not been well supported, health promotion adviser Toni Paterson says.

Protesters are ''optimistic'' after a visit from 2degrees Auckland executives yesterday to discuss the placement of a cellphone tower at Brighton.

Southern police staff are trialling three new trouser styles.

The Otago SPCA has reaped the benefits of Grace Gardner's selfless approach to her 11th birthday party.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum director Linda Wigley is leaving Dunedin to become director of Voyager New Zealand National Maritime Museum in Auckland.

Legislation should be fast-tracked to protect consumers from loan sharks, Labour consumer rights spokeswoman Carol Beaumont said in Dunedin yesterday.

Forklift-related injuries cost the Government nearly $2 million last year, with the number of claims made the lowest in the past 10 years.

Attempts to recover a sludge truck from a Brighton creek were unsuccessful yesterday, with the damaged vehicle last night still part-way up a steep roadside bank.

A sell-out crowd set a record at the Illuminate Paint Party in Dunedin last night.

A man escaped with minor injuries after the Fulton Hogan truck he was driving rolled about 25m down a bank into a Brighton creek, near Dunedin, yesterday.

Six Dunedin students ''bounced back'' from a disqualification to make the grand finals of the national 48-hour film competition.

Brighton residents protesting against the installation of a 2degrees cellphone tower have heat, shelter and an outhouse to sustain a long stay.