John Lewis

For many, recalling their first day at intermediate or secondary school will evoke unhappy memories.

The Dunedin City Council is to investigate driver behaviour in Rutherford St, Caversham, following complaints about vehicles travelling the wrong way down the one-way street.

If you thought last year's weather was warmer, wetter and yet somehow drier than usual in Otago, you were right.

An armed man was arrested in Warrington on Friday night following an incident  in Oamaru earlier in the evening.

An armed man was arrested in Warrington on Friday night following an incident  in Oamaru earlier in the evening.

The Dunedin family and friends of Renee Hodgkinson have been "shattered" by the drowning of the 24-year-old in Thailand.

Drivers travelling the wrong way down a one-way street in Caversham have already caused a violent altercation, and one resident is just waiting for someone to be seriously injured or killed.

Otago individuals, schools and organisations have helped New Zealand divert 1.5 million units of hard-to-recycle waste from landfills in the past four years.

Dunedin was swarming with tourists on Saturday as passengers from the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas explored the city.

During his 41-year career, Gordon Wilson has learned the education system has more sides than a rhombicosidodecahedron.

Ministry of Education statutory interventions in Otago schools are on the rise again.

Stanley Paris has put his attempt to solo circumnavigate the globe on hold again, following difficulties with his new yacht, Kiwi Spirit 2.

Five farmers are livid after nine sheep, two cattle beasts, a cow and a bull were shot on their properties for what appears to be nothing more than "target practice".

Dunedin police are hunting a repeat offender after "numerous" livestock shootings over the last few days.

Otago provided a howler of a view early yesterday as a full wolf moon rose above the city.

A Swiss sailor has claimed one of the most remote territories on Earth for his homeland, with a little help from a Dunedin engineer.

Kaikorai Valley College is expecting this year's intake of pupils to be the largest the school has seen in more than a decade.

Liem Bowden-Vu was in no hurry to be anywhere but his cot, relaxing quietly, yesterday afternoon.