John Lewis

A Swiss sailor has claimed one of the most remote territories on Earth for his homeland, with a little help from a Dunedin engineer.

Kaikorai Valley College is expecting this year's intake of pupils to be the largest the school has seen in more than a decade.

Liem Bowden-Vu was in no hurry to be anywhere but his cot, relaxing quietly, yesterday afternoon.

One person has been seriously hurt after a car and motorcycle collided near the township of Henley, police say.

These days, Karitane is a peaceful sanctuary, away from the rat race of civilisation.

Otago residents can expect to unwrap a rather mixed bag of weather this festive season.

After nearly losing his leg and receiving ground-breaking surgeries, it seems Tendon Boy, the yellow-eyed penguin, is still alive and kicking several months after his release back into the wild.

A school bus service from the Otago Peninsula to South Dunedin will continue next year, but it will come at a cost.

The heaviest summer snowfall in living memory, the coldest autumn temperature and the warmest winter on record are just some of the weather records that were set in Otago this year.

Anger and frustration is flaring among parents and schools over the "temporary'' closure of a mobile dental unit at Abbotsford School.

Sparks are beginning to fly between a Warrington resident and the Otago Rural Fire Authority after it refused him a permit for a New Year's Eve bonfire on his property.

A warning bell has been sounded to industry, government and the education sector by a new report revealing New Zealand has a significant and growing digital skills shortage.

A missing fragment of a Bronte manuscript written 180 years ago has been restored by a University of Otago researcher and will now be added to the book it was intended for.

Otago farmers are starting to get the jitters as drought conditions creep ever closer to the region.

Parents dreading the school holidays and the inevitable squabbling of children that goes with it now have another option.

The death of a 26-year-old man in Lake Wanaka  has spurred Water Safety New Zealand into calling for increased caution around water.

Two southern schools have been held up by the Education Review Office as being in the top 10 schools in New Zealand from which other schools could learn.

Anyone who knows Megan Odgers well knows she is always on the move.