John Lewis

Rangi and Karetai have been familiar sights on Otago Harbour for about 40 years, but the long-serving tug boats will be little more than a memory come Monday.

If you've never seen or heard of Tanya Faiva before, you soon will.

Matt Sainsbury will spit tacks - and maybe even some blood - if he doesn't get through the first round of auditions for next year's The X Factor.

If it were not for changing tidal flows, the fishing waka unearthed from Papanui Inlet on Otago Peninsula at the weekend might never have been discovered, Department of Conservation historic technical adviser Shar Briden said.

Vicki McIntyre is used to long commutes to work each day.

Watching his 8-year-old cousin dying from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been hard, Luke O'Malley says.

A Chinese tourist had her rental car contract torn up and rewritten by a rental company after she was pulled over by police for alleged dangerous driving near Queenstown yesterday.

Firefighters managed to extinguish a blaze near Palmerston which threatened hundreds of hectares of forestry at the weekend, despite mother nature not providing a helping hand.

It's amazing what one will do for love.

For Sam van Betew, it was just an exercise designed to keep his composing hand in over the summer holidays.

Chris Foot is solid enough in his masculinity to readily admit he was like a wide-eyed child in a toy store during a recent visit to the Volvo truck manufacturing plant in Sweden.

Former Otago Highlander Filipo Levi has been appointed to a pivotal role in one of New Zealand's first Christian charter schools.

Being an escort has its perks.

Motherboard, check. CPU, check. Ram, power supply, graphics card and solid state drive, check.

Jonathan Coleman will make his first visit as Health Minister to Dunedin tomorrow.

The Otago Rural Fire Authority is seeking to recover all costs associated with fighting the major blaze near Waldronville at the weekend.

Treasure hunts traditionally involve gems and gold, but the Caversham Community Treasure Hunt ended in the discovery of riches of a very different kind.

Craft beer coming from a tap next to a Space Invaders arcade game sounds a little like fantasy - unless you are at Forsyth Barr Stadium today for Dunedin's second annual Craft Beer and Food Festival.

It's not likely to break Hollywood box office records, but pupils from five Dunedin secondary schools are hoping their film Delinquent will raise enough money to help five New Zealand charities.