Shawn McAvinue

Mandatory vaccinations, a housing shortage and an increase in benefits were some of the topics discussed at a Taieri parliamentary candidates forum.

A proposal has been floated to heat Middlemarch Community Pool.

The profit from a Mosgiel op shop is funding community projects including the local food bank.

A flood-prone creek in Middlemarch will be cleaned by Christmas, the Otago Regional Council says.

The Dunedin Brick Show is set to get spooky this weekend.

A pack of big-hearted motorcyclists will head off from Dunedin on Saturday.

In a series, The Star is investigating the state of clubs in Dunedin. This week, reporter Shawn McAvinue chats to fishing clubs about the state of the scene.

A pair of Dunedin butchers are a cut above the rest and will represent the South at a national competition.

When the going gets tough, the tough eat oats.

A Dunedin business is the first to "step and sign on" for a programme to provide support to people living with Alzheimer’s.

A delay of the demolition of the University of Otago Squash Club courts and clubrooms in North Dunedin is allowing play to continue for another year. But this is on the...

No man is an island. When Aaron McLeod committed suicide in Dunedin in February this year, it shook the family he left behind.

Wacky wigs were the latest fashion at Dunedin Hospital last week.

A Mosgiel market is going from strength to strength.

Dunedin mourners are out of pocket as cemetery plot prices continue to skyrocket.

Everything is going ka pai for a new Dunedin business.

John Oxley, of Corstorphine, waits for whitebait to enter his net in Waikouaiti River on Friday.

In a series, the Taieri Times is recognising people for the good  work they do in the community. This week reporter Shawn McAvinue talks to Shop ’n Taieri volunteer Trish Didham, of Mosgiel.