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.
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.
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.
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.