John Lewis

Unfair playground deals between pupils have forced several Dunedin primary schools to ban the latest trading card craze.

If you have ever wanted to walk through some wild parts of Fiordland but don't think you have the legs for it, Kavanagh College has the answer.

An unlicenced 16-year-old Dunedin youth is in hospital with a serious head injury after fleeing police in a high-speed pursuit.

Police are investigating why a vehicle involved in a high-speed police chase on the Strath Taieri yesterday had false licence plates.

Taieri College musicians appear to have taken the lion's share of places in the Otago Regional Final of the Smokefreerockquest this year.

When Chris Cumberland was trying to make the difficult decision about whether he should change careers, it was his daughter who gave him the impetus to go through with it.

When 4-year-old Kaia Powell won a highly commended award in the 2014 Otago Wildlife Photography Competition, there were more than a few eyebrows raised over whether she actually took the photo.

With at least 41 reported crashes on southern roads between 5pm Friday and late last night, drivers will need to keep their wits about them if the region is going to keep its Queen's Birthday road toll at zero, Dunedin police say.

Rumours she is about to retire have been ''grossly exaggerated'', Dame Kiri Te Kanawa says.

Contractors will be undertaking urgent work on St Clair Beach this morning, as sand below the sea wall has again reached dangerously low levels.

It appears Katy Perry is longing for a white Christmas rather than a summer concert in the south of New Zealand.

The ability to weave storylines that pull on the heartstrings seems to be a secret weapon when it comes to winning international writing competitions.

No pupils were harmed in the making of Wakari School's national award-winning video, despite it involving shooting apples off children's heads with a bow and arrow.

The term ''safe as kids on skateboards and scooters'' may soon be used in the same vein as the term ''safe as houses''.

Dunedin libraries are preparing to go live with a sophisticated new radio tracking system that will help monitor lending stock.