John Lewis

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.

Following the recovery of Vinnie Beecroft’s body off the coast of Dunedin at the weekend, the community is rallying around the 14-year-old’s disabled mother, Michaela.

MetService is urging southerners to batten down the hatches again as a front approaches the South Island, bringing severe gales to much of Otago and Southland later this week.

Safety concerns in the notoriously dangerous Southern Ocean has prompted Fedor Konyukhov to postpone the second leg of his round-the-world rowing attempt.

There are only three certainties in life — death, taxes and warm, sunny weather when pupils go back to school.

Authorities are investigating following a jet-boat crash in the Kawarau River that injured five people yesterday.

Three people were killed in two separate motor vehicle incidents in the South yesterday afternoon.

Two people are dead and two others are injured following a car crash south of Mataura this afternoon.

Families face tremendous financial pressure at this time of year as bills from the festive season come due for payment, while they try to cover the costs of getting their children back to school.

Lime may not have the monopoly on e-scooters in Dunedin for much longer.

The Dunedin City Council is calling for public feedback on the effectiveness of new road safety measures outside three of the city’s secondary schools.

Despite a 20% increase in the number of freedom campers around Dunedin so far this season, resident complaints and the number of infringement notices handed out have halved.

When Senior Firefighter Bevan Moreton announced he finally planned to retire within the next year, his crew-mates chuckled and accused him of saying the same thing five years ago, and 10 years ago.

Everyone is complaining about the cold summer weather we’ve been having.

Niwa's latest long-range forecast shows temperatures over the next three months are likely to be ‘‘near average’’.