John Lewis

Dunedin’s Olveston historic home will be left in the dark for the next three months while a major electrical upgrade is conducted.

Having to travel to Wellington to get some ‘‘face-to-face’’ advice about passports is a bit of a faff.

Concerns are growing about a sizable jump in the number of winter sports injuries among 10 to 14-year-olds in the southern regions.

Plans for Santana Minerals goldmining operation are progressing, the company announcing it will lease Otago Polytechnic’s former Cromwell campus to use as worker accommodation.

Five years ago, Simon and Adrienne Easton did not have the foggiest idea of how to sail a yacht.

Imagine a man called Sam Gangees, who knows nothing about The Lord of the Rings trilogy, let alone the fact that one of the lead characters is called Samwise Gamgee.

The University of Otago’s geology museum has been made one of 32 International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) ‘‘geo-collections of global importance’’.

Talking Furniture upscaled to screaming when they were announced the winners of the 2026 Smokefreerockquest Otago Regional Final.

A strong focus on emerging infectious diseases has landed a University of Otago evolutionary biologist and virologist a fellowship to do research at one of Scotland’s oldest universities.

The ‘‘Bosco’’ was a boomer for a Queenstown pizza-maker who claimed second prize at the world pizza-making championships in the home of the pizza.

Findings from a replication of the ‘‘Pavlov’s Dogs’’ experiment at the University of Otago, may have benefits for people with Parkinson’s disease.

Like most Irishmen, Che McGivern says he has ‘‘a very particular set of skills’’.

Brayden Warnock-Hannon had just finished making himself some 2-minute noodles on the range, and when he reached over to turn off the element, his jersey touched it and instantly went up in flames.