John Lewis

Dunedin secondary school pupils may be forced to attend the school nearest to them if one option proposed by the Ministry of Education is adopted.

Dunedin is ''bulging at the seams'', with many out-of-towners among the about 35,000 people heading to the Fleetwood Mac concert at Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight.

A growing sense of outrage in the wake of terrorist acts in Paris was evident among those who gathered in the Octagon last evening.

The tiniest of concerns about schoolwork sometimes keep Andy Larson awake at night.

Several Otago conservation projects will receive a $334,000 financial boost from the Department of Conservation in the latest round of Community Conservation Partnership Fund grants.

There is little in Dunedin to recognise the stand that conscientious objector Archibald Baxter, who was from Brighton, took during World War 1.

The Ministry of Education hopes to clear up uncertainty about how the Government's Health and Safety Reform Bill will affect schools, by providing the sector with plenty of information.

No more banging of hammers, squeals of circular saws or rumbles of concrete mixers - things have gone strangely quiet at Taieri College.

School principals will be ''captured'' by the Government's Health and Safety Reform Bill, an education employment law specialist warns.

When pop superstars sing, you seldom see audiences doing downward-facing dogs, one-legged king pigeons, cow face or lotus poses ... except when it's Toni Childs singing.

It is not often Nick Chisholm is intimidated by something. Yet attending the New Zealand Attitude Awards in December, after recently being named a finalist, most definitely makes him anxious.

With no marine radio, no EPIRB locator beacon and no anchor, a 67-year-old man was lucky to escape a potentially disastrous situation yesterday when his boat broke down in Otago Harbour, Dunedin police say.

Sadly, Glad Barnes could not find anyone to accompany her to tonight's Neil Diamond concert in Dunedin.

The next time you think you're being good by taking the stairs instead of the lift at work, spare a thought for the girls at Queen's High School.

When you speak four languages fluently, it can be difficult to find places to exercise that ability.