A Dunedin father who died in a workplace accident last week has been remembered as a "family man" and a friend to all who met him.

Motorists in Dunedin might have been startled by the sight and sound of a fire-breathing 1934 Sentinel S4 steam truck as it chugged down Cumberland St yesterday.

Scaffolding has been erected around part of Woolworths Dunedin South to protect the building from a potential collapse of the nearby Dunedin Gasworks Museum’s 25m-high brick chimney.

It does not matter in you are 8 or 80.

Lower speed limits around most Dunedin schools should remain, despite direction from central government to reverse recent changes, Dunedin City Council staff say.

They received letters from King Charles and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon marking their 70th wedding anniversary.

A group of cyclists brought a touch of orange to Otago Harbour on Saturday to mark a Dutch festival.