John Lewis

Neil George has been turning more heads than the acts on stage at the Whare Flat Folk Festival this week.

An electrical fire at a historic Dunedin hotel caused only a minor amount of damage this afternoon.

Dunedin police are seeking information about a "reckless" driver following a crash in Fairfield on New Year's Eve.

You know who rules the roost when there is a clearly marked sign at the entrance, warning drivers of ''free-range kids'' roaming about the place.

Lookout Point firefighters were forced to call Dunedin Police for support last night when the occupants of a Caversham property refused to let them put out a fire in their back yard.

While everyone else was slathering on sunscreen in the sweltering heat at the Waikouaiti races yesterday, Alex Gardener was wandering around wearing a woolly hat - a big orange one.

A young boy has been freed after getting his arm stuck in a drinks vending machine in Dunedin this afternoon.

Between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve is supposed to be one of the quietest times of the year for retailers.

When Bill and Linda Feather bought a dilapidated old shack at Chrystalls Beach to turn into their first crib, some probably thought they should drive a bulldozer through the front door and start over.

Caltex has launched an investigation into the recent fuel mix-up at its service station in Milton.

Bad sunburn, the family dog eating the cream-covered pavlova off the bench, dad burning his fringe trying to light the barbecue and your mum laughing until she nearly passes out, are just some of...

It will be a New Year's Eve celebration of two halves in the South this year.

Fedor Konyukhov is not even a quarter of the way through the first leg of his round-the-world rowing bid, and already plans are taking shape for his next challenge.

Andrew Roozen says there is only one thing better than climbing Mt Everest.