John Lewis

Access to the seaside community of Long Beach was temporarily closed on Saturday morning after heavy rain caused a 15m slip near the intersection of Mihiwaka Rd and Driver St.

George McKnight does not actually turn 100 until tomorrow, but it certainly did not stop the chipper 99-year-old from taking advantage of the impending milestone with a glittering smile at the weekend.

Pupils from Andersons Bay School, Calton Hill Primary School, Concord School, Mornington School, Opoho Primary School and Rotary Park School got their heart rates up during an aerobics session to raise funds for Heart Children New Zealand yesterday. Photographers Gerard O'Brien, Peter McIntosh, Craig Baxter and Gregor Richardson went along for a look.

Kaikorai Valley College is about to get a $1 million facelift.

Hazel Dawson, Sewage, Dr Elongationist and Sounds of the Womb are some of the more colourful names which will be read out during roll call at the Otago secondary schools regional final of the Smoke- freerockquest this weekend.

Rather than roll out the red carpet and spend large quantities of money on premises to attract Rugby World Cup visitors, Dunedin's hospitality establishments are being advised to focus on the basics.

The Fairfield Scout group may be forced to fold after more than 40 years because they cannot find a leader.

Milton is about to become home to what might well be one of New Zealand's highest-producing sawmills, as part of a multimillion-dollar expansion of Southern Cross Forest Products Ltd.

Is it the fabled Fiordland moose? Or is it just another deer?

What turns a medical scientist at Southern Community Laboratories into an early childhood education provider?

Portraits of early pioneers on display at the Otago Settlers Museum will be preserved online later this year, following a substantial donation from the Otago Settlers Association.

Both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela promoted the phrase "be the change if you wish to see the change" - and these words of wisdom were also the theme for Catholic Schools' Day yesterday.

Prime Minister John Key's commissioning of urgent research to better understand the issues which can make adolescence a "powder keg" of bad decisions and risky behaviour has been welcomed by a University of Otago psychologist and a parenting counsellor.

The co-ordinator of a new programme at Otago Community Hospice, in Dunedin, hopes to ease the fear and uncertainty many people feel when a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Here lies the dilemma. Do you park illegally outside the school gates for seven seconds to allow your 10-year-old daughter to jump in the car after school? Or do you keep on driving and let your 10-year-old daughter chase you around the block until you find a legitimate car park?

It is a map that should look vaguely familiar to the people of Warrington.

Less than a week after being honoured at Britain's classical music awards, New Zealand opera diva Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has confirmed she will give a recital in Dunedin in October as part of the Otago Festival of the Arts.