Dunedin bus drivers are refusing to use a bus stop in Green Island saying it is too dangerous

The union which represents Go Bus drivers are calling on the Dunedin City Council to make the stop larger and say their members won't use it until then.

Sixty-three people officially adopted New Zealand as their new home at a citizenship ceremony in Dunedin on Wednesday.

For one Syrian family, the day marked the end of a journey from a homeland, destroyed by war.

Open the wrong door at Frank Varsanyi's house and you're likely to find a menacing, spear-wielding warrior behind it.

For the past 25 years, Varsanyi has created detailed, life-sized models of tribal warriors from around the world, and is unleashing them on an unsuspecting public.

Conservation will be on display at Otago Museum as visitors are offered a peek into the protection of moa footprints.

From November 20, the public can see staff work on the six prints extracted in a major operation from the Kyeburn Stream in May.

A taste of Melbourne came to both Wingatui and Forbury Park's race courses in Dunedin on Tuesday, although horses only turned up at one event.

Wingatui Racecourse had its annual Melbourne Cup Day, while Forbury Park Raceway held a new event entitled 'Ball at the Races'.

A waddling Otago icon is being robbed of stardom by the STV voting system.

Forest & Bird released half-way results for its Bird of the Year competition this week, prompting Team Hoiho to step up its game.

As spring brings warmer weather to the South, swarms of bees are being reported around the region.

Southland Bee Society member Geoff Scott says he's been called out several times already, to pick up swarms of honey bees and their queens searching for a new place to form a colony.

The Dunedin City Council has served notice of its intention to buy the Foulden Maar fossil site near Middlemarch - and it may use the Public Works Act to force the deal.

The move was confirmed by Mayor Aaron Hawkins in a statement on Monday, and he spoke with media on Tuesday morning.

A climate-safe house, which featured at Dunedin's Home and Living Show over the weekend, was craned into position at Waitati on Monday.

It's hoped the relocatable eco-friendly home will show central and local governments, how climate change challenges can be met, with improved low-carbon houses.

Dunedin's Toitu Otago Settlers Museum has opened a new exhibition featuring a few of the thousands of items which have been donated by the public in recent years.

The exhibition includes about 80 items highlighting Dunedin and Otago's social history, which had been languishing in the museums back catalogue.

Students at the University of Otago have succeeded in creating a concentrate, to make turmeric lattes.

The project was created for a Samoan company, and is just one of twelve Food Science projects created for commercial businesses this year.

Maheno School held its Annual Pet Day recently, featuring the same judge its had for the last 53 years.

Eighty five-year-old, Ray Lawrence, has judged the event since 1966 but says, he still enjoys the occasion.

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 Home and Living show provided a wide range of entertainment for the Dunedin public over the weekend.

Now in it's 4th year, the 2-day show is a collaboration between Allied Press and the operators of the Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Around 20 volunteers traversed around 50 hectares of rugged terrain on the Otago Peninsula in another fruitless search for 2 missing dogs.

The search for the lost pets was organised after their owners put a call-out on Facebook over 2 weeks after they went missing.