John Lewis

A major record tumbled at this year's Weet-Bix Kids' Tryathlon in Mosgiel, but it did not involve the fastest time or speed of a competitor.

About 200 concertgoers were refused entry to the Six60 concert at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday night when they tried to enter with "fraudulent tickets".

A car has crashed into a building in Palmerston after colliding with another vehicle on the main street.

Traffic disruption from the central Dunedin power cable upgrade on Stuart St is coming to an end.

A heart in the student quarter has been restarted.

After walking up to 30km a day for the past six months, you could forgive the Rapsey family for being a little fidgety.

King's High School's board of trustees will appoint a temporary rector later this week, to fill the leadership void that will be created when present rector Dan Reddiex departs and his replacement...

Flights to the aurora australis on the edge of the Antarctic are unlikely to be run from Dunedin again in the foreseeable future, organisers say.

As the last of the 2018-19 New Zealand summer weather statistics trickle into Niwa's computers, climate scientists are predicting it will be one of the top five hottest summers on record.

Niwa climate scientists are predicting a "warmer than average" autumn for Otago and Southland.

A slump in the number of Chinese pupils paying to study in New Zealand secondary schools has forced Dunedin schools to look elsewhere for international fee-paying (IFP) pupils.

''Are we there yet?'' is a question typically asked by children on long drives.

Education should not be a political football, National Party education spokeswoman Nikki Kaye says.

An Invercargill Lotto player has won $500,000 in tonight's first division draw.

Pardon the disruption - hot weather will resume this weekend.

A pride parade along George St could be held as early as next year, organisers of the Dunedin Pride Festival say.

Being boiled down into a liquid instead of being buried or cremated could be an option for the dearly departed in Dunedin.

He is known as a "Connor of all trades" among friends.