John Lewis

As with all 27 other Gang Shows held in Dunedin since 1956, the cast of this year's production are again keeping tight-lipped about the show's theme.

Otago Anniversary Day is once again providing the annual dose of confusion about what will be open, and what will not.

What should I be? These days, it is a $200,000 question.

Proposed plans for stage two of the Caversham Valley Safety Improvement Project have been revealed by the New Zealand Transport Agency before a consultation meeting in Dunedin tomorrow night.

Jack Malcolm can not understand what all the fuss is about.

Making public drunkenness an offence, banning repeat offenders from parts of Dunedin city, and reviewing alcohol licensing laws are just some of the options to be investigated by the Dunedin City Council in a bid to stamp out "repugnant" street violence.

Hundreds of commercial buildings in the South could be left without insurance as insurers toughen their stance on who they will cover in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, a nationwide commercial building insurance broker says.

There have been a few strange things going on at John McGlashan College of late.

More than 1000 pupils fleeing Christchurch have now enrolled in Otago schools, and the number continues to grow.

While a dusty cloud lingers over Christchurch, French pupils on a school exchange to Christchurch Girls' High School have found a silver lining.

"The flavour - there's no oyster in the world that tastes like a Bluff oyster. The cold water of Foveaux Strait - it creates something magic."

A BK117 helicopter hovering above the Regent Theatre had heads craning skyward yesterday as Helicopters Otago pilot David Gale placed large extractor fans on the roof of the redeveloped building.

Willow Gee is only 5, but in the past six months she has been enrolled in three schools.

Nearly 850 Christchurch school pupils have flooded into Otago schools following last week's quake, and the number is predicted to climb.

Helping Christchurch residents get back on their feet after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake last week has highlighted how unprepared for a natural disaster many New Zealanders are, Ravensbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Ross Bryant says.