John Lewis

Simon Williams was ''ironically, speechless for once'' when he was named best speaker at the Otago-Southland Regional Russell McVeagh Debating Competition at the weekend.

When meeting the Earl of Dunmore for the first time, there is an expectation one will be greeted by a Scots peer with a thick Highland burr.

Allan Anderton thought he had seen the last of his new pair of glasses when they went down with his friend's sinking fishing boat at Taieri Mouth earlier this year.

One of the world's leading anti-smoking researchers and campaigners has accused the New Zealand Government of hypocrisy and sabotaging its own efforts to eliminate tobacco use by 2025.

Adding insult to injury, a 19-year-old skateboarder who sustained a serious leg injury after skating under a truck yesterday has been charged by Dunedin police with careless use of a skateboard.

Otago principals are questioning why the Ministry of Education is being so ''secretive'' about the amount of interest being registered in establishing charter schools in the southern region.

She can barely see over the dashboard, but it will not stop Nikita Gibson from keeping her stepfather, Tony Johnston, on the right track during the Drivesouth Rally Fest this weekend.

Dunedin North Intermediate pupils (front, from left) Thirza Brizzel, Jacinta Burney and Lennix Hibbert (all 12) enjoy wearing pink as part of Pink Shirt Day at the school yesterday.

You know things are going to get physical at the Star Regent 24 Hour Book Sale when you see people outside the doors tilting their head at awkward angles, making the bones in their neck click while they flex and stretch their limbs.

For about five minutes yesterday, there was little to be heard at Dunedin's Concord School, let alone 

Tamsin Cooper is better known around the globe for her high-fashion designs of luxury clothing and accessories.

Frustrations are starting to simmer at several Dunedin secondary schools over new Otago Regional Council regulations, implemented for coal-fired boilers, which are costing schools hundreds of thousands of dollars in compliance costs.

Debating your needs and wants with your parents is one thing, but debating needs and wants on behalf of your country with other nations around the world is another thing.

Science is really taking Anne-Sophie Page places.

If there is one question that burns eternally in Timothy Chisholm's mind, it is ''why?''

Despite being filled with human-killing robots, deadly viruses and vicious wolves, Dunedin's Edgar Centre was the place to be last night.