John Lewis

Forsyth Barr Stadium was full of high-fliers on Saturday night - and not the kind you'd expect to find in the corporate boxes.

King's High School principal Dan Reddiex has learned the hard way that he is no longer one of the boys.

Great minds designed Forsyth Barr Stadium to keep out snow and other unpleasant weather.

This weekend nearly 30 years ago Holly Mathieson was a nervous wreck.

University of Otago researchers have found new ways to detect changes occurring on the surface of the bowel, which may lead to better treatment for hundreds of children with Crohn's disease and colitis.

Green Island School principal Steve Hayward reckons there is something in the water in Green Island.

An Otago Girls' High School pupil has reached the national final of the Alliance Francaise Concours Oral with a chance of winning a trip to New Caledonia.

In a day fraught with political controversy, Prime Minister John Key appeared to be at relative ease during yesterday's 2014 Otago Daily Times Class Act awards, basking in the glow of Otago's top secondary school achievers.

One of the great Kiwi battlers is planning to have another go at becoming the oldest man to circumnavigate the globe solo on a yacht.

Ministry of Education has called for tenders to carry out a $2 million development of parts of Otago Boys' High School - some of which have not been touched since the 1960s.

Kaikorai Valley College has been split in two. In a bid to attract more year 7 and 8 pupils to the college, the school had been changed to a junior college (year 7 and 8 pupils) and a senior college (year 9-13) this year, deputy principal John Downes said.

Fairfield School provided a taste of Maori culture last week when 10 schools and a kindergarten took part in the Taieri Schools Kaupapa Maori Festival Hui Ako.

Alex Leckie-Zaharic did not let ''arthritis'' get in the way of him winning a major regional competition in Dunedin yesterday.

The driver of a four-wheel-drive vehicle was lucky to walk away with minor injuries after crashing on Three Mile Hill at the weekend, Dunedin police say.

Progressive Enterprises has confirmed it plans to go ahead with a multimillion-dollar supermarket development in Green Island.

In the distance, Natasha O'Brien could hear her miniature Jack Russell barking.

When Jenny McDonald came to the Taieri 45 years ago as part of a ''wee look'' around New Zealand, the last thing she expected to do was get married and still be there today.