John Lewis

"If I was a drug dealer, this decision would be Christmas to me. The Government hasn't thought this one through."

A large piece of Dunedin's heritage is lighting up the lives of audiences and performers at the Mayfair Theatre after it was returned recently to the city.

Members of the Otago University Students Association voted overwhelmingly in favour of continuing compulsory membership to the student organisation, during a meeting plagued with interruptions from members of a political youth movement.

While many South Dunedin residents are up in arms about noise from aircraft doing late night flight training in the area, pilots have showed little tolerance of angry residents shining laser beams into pilots' cockpits as they fly.

The picture looks grim at Art Care and Conservation Dunedin as managers struggle to find the owners of nearly 50 restored, but unclaimed, artworks.

Thirteen more cards get dealt and as Sam Baily and Glenn Coutts fan them out, a steely gaze sets in their eyes and the game is on.

A University of Otago music student is a step closer to revolutionising music education after winning a $2000 AMP Regional Scholarship.

"Bharata-natyam dance is as far removed from Bollywood as Scottish Country dancing is from hip-hop."

A motorcade of more than 100 Minis will invade Dunedin today as part of the 50th anniversary of the "cute" car.

A creative eye has won two young southern photographers awards in the Perry Foundation New Zealand schools photographic competition.

The chance to buy a 1927 "lakes modified'' Model T Ford roadster does not come around very often.

If it were not for a Scottish family's search for a new life in Dunedin, one of New Zealand's oldest and best known department store chains might not be celebrating its 100th birthday this week.

Sara Cohen School, which is already struggling to find money to maintain and upgrade its buildings, has had a further financial blow this week after taggers left more than $1000 worth of damage.

Albatross eggs incubating in the coal range and albatross chicks and a crested penguin keeping warm in the hot-water cupboard were just some of the fond memories shared around the table at Betty Sharpe's 90th birthday celebrations at the Royal Albatross Centre yesterday.