John Lewis

While Guy Fawkes can be a spectacular affair, carelessness with fireworks has left more than 50 southerners with serious injuries over the past five years.

As El Niño intensifies, weather in the South is expected to go from one extreme to another over the next three months.

Miners have always known there is gold in "them there hills" around East Otago.

The eyes on the school bus went back and forth for weeks before young Brian Cashmere and Val Ross officially became a couple.

A call to check an abandoned car in Stuart St has led Dunedin police to a string of crimes, including two burglaries, allegedly committed by a group of 14 and 15-year-olds.

A call to an abandoned car in Stuart St has led Dunedin police to a string of crimes, including two burglaries, allegedly committed by a group of 14 and 15 year-olds.

An international team of microbiology and immunology researchers have made a microscopic discovery which could have big implications for safer gene editing, and more efficient alternatives to...

New research has found the true rate of illness and injury endured by New Zealand soldiers during World War 1 was more than twice what official figures suggest, prompting public health researchers...

For millennia, marriage and childbearing have been considered two of the most important things a young person can do for their family in China.

Labour Weekend is notorious for having rubbish weather, but this one is shaping up to be pretty clear and settled, making it ideal for outdoor activities.

For Metiria Stanton Turei, art is not just a luxury or a form of entertainment, it is critical for flexibility of thinking and creative solutions.

The days of brushtail possums sniggering in the backyard may be numbered in New Zealand, now that researchers have completed mapping the entire genetic code of the marsupial.

A space science outreach programme has landed Andrew Mills a finalist’s spot at a prestigious international science engagement competition hosted by the Falling Walls Foundation.

One of the perks of picking up trash is sometimes you come across a bit of treasure, like a couple of coins — or if you are really lucky, a $5 note.