Roger Kan has been buying and selling produce since the 1950s, running a sideline business to his parent's iconic fruit and vegetable shop.

But the 86-year-old has now decided to pass the business on to fellow food supply company Kaan Catering Supplies.

Black Friday sales are a North American tradition where retailers have big specials on the day after Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday in November.

The South Today took to the street to ask people if they knew what Black Friday was, what they were planning to buy and whether it was a good idea to adopt American traditions.

The family of a teen stabbed to death by a Dunedin doctor say they will have to somehow move on from their double tragedy.

Lisa Ann Rush found her daughter, 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush, dead in the bed of her Corstorphine home on February 3, last year.

A couple of rowdy Dunedin bands teamed up recently to hold a gig to support a local charity.

The bands, Ajax and the Washing up and Infinite Justice, held a show earlier in November to raise money for an issue which has effected the band members.

Following on from last year's success, the Country Music Dunedin Awards came back for a second year recently.

The now-annual awards showcase both emerging and established Country Music talent from across Otago and new Zealand.

Each year, the Otago Polytechnic Arboriculture students finish their course by climbing New Zealand's tallest tree.

Otago Daily Times reporter Jacob McSweeny, who took the course this year, gives his take on what the view was like from the top.

High Street’s super-insulated housing project is teaching contractors how to create structures, which keep heat in and pollution out.

The co-housing project is being built by eHaus Otago, and is expected to be completed this time next year.

Invercargill's city council consent processes looks likely to undergo an independent review following complaints raised at a regulatory committee meeting on Tuesday.

Invercargill lawyer Liz Henry says she surveyed over 60 people of which almost 80 percent said their dealings with the council had been unsatisfactory.

East Otago High School pupil Sophie Woodhouse and her little horse Gerry's Boy are set to race up north later this week.

The 16-year-old is hoping to do Otago proud in Australasia's biggest youth harness racing competition at Auckland's Alexandra Park.

A range of local groups opposing oil drilling, staged a performance in Dunedin's Octagon recently, attempting to dig for oil and gas.

The protest was in response to plans by Austrian-owned company OMV, to explore for oil and gas in the Great South Basin.

The University of Otago hosted a training exercise for emergency services on Wednesday.

It's understood about 30 people were involved in the event.

And a warning, this simulated exercise contains images which may disturb some people.

Plans to build three large rock groynes to stop erosion on a beach near Harrington Point on the Otago Peninsula, have taken another step forward.

An upcoming application for resource consent is the project's first major progression, since it was announced in May 2018.

It is the time of year when the honey bees are swarming across the thyme-covered slopes of Central Otago.

Unfortunately, the bees are wasting their time, with beekeepers being paid around $4 a kilogram for thyme honey, when it costs around $6 a kilo to make.

Otago Polytechnic's end of year exhibition is currently on, filling many areas of the institution's Dunedin campus.

Called SITE, the event showcases work across many areas and artistic disciplines.

It's 50 years this month since Dunedin pioneering broadcaster Dougal Stevenson became the first presenter to front a nationwide news programme.

The way news is presented and broadcast has changed significantly in the past five decades, from black and white, to colour, and now into the digital age.