Laine Priestley

Seventy-hour working weeks and witnessing "harrowing moments of human suffering" have become the norm for one Dunedin paramedic, who says her sacrifice goes unrecognised.

Dunedin man Lox Kellas touched down in Vietnam as a 21-year-old to "indescribable, bloody chaos".

Dunedin Kindergartens has cleared house with a new-look board after almost half a year of "division and scandal".

Wholesale costs of power have skyrocketed, with some Otago businesses feeling the sting, although one large manufacturer has been cushioned from the rises.