Tim Scott

A Dunedin City Council-backed literary festival, featuring publishers from around the country, hopes to spark Dunedin’s own self-publication scene.

A Dunedin crime writer has taken her talent for sabotage to the national stage in a television murder mystery show.

Evidence discovered by a royal commission details a "hell on Earth" for pupils of a Catholic school subjected to depravity and sexual, physical and spiritual violence.

An annual art exhibition involving nine Otago Peninsula schools could help make the dreams of budding young artists a reality.

A teenager who "stole" his parents’ car needed to be helped by police because he did not know how to get the car started again.

A drink-driver who allegedly used her car as a weapon, driving it towards another vehicle, fled the scene to steal alcohol from a South Dunedin supermarket, police say.

After four years of operating from a scenic garden suburb, the owners of a popular cafe say the circumstances behind a shift to the centre city have come as a blessing in disguise.

Having painted all around the world for the past 18 years, a renowned street artist has turned his focus to support young people from small New Zealand towns.

Former Interislander ship Valentine, which has been docked at Port Chalmers since late April, will be leaving Dunedin early tomorrow.