John Lewis

The Police Dive Squad has been called in to help search for a man missing from a boat on Lake Wakatipu since yesterday morning.

An Air New Zealand plane was forced to return to Dunedin Airport soon after take-off late this afternoon when its landing gear failed to retract.

When you mix enthusiasm for computer coding and robot building with a pinch of practicality, you end up with someone like 10-year-old Rhys Taylor, who wants to build a robot that will clean his bedroom.

Carisbrook School's board of trustees has remained tight-lipped following a media report alleging $14,887 of Crown funding was used to pay for a trip to Singapore.