John Lewis

It may be her first principalship, but the way Bayfield High School's new principal talks about her goals for the school, one could not be blamed for thinking she has done it all before.

The southern Great South Basin is included as one of 25 offshore and onshore oil and gas blocks being put out to tender for exploration, under five-year permits.

The Octagon is once again occupied by people in tents - this time scouts.

Dunedin's mayoral car park has undergone a subtle refurbishment this week.

Moments after completing a four-minute aerobics routine, Fred Millar gathers his breath and says: "There's nothing we won't do - as long as we can get back up afterwards".

New Zealand primary schools still lag behind their Australian counterparts when it comes to being sun smart, and it may be influencing the lifetime risk of melanoma in future generations, University of Otago research shows.

At the start of the second week of the school year, Rotary Park School's roll has dropped to 22 pupils, prompting commissioner Cleave Hay to investigate the school's viability.

Blue is the glue which will help hold Dunedin's Carisbrook School together.

He has completed the world championship ironman triathlon in Hawaii and has swum the English Channel twice.

Masters athletes are not the only ones getting a good work-out this week.