John Lewis

A Calton Hill family are furious Dunedin police have not laid charges after they woke during the night to find a stranger standing in their bedroom.

Brandy. Arthur Cook reckons it's the elixir of life.

About 15 houses in the Dunedin area remain without power after it was cut by hurricane-force winds on Thursday night.

When you get to 55, fewer things in life still excite you, Simon McMillan says.

Jesse Matheson is seldom short of something to say, but when he found out he had won the prestigious 2016 Speech New Zealand Founders Scholarship, he was left speechless - almost.

An upcoming public meeting for people living in the South Dunedin "basin'' may be the key to preventing future floods like the one which affected many family homes, schools and businesses last year, Labour MP Clare Curran hopes.

There will be no tall tales today about the big one that got away.

A St Clair resident has had enough of freedom campers spoiling the area's clean streets and says the problem is getting worse in Dunedin.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum has made a $578,000 loss in the past year.

Mosquito bites are one thing, but University of Otago student Georgia Hume says the mysterious organisms that have left her and her friends covered in a nasty rash, have produced another level of itchiness altogether.

As the paint dries on the last of the Chorus utility cabinet murals, the Dunedin City Council is liaising with the telecommunications company to extend the project.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has praised the New Zealand secondary school sector as provisional NCEA data shows pupil achievement is continuing to rise across the country.

Five years on, shivers still rattle up Kelly Ennis' spine when she recalls the devastating earthquakes that shook Christchurch into a disaster zone.

Ashton Heptonstall may be only 6, but he already has a passion for environmentalism that could rival David Attenborough or David Bellamy.

Scooters, skateboards and even hoverboards - they all appear to be replacing the humble bicycle as a popular mode of transport for children these days.

An expansion of Air New Zealand's schedule of direct flights between Dunedin and Auckland could add significant value to the local economy and create jobs, the Otago Chamber of Commerce says.