John Lewis

Looters appear to be at work in Mataura in the wake of recent flooding, and police are reminding residents to keep their homes and property secure.

One of Dunedin’s colourful old gems is re-emerging out of a maze of metal and concrete foundations.

The first of two buildings at KiwiRail’s Hillside workshops is about to disappear from the South Dunedin skyline.

A person has been taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire at a workshop near Bluff this afternoon.

As the final consents await council approval, earthworks have started on the new $100 million Grange Lifecare Village in Mosgiel, and the first residents are expected to start moving in the middle...

What could be better than making your first visit to a stadium that has your great-uncle’s name on it?

In an attempt to create a more family-oriented atmosphere and improve academic outcomes among its pupils, Kaikorai Valley College has restructured its form classes.

Maritime New Zealand has begun a formal investigation following a rare event in which a fishing vessel struck rocks in Otago Harbour and had to be grounded on a sandbank to stop it sinking.

Whether it was overhauling roving robots on Mars, fixing structures or mending relationships at home, "repair" was the name of the game at Dunedin’s Global Game Jam at the weekend.

Just keep paddling - that’s how St Leonards paddleboarder Garry Porter is coping with cancer.

Seven southern schools are to get the lion’s share of $4.8million to replace their coal boilers with cleaner biomass boilers for heating.

Flag Swamp School will reopen for the 2020 school year next week, despite Education Minister Chris Hipkins making a ‘‘preliminary decision’’ to close it.

Plans to revitalise KiwiRail’s Hillside workshops in South Dunedin have been given a major shunt forward.