The battle to restore Baldwin Street to its place as the world's steepest street is going global.

Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff jetted off to the United Kingdom last week to make the claim for the vertically challenging North East Valley street.

Dunedin's fourth Home and Living show is gearing up for a big weekend at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

One of the highlights of the two-day event will be a celebrity cook-off.

A North Otago family have climbed the steep hillside of Puketapu near Palmerston every day of October.

Their hard efforts were done to raise money for a good cause.

Dunedin song-writing teacher Natalie Yeoman has finally published and recorded some of the many songs she created during her career.

The George Street Normal School realised if she did not write down and record the song, they might be forever lost to the next generation.