John Lewis

The rector of one of New Zealand's oldest boys' secondary schools plans to retire if he wins a seat in the coming Otago Regional Council elections.

Whille Dunedin schools have noted a decline in the number of pupils absent with influenza this year, a senior doctor is warning families not to be complacent.

A new Pacific Island arts festival to be launched in Dunedin tomorrow night aims to give voice to the perspectives of Otago's Pasifika pupils.

It's not a little house on the prairie - more like a little shed in a Kavanagh College classroom.

Seldom do engineering students get an opportunity to conduct earthquake-strengthening tests on a real building.

You might think driving a truck in the Special Rigs for Special Kids event year after year would become a bit repetitive.

One thing Ailsa Carroll is now sure of: she has what it takes to become an astronaut.

Dunedin barrister Trevor Shiels has become the city's first lawyer in about 15 years to be appointed Queen's Counsel, following a Silk ceremony in the High Court at Dunedin yesterday.

Three Otago Boys' High School pupils say they feel like ''sitting ducks'' as they wait to hear if they have made it to the final six bands in the New Zealand Smokefreerockquest.

School reunions are traditionally an opportunity to catch up with old school cobbers.

A class of Bayfield High School food and nutrition pupils were wide-eyed and a little bit teary from all the sliced onions as they got cooking tips from television Masterchef Brett McGregor this week.

The swell of anticipation and excitement is growing for a former Dunedin man as the start of his world record attempt to become the oldest and fastest man to sail around the world solo draws closer.

The Otago Boys' High School 150th reunion this weekend will be one of the largest functions the city will host this year, a Dunedin event management company says.

An integrated Dunedin school battling the Ministry of Education to have its roll cap increased, has gone ahead and built a fourth classroom in the hope the ministry will approve the increase later this year.

Taieri Gorge train wheels will keep on turning, following the refurbishment of a piece of machinery formerly owned by Hillside Engineering Workshops.

Andersons Bay School pupils and staff have opened a new chapter in the school's 153-year history with the official opening of a multifaceted learning centre.

Heading to Italy just to play ''a decent game of squash'' might seem an excessively long way to go for some, but for Kay Baldock and Helen Brownlie it will also be a chance to ''right some wrongs''.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has called for the Government's controversial Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Bill to be thrown out.