Wil Thomas may have drawn a few sceptical looks when he told people he was celebrating his 25th birthday today — probably because he looks far more "experienced".
Puplis at up to 17 Otago and Southland primary schools could be receiving free lunches by the start of next year, under the Government’s new free and healthy school lunch programme.
Physical assaults recorded in Otago schools averaged more than two each school day last year, and some principals say it may be just the tip of the iceberg.
The Australian bushfires have Niwa glaciologists worried about what they might find, as they prepare to conduct their annual survey of the southern region’s glaciers.