Memorial Park in Mosgiel was the place to be on Sunday with the annual Party in The Park entertaining a crowd of hundreds.

Organisers say, after their experiment to hold the event at a nearby sports field, they're happy to have returned to their original location.

A Italian tourist whose van broke down near Tapanui has now got a farming job and become part of the local community.

Alberto Candido found himself on an unexpected adventure, helping out with the community’s response when flood hit two weeks ago.

One of Dunedin's major furniture stores says the Covid-19 virus is delaying its orders from China.

My Mate John’s Furniture Warehouse imports most of its stock from China, and the company's director says they're already experiencing delays.

Four runners managed to beat the bells, at this year's race around the University Of Otago Registry building.

Hosted by the Hill City-University athletic club as part of Orientation, the objective of the race is to circle the clock tower within the time it takes to chime 12.

A new mural being painted in central Dunedin hopes to push a serious health message out into the wider community.

Dunedin artist Guy Howard-Smith is painting a huge mural, with a smokefree message, on the side of an office building in Great King Street.

The Dunedin public are invited to pop-in on the monthly information sessions at South Dunedin's library to learn more about the geology of the area.

At the sessions will be scientists and experts keen to explain the results of a recent drilling programme carried out by the Otago Regional Council.

Last night’s Orientation Week Toga Party was bedlam at its finest.

The annual tradition had thousands of University of Otago first-year students raiding the city’s op-shops for white bed linen to turn into their outfits for the evening.

Beautiful landscapes feature in several of Elizabeth Jenkins' paintings, and now she has created her own on Otago peninsula.

The painter moved from Christchurch after the earthquakes, and she's spent the last five years creating a piece of paradise at Dunedin's Harington Point.

The University of Otago was a-wash with people encouraging others to join their club or society today.

Politicians were well represented amongst a plethora of activities available, at today's clubs day.

Dunedin's Royal Albatross Centre at Tairoa Head has seen a dramatic drop in bookings through Dunedin's i-SITE over the last few weeks.

Otago Peninsula Trust marketing manager and Dunedin City councillor Sophie Barker says the drop in bookings could be due to the trial banning of cars from the city's Octagon.

The Otago University Students Association's annual rummage was the place to be on Wednesday morning, with scores of students bagging bargains.

Some queued from 8am hoping to be the first through the door, which paid off for one lucky student.

Pupils of Big Rock School are taking their classroom out among the ocean waves of Brighton Beach.

The water safety skills course teaches pupils about rips, tides, water survival and the ocean environment, as well as how to surf.

Coffee and croissants aren't part of the usual morning commute for Dunedin's cyclists.

But hundreds took advantage of Spokes Dunedin's annual Big Bike breakfast this morning, outside the Dunedin Railway Station.

A knife-wielding man got the fright of his life when he entered the St Kilda dairy on Monday afternoon.

Demanding cigarettes, the would-be robber discovered the shop had been fitted with a new fog cannon.

If you were in the vicinity of Dunedin's First Church on Saturday you may have been treated to a rare sound.

A group of campanologists from around New Zealand and overseas, took part in a complex bell ringing performance known as a peal, made up of nearly 40,000 chimes.