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For many, Labour Day was just a long weekend and an opportunity to take a three-day break from the drudgery of work.

However, one group chose to celebrate the day for what it actually stands for.

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.

New Zealand's first climate-safe house will be among the many attractions at Dunedin's fourth Home and Living Show this weekend.

Built mainly by Otago Polytech apprentices, the construction is a celebration of girl power, using a mainly female building team.

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.

The story of a former Syrian refugee boy who had his e-bike stolen bike has had a happy ending.

Dunedin police returned the missing bicycle to Kasem Zarzar on Thursday.

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.

The leaders of the Southland region are planning to launch a campaign to avoid the closure of Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter.

Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt, Deputy Mayor Toni Biddle, and Southland Chamber Commerce President Neil McAra, met up recently to prepare a strategy for what they say will save the country.

A man living on a remote rural road near Middlemarch was forced to watch his house burn down to the ground two days ago.

Malcolm Taylor fled the blaze with little other than the clothes he was wearing, but has since found a treasured vase in the ashes of his former house.

It's been two weeks since Dunedin couple Alan Funnell and Louisa Andrew lost their dogs, but they're still on the look out for their beloved pets.

The dogs disappeared after they were let out of the car when they arrived at the couple's property on the Otago Peninsula, on October 17.

After two long years of waiting, a disabled Dunedin man's bathroom is finally fit for use.

Joshua Perry was helped by local MP Michael Woodhouse to speed up the bureaucratic process of re-modeling his bathroom, after the project got caught up in red tape.

A club specialising in collecting stamps and postcards, are holding their annual fair at the Dunedin Community gallery this week.

The event is a chance for stamp and postcard enthusiasts to complete their collections.

Dunedin is set to benefit after the Government announced a massive cash injection for the city on Wednesday.

More than $57 million from the provincial growth fund has been allocated for a number of projects.

These include the revitalisation of South Dunedin's Hillside Workshop and the Steamer Basin redevelopment.

This year's Otago Correctional Facility Careers Expo is hoping to break down barriers between people with a criminal record and possible employers.

Forty inmates met up with potential employers on Tuesday for a speed recruiting session at the Milburn prison.

Both adults and children got to enjoy the Southland Society of Model Engineers's annual train event in Invercargill over Labour Weekend.

The 'Great Little Train Show' gathered rail enthusiasts, families and children at Surrey Park, to experience model trains on all scales.