A former spice boy is now Otago's king of kombucha.

The currently popular drink is being taken as a tonic by many, and a Dunedin food technologist is riding the crest of its popularity.

Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium saw hundreds of primary school pupils going wild on Friday.

Children from eleven schools across Dunedin took part in a wide range of games designed to help youngsters improve their physical skills.

Primary school pupils across Otago are being introduced to instruments used in an orchestra.

Six members of the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra are taking part in a two-week-long tour of primary schools, aiming to encourage young people to learn a musical instrument.

Some in Dunedin woke to find Queen Victoria's iconic statue splattered in red paint on Friday.

Since then, a contractor has cleaned the paint from the base of the statue, and a renovator is set to give the marble statue a professional clean-up in a few weeks time.

It's 50 years on from New Zealand's first television news broadcast.

A former Dunedin radio announcer turned, into a television host in the early days, and is reminiscing about how it all began.

The Otago primary school athletics championships finally got out of the starting blocks at the Caledonian Ground on Thursday.

Wet weather had shifted the event from Tuesday to Thursday with several young runners, jumpers and throwers giving their best.

New Zealand’s image might be clean and green, but we are among the top countries in the world when it comes to producing greenhouse gases on a per capita basis, emitting around 17 tonnes per person every year.

We have committed to a goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, with the Zero Carbon Bill passing in Parliament last week, what can we do to get there?

Extra public transport may be added in Port Chalmers as cruise ship passengers fill the services, leaving locals in the lurch.

On both Sunday and Monday the Otago Regional Council warned the public its buses were full because of cruise ship passengers using them to get to and from the city.

Dunedin woke up to find the iconic statue of Queen Victoria at the Queen's Gardens defaced with paint.

A painted slogan daubed beside the statue suggests the message was addressed to the Prince of Wales, who is the heir apparent to the British throne and currently touring New Zealand.

The Dunedin City Council is planning trial closures of the Octagon, including a full closure from January 27 to February 16, and partial closures from February 17 to March 23.

Business owners say they'll have to shut up shop for good if a proposed closure of the Octagon goes ahead.

This week's announcement by Aurora Energy of a substantial increase in line charges has sent shockwaves through the region.

A vocal critic of the organisation says he saw it coming years ago.

But we sent a team out to see what the public thinks of the proposal.

A Dunedin member of Parliament says Aurora energy's power price hikes are a result of 'deliberate and sustained negligence'

The criticism follows Aurora's release of its draft pricing structure, which outlines a three-year, $400 million programme to tackle ageing infrastructure.
With power consumers set to pick up the bill.

Readers of Tuesday's Otago Daily Times might have been intrigued by pop-song lyrics printed in advertising space throughout the paper.

It turns out New Zealand's only independent newspaper had been chosen from all of the world's media outlets, to reveal lyrics to the new album by British band Coldplay.

Are you tired of lugging that cumbersome watch or cellphone around just to help you tell the time?

Your troubles could be over the next time you visit the northern side of the Dunedin Botanic Garden - provided the sun is shining.

Oscar-winning director and explorer James Cameron made a flying visit to Dunedin this weekend.

He was in town to view his Challenging the Deep exhibition, which tracks his titanic journey, at the Otago Museum.

Cameron owns property in New Zealand and is passionate about the country and environment.