John Lewis

While many might joke about it, it is not often that you meet the love of your life at a circus.

There is reading Dickens, and then there is reading a manuscript written in Dickens' own hand.

Otago terrritorial authorities are irritated they have had to spend nearly $800,000 during the past financial year repairing or replacing road signs - many of which have been damaged by vandals.

Organisers of the Undie 500 are calling on Dunedin bars to be more responsible hosts this year to help avoid the student chaos synonymous with the event in recent years.

The prompt action of a "good Samaritan" has led to an arrest and has been praised by the police after a 14-year-old truant schoolgirl suffered a stranger's unwanted attention in Dunedin yesterday morning.

Dunedin police are worried it is only a matter of time before someone is accidentally shot by a stray bullet from the "serious recklessness" of people shooting at road signs.

Sickness is still hitting some Otago secondary schools, affecting pupils and staff, but most seem to have avoided the predicted flu pandemic.

A 223-year-old gold filigree snuff box, once owned by Robert Burns, is expected to attract attention from around the globe when it goes up for auction at Forno's Auctioneers tomorrow.

A City Rise, Dunedin, student flat resembled a war zone last night after a "lock-down" party of more than 70 alcohol-fuelled guests descended into disorder.

It's top pupils' art and chances are it will only cost you a fraction of the price of a Monet or Kandinsky to buy.

"A zero percent pay increase isn't a fair deal."

Nearly 70 years after World War 2 pilot Sergeant John Duncan Broadley was killed in action, his Dunedin family are delighted to know he is still cared about by a woman living in a small rural village in Suffolk, England.

Five years ago, Paul Ferris was diagnosed with bowel cancer and was making the most of what he thought may be his last days.

If you look up "Samuel Johnson" in a reputable dictionary, you are more likely to find his name on the cover, rather than inside the book.

Every little bit helps.

A Department of Corrections drug treatment unit, to be established at the Milburn prison, may significantly help those battling drug addiction and others fighting to reduce crime in the region.

Otago schools have lost the equivalent of about 12.5 classrooms full of pupils as school rolls continue to decline across the region.