Followers of Islam have just begun the fasting month of Ramadan.

The religion follows a lunar calendar, so southern hemisphere Muslims currently have it easier then those in the northern hemisphere.

Steve Johnston of Dunedin's Al Huda Mosque believes in light of recent events, there are signs of different faiths communicating more openly.

Recently a Palmerston bus stop was moved from its Sanday Street location back to its original Bond Street site.

The move came after a petition from the local community calling for the change, was presented to council.

Contentious issues around proposed new freedom camping sites in Dunedin reached boiling point at a Council meeting today.

An Otago Polytechnic nursing student is to have a royal moment.

19-year-old Ashleigh Smith is heading to Buckingham Palace on June 29 where she will be presented with a "Queen's Young Leaders Award" for her work with "Sticks 'n' Stones", which aims to empower young people to stand up to bullying.

An SUV was driven through a wooden wall and large sash window of a Dunedin gymnasium recently.

Emergency services were called to Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora in College St, Caversham, following the report of the accident.

An Otago Polytechnic nursing student is to have a royal moment.

19-year-old Ashleigh Smith is heading to Buckingham Palace on June 29 where she will be presented with a "Queen's Young Leaders Award" for her work with "Sticks 'n' Stones", which aims to empower young people to stand up to bullying.

Dunedin's dogs took the time to brush up on the classics for book night last week at the Kensington Tavern.

The event was just one of many held nationwide by the Book Discussion Scheme - which encourages ESOL, high school students, and adults to read with more than 1200 book clubs operating throughout the country.

An elderly Dunedin woman who woke up to find the wheels on her car stolen has had her faith restored in humanity.

When a city car dealer heard of the 80-year-old's plight he made contact and sought to right the wrongs of another person.

Work to catalogue a collection of stone tools, found in a 30ha swamp at the Waitaki River mouth more than 60 years ago, began last year and is expected to take several years.

There are nearly 10,000 stone tools, flakes and broken artefact fragments to sort through from what is now known to be one of the largest archaic Maori settlements in New Zealand.

University of Otago peace and conflict studies students are offering a stark visual perspective of the human cost of the war on terror at the Otago Museum Reserve.

A well-known Dunedin brand has come up with an innovative way to encourage loyalty from a younger demographic.

Harraways is engaging with University of Otago students to help bring its porridge to a new audience.

Police are appealing for a possible witness to an aggravated robbery at a dairy in South Dunedin over the weekend, to come forward.

On Saturday evening, two offenders robbed a store on Hillside Road in Caversham. Two male youths were arrested a short time later.

Social media was a-wash with images of the Aurora Australis last night as many people in the south pointed phones and cameras at the heavens.

However star gazing was not always as easy to do, in the 18th century it was the domain of astronomers and nautical navigators.

Mondelez international has called for expressions of interest for a confectionary company to produce iconic Kiwi Cadbury products locally.

Long standing favourites including Pineapple Lumps, Jaffas, Buzz Bars and Pinky Bars, could be made in New Zealand.

An online superstar chose to have a catnap instead of attending the first reading of a book about him yesterday.

These days it's generally frowned upon to take one's dog to the public house, however those on four paws were welcome upstairs at a Dunedin establishment for a recent fundraising event.

Firefighters spray water down the chimney of Carey’s Bay Historic Hotel after a chimney fire left the building smoke-logged this week.

The historic launch of a space rocket from the Mahia Peninsula near Gisborne yesterday at 4.20pm is a success the South has some claim on.

The man behind the launch, Peter Beck, was born and raised in Invercargill and began dabbling with rockets at the former Fisher and Paykel plant near Mosgiel.

Members of Cargill’s Castle Trust are fuming after the landmark was graffitied at the weekend.

Tags including 'ADiCT' and 'Duds 17', were discovered by neighbours of the Highgrove site earlier this week. Dunedin Police are investigating.

If you're a southern Ed Sheeran fan who's missed out on tickets to the UK singer's two Dunedin shows, fear not.

Frontier touring have just announced four final shows across Australia and New Zealand.

The only new NZ show is scheduled for April first at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, with the other three shows in Australia.