John Lewis

Last week, Stanley's Hotel was a relatively peaceful place.

If those long days of sun, sand and sleep-ins are but a distant memory, and you have the back-to-work blues, David Bilkey might have a fix for you.

A declining number of pupils are applying for assistance from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, to help pay their NCEA exam fees.

Time and space may have moved on, but Iris Gallagher will always have a memento of the day she celebrated the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Warning signs are being put up by the Dunedin City Council at St Clair Beach this morning, following another close call in the surf this week.

Bumping along the road in an open carriage veteran vehicle amid heavy rain can be quite unpleasant for even the heartiest of car enthusiasts.

If you blink, you could miss the Corby Kestrel aerobatic plane at the Wings and Wheels Open Day on Sunday.

A long-forgotten Dunedin movie star has been resurrected after being found a little worse for wear in a paddock.

The number of Otago teachers receiving criminal convictions during 2015 has doubled from the previous year, despite nationwide teacher conviction numbers plummeting by nearly a third.

Kevin Heyward always thought of himself as a popular guy. But since he bought and restored a rare 1957 Austin A35 pick-up, and put an Austin J40 pedal car on the roof rack, he has almost become a celebrity in his own right.

It should be no surprise that Christina Ashton, one of the country's top 100m hurdlers, was jumping for joy yesterday after clearing one of her biggest hurdles to date: NCEA level 3.

With many New Zealand teachers expected to reach retirement age over the next decade, the Ministry of Education is keeping a close watch on numbers.

One of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge's go-to designers will appear at this year's iD Fashion Week in March.

Sparks from a car that lost one of its wheels as it travelled through the Kawarau Gorge near Cromwell are being blamed for starting a large grass fire in the area last night.

Waitaki Boys' High School has temporarily appointed Clive Rennie as rector of the troubled Oamaru school.

It has been just over four years since Shania Hutton crossed Riselaw Rd, on her way to buy lollies at the local dairy.

A 25% decline in the number of children being home-schooled in Otago during the past decade may be due to the quality of education in the region's state schools, a home-school support organisation says.

Winning a Kiwibank Local Hero Award is no laughing matter for Dunedin businessman and comedy magician Jonathan Usher.