After being the only female to graduate from an automotive engineering course at Otago Polytechnic Jess Stratton (17) will focus on her dream being a motorcycle mechanic.
An alarming rise in the number of Otago school pupils being disciplined for physical or verbal assaults on staff and fellow pupils has the Ministry of Education concerned.
Fog may have delayed the departure of the cruise ship Noordam until yesterday, but it did not stop passengers leaving Dunedin with unexpected memories.
The humble horopito tree may not be able to create cash like a money tree, but for a young Dunedin scientist, it is certainly generating plenty of awards.