Sam Henderson

As thoughts turn to summer fun, boaties are being urged to prepare before heading out on the water.

A local group is building connections while working to ease the effects experienced by people diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

While completing a West End run, British comedian and musician Bill Bailey heard a passing comment that it was like watching a vaudeville show.

Communication and open discussion of health challenges will take centre stage as a local group promotes men’s mental and physical wellbeing.

Mattresses, hay bales and ladders are turning up on Otago’s highways — hundreds of times a year.

An education shake-up is landing faster than schools can keep pace.

The big-picture politics of the powerful can often descend into eye-opening farce.

An extraordinary collection of ephemera will feature in a temporary display opening next week.

Cutting red tape and shaping a better future top the new mayor’s agenda.

As keeping children safe from harm continues to be a priority after a tragic fatal stabbing last year, The Star reporter Sam Henderson finds out how a youth hub is emerging in the...

As athletes train for the 2025 Special Olympics National Summer Games, to be held in Christchurch in December, a new resource aims to make it easier to find details

The future of space exploration and commercial spaceflight were discussed at a recent event at Tūhura Otago Museum.

Drones and dog teams will join the hunt for an invasive marsupial.

Fresh ideas from local entrepreneurs show the city’s future is in good hands.

The music, dance and colour of a traditional festival recently drew a young crowd of happy attendees.

In Dunedin buildings can reveal a rich vein of history.

Stories, songs, shifting landscapes and future visions will be explored when the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival returns on October 17-19.

Music, movement and mouth-watering bites will be part of a growing community favourite.

Curiosity met conservation as pupils practised real-world predator control.