John Lewis

A 21-year-old man is to appear in the Dunedin District Court later this month on driving charges after losing control of his car, which ended up balanced on top of a wooden fence post.

About a thimbleful of rain is all Dunedin recorded last month, the latest Niwa weather statistics show.

A long-standing temperature record was blasted "out of the park" in Dunedin at the weekend, making it the city’s hottest Easter, Niwa has confirmed.

New Zealand’s Easter road toll has been labelled "unacceptable" after the country recorded its highest number of road deaths in more than a decade.

Sophie Crimp is pleased she still has her eyebrows after igniting a balloon filled with hydrogen.

One of the rescuers at the centre of a fatal Taieri Mouth boating accident has recounted the helplessness he felt when he saw a seemingly lifeless toddler pulled from beneath the overturned boat.

Southern residents can expect a gentle drop into winter this year.

Hugh Bowron is realistic.

Plans for a notorious student street party in Dunedin appear to be up in the air again this year, after Dunedin’s emergency services told organisers they could not guarantee the safety of party-goers.

Dunedin's Cosy Dell is getting a little too cosy for some residents who say their street is being blocked by people parking on both sides of the narrow road.

As construction in Dunedin begins to boom, builders have started using novel methods of attracting more staff to keep up with demand.

Hot cross buns will not be the only hot things around Otago this Easter weekend.

Mosgiel principals are calling on the Dunedin City Council to move quickly in providing options for their schools’ swimming lessons next summer.

Police stopped a vehicle in Brighton Rd, in Dunedin, at the weekend after it was seen weaving across the road, only to find none of the three occupants was in the driver’s seat.

A 20-year-old who put on a crash helmet and then threw himself at a car in John Wilson Ocean Dr is being spoken to by police.