John Lewis

Two bus windows were smashed in Port Chalmers yesterday morning.

A 30-year-old man has been given a pre-charge warning from police after he allegedly assaulted a Dunedin City Council parking warden in central Dunedin yesterday.

Up to 11 people die every week from suicide in New Zealand.

An initiative is under way to keep the art of letter writing alive by bringing it to a new generation through the gift of thousands of free postcards and stamps to school-aged children.

When teenage girls get together, conversations often start with: "Oh my God, I love your hair''.

The Dunedin City Council has denied it has ticketed a Dunedin resident for parking his vehicle over his own driveway.

Eight brass bands will put the Regent Theatre's newly installed sound shell to the test this weekend when they compete in the 2016 Otago Southland Festival of Brass.

Anita Hemi is quickly learning that being struck by lightning can have the most peculiar consequences.

More than 40% of Otago's state and state-integrated schools are in financial deficit, new figures released by Education Minister Hekia Parata show.

After teaching at the same school for 40 years or more, they say you almost become part of the furniture.

Richard Emerson has brought new meaning to the words ‘‘mini bar''.

Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Thin White Duke and Major Tom will rise again - in Dunedin no less - despite it being nearly three months since David Bowie died.

Seldom does one come across an ancient Cyrus cylinder while delving through a second-hand goods sale.

Shirley McMillan says she is a late bloomer when it comes to swimming.

Details of a proposed new enrolment zone for King's High School are to be released to the public today, marking the start of a public consultation process.

On any given day, you can look out Loft Hair salon's window and imagine you are in New York, Melbourne, or Paris.

It can drive you to pull your hair out, and it can swell you with pride. But the real reason Mark Rogers is one of the longest-serving board of trustees members in Otago, is because it's an addictive challenge like no other. John Lewis explains.

The nervous wait to see what will become of Taieri College's fire-damaged Hislop Hall is over.