John Lewis

A speech laying out the value of not being a bystander to racism and discrimination has won a Logan Park High School pupil the Otago Race Unity Speech Competition.

I only have one issue.

The wheels are turning on a bid to retrieve a 1940s Ford ‘‘Jailbar'' fire engine from a North Island farmer's shed and have it returned to Waitati, where it was once the area's first dedicated fire appliance.

The Dunthat Motel on King Edward St is now ‘‘been that'', following its demolition yesterday.

Be prepared.

If you live in South Dunedin, these are some of the people in your neighbourhood.

At last, gig-speed internet is connected in Ali Copeman's office, and the Dunedin businesswoman says her work can begin.

As a youngster, Jason Kerrison was hopelessly devoted to the music of Grease.

New research has begun at the University of Otago that aims to reduce the number of open-water drownings in New Zealand.

Two bus windows were smashed in Port Chalmers yesterday morning.

A 30-year-old man has been given a pre-charge warning from police after he allegedly assaulted a Dunedin City Council parking warden in central Dunedin yesterday.

Up to 11 people die every week from suicide in New Zealand.

An initiative is under way to keep the art of letter writing alive by bringing it to a new generation through the gift of thousands of free postcards and stamps to school-aged children.

When teenage girls get together, conversations often start with: "Oh my God, I love your hair''.

The Dunedin City Council has denied it has ticketed a Dunedin resident for parking his vehicle over his own driveway.

Eight brass bands will put the Regent Theatre's newly installed sound shell to the test this weekend when they compete in the 2016 Otago Southland Festival of Brass.

Anita Hemi is quickly learning that being struck by lightning can have the most peculiar consequences.

More than 40% of Otago's state and state-integrated schools are in financial deficit, new figures released by Education Minister Hekia Parata show.

After teaching at the same school for 40 years or more, they say you almost become part of the furniture.