John Lewis

Although East Taieri School is 155 years old - and ageing well - it will receive a well-earned makeover in the new year.

Bailey Clouston's Inquisitive Takahe has taken the prize.

At $176,000, Frazer Clement's new house is a bargain.

"Soliel, sable et culture - sun, sand and culture."

Despite high winds and "a bumpy ride", there was little demand for sick-bags on Saturday when about 40 cadets from Gore's 28th Squadron Air Training Corps took to the skies.

Two Dunedin secondary-school information and communication technology (ICT) clusters will get a slice of $10.8 million from the Government to support teachers in the use of digital technology.

It was another opening, another show at the Regent Theatre yesterday.

The Clutha and Waitaki District Councils' water supplies had E.coli transgressions and neglected to adequately protect consumers at times when the drinking water was known to be contaminated, the Ministry of Health's annual review of drinking water quality shows.

Nearly 40 years on, Frank Carter is reunited with one of his greatest loves - his 1955 DOT Scrambler motorcycle.

The theory "it is easier to learn to drive backwards than forwards" has landed a 14-year-old boy and his mother in the police spotlight.

Cromwell Primary School principal Wendy Brooks hopes her research into restorative practices will give schools more efficient tools for dealing with disruptive pupils.

They have been sat on by pupils and parents for more than five decades.

Boy racers are being invited to race up Princes St in Dunedin, in a bid to curb their need for speed.

Te Ao Marama Tawhara and Te Amorangi Wilson have been best friends since they were preschoolers.

Educators from around New Zealand have given a vote of no confidence in the Ministry of Education's national standards during a forum in Wellington.

Those lamenting the loss of the lamington are in luck - one of Dunedin's historic tearooms has been resurrected with the cube-shaped cake on the menu.

A respected senior research fellow in education at the University of Otago has labelled some of the claims made by the Ministry of Education about national standards "distorted" and "anecdotal".

Dunedin's Rotary Park School was pivotal in Tom Stevens' development.