Tom McKinlay

A rainbow broke out on George St last night as Dunedin's first Queer Pride Week mardi gras took to the town centre. Tom McKinlay takes a look.

The Government is encouraging us all to save power, which can be as simple as changing a few lightbulbs, as Tom McKinlay discovered.

The RightLight initiative was launched recently as a response to research showing consumers want more impartial information on which to base lighting decisions.

It's cold out and warm by the fire, time to put the feet up. That will involve a footstool, Tom McKinlay reports.

It's a romantic notion, to hitch a lift, strike up a conversation, have an adventure. The reality, however, is quite different, reports Tom McKinlay.

In a kinder, gentler period of New Zealand's past, children would, as a matter of course, absent themselves from their respective backyards to explore the farthest reaches of their neighbourhoods, largely unencumbered by their parents' fears and concerns.