John Lewis

Plan for replica coach to take centre stage

Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre chairman Bill Lang (left) and committee member Grant Vickers...

Plan for replica coach to take centre stage

The Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre is hoping Otago residents will get on the wagon with them and support their bid to finish building a replica Cobb & Co stagecoach.

Winners keeping up with the news

Winners of the Otago Daily Times Extra! years 9 and 10 current events quiz (from left) Georgia...

Winners keeping up with the news

The questions were definitely harder this year, but organisers of the Otago Daily Times Extra! current events quiz in Dunedin were surprised by how little it slowed the competitors.

Sirocco at Orokonui Ecosanctuary

Fans are expected to flock to the Orokonui Ecosanctuary from Sunday to see Sirocco the kakapo.

Stroke could have killed 31-year-old

At the age of 31, in the prime of his life, the last thing Glen Riley thought would put him out of action was a stroke.

Hospital welcomes gnomes

No man's land is not traditionally a place people go for a peaceful and relaxing break from the world. But the new gnome man's land at Mercy Hospital is.

SuperGran's not the retiring type

There's no such thing as retirement for Marie Sutherland - just a gradual slowing down.

Taieri bus users will get their say

Buses arrive at Green Island, where ''super stops'' are being developed as part of Dunedin bus...

Taieri bus users will get their say

Taieri residents looking for improvements to bus routes will have an opportunity to share their ideas at a public meeting next week.

Mirror installed for drivers' safety

West Harbour Community Board member Ryan Jones shows off a new traffic mirror placed on the...

Mirror installed for drivers' safety

Mirror, mirror, on the post, who will benefit from it most?

Country publicans looking to retire

Clarks Junction Hotel owners Adrian and Gillian Bardrick admire some of the hotel's history....

Country publicans looking to retire

Adrian and Gillian Bardrick are calling last orders at the Clarks Junction Hotel after 21 years behind the bar.

Foggy, frosty spring

The Niwa National Climate Centre is forecasting a warmer and drier than average spring in the South, but be prepared for fog and frosts.

Retiring publicans' colourful story

Clarks Junction Hotel owners Adrian and Gillian Bardrick outside the eye-catching establishment....

Retiring publicans' colourful story

For years, many driving the State Highway 87 route to Central Otago have wondered why the Clarks Junction Hotel ended up being painted bright orange.

Special Rigs shared with family

Former Dunedin resident Cindy Matthews remembers with clarity the joy that taking part in the Special Rigs for Special Kids event brought when she was 11.

Enabling Love a possibility at the movies

Enabling Love chief executive officer Joshua Perry (front) and members (from left) Robyn...

Enabling Love a possibility at the movies

Many a romance has blossomed in the back row of a movie theatre.

Fernery slowly gives up its secrets

Heritage New Zealand Otago-Southland senior archaeologist Dr Matt Schmidt (right) and a team from...

Fernery slowly gives up its secrets

Some people are amazed at what they find when they clear away some of the detritus in their gardens.

Snow, heavy rain forecast for South

MetService is forecasting snow as low as 400m about the ranges of Fiordland and Southland on Monday evening and early Tuesday morning.

'Two-for-one' principal deal adds up for school

Logan Park High School co-principals Kristan Mouat and Peter Hills. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

'Two-for-one' principal deal adds up for school

Peter Hills and Kristan Mouat are adamant two heads are definitely better than one when it comes to school leadership.

Teaching graduate numbers plummeting

Teaching graduate numbers plummeting

A significant drop in teaching graduate numbers from the University of Otago College of Education over the past decade has set alarm bells ringing for southern principals.

Roll growth at primary level bodes well

Schools lockdown has been lifted after a man was arrested. Photo: NZ Herald

Roll growth at primary level bodes well

The tide appears to be turning on Dunedin’s declining secondary school rolls.

OBHS old boy looks back in time

Oxford University archaeological science professor Tom Higham speaks to pupils at his alma mater,...

OBHS old boy looks back in time

Tom Higham has spent most of his life dating Neanderthals.

Specialist staff strike

Dunedin learning support specialists rally outside the Ministry of Education offices in Moray Pl...

Specialist staff strike

Psychologists, speech language therapists and other learning support specialists who work in schools, made themselves heard around the Dunedin CBD yesterday as part of NZEI strike action.

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