Sir Edmund Hillary once said you don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - ''you can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals''.
Lewis Vaughan (left) and friend Jacob Reeve (both 15) load a sodden and damaged piece of furniture on to a trailer.
A former Department of Conservation scientist has told a Dunedin symposium one of the greatest hurdles facing New Zealand's environment is the lack of ''a price on nature'', and has called for the Government to introduce an environmental consumption tax.
An Australian couple on holiday in New Zealand will be taking home a Kiwi souvenir unlike any other.
Natasha Williams feels like a huge burden has been lifted from her shoulders - much of it carried by Good Samaritans from as far away as Auckland.
Some parents may have done a double take yesterday morning when their children picked up their lunch boxes and headed for the door saying: ''see ya after work.''
Two local schools have appealed Ministry of Education decisions to increase their decile ratings.
The playground area at the former High Street School could become a hive of activity again, as early as next year.
Four Otago schools are waiting with bated breath for a Ministry of Education decision about whether their decile ratings have been recalculated.
The management of yellow-eyed penguins on the Otago Peninsula could be affected for the next six years, as a result of flooding across Dunedin this week.
Google has given financial support to robotics education in New Zealand schools, which will help teachers keep one step ahead of their pupils.
Next time you come across a rotten apple, a loaf of mouldy bread or some stinky overdue yoghurt, try not to lob it into a rubbish bin.
Logan Park High School Shakespeare performers are heralding their success from the rooftops after winning the top award at the recent New Zealand Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival in Wellington.
They are well short of constructing anything like R2-D2, a Dalek or the HAL 9000, but who knows what robots the pupils at Green Island School could be building in the future?
Poultry breeders will be early to rise like the roosters this weekend - not to get the worms, but to get to the Taieri Poultry Show in Mosgiel.
When Natalie Reynolds got the ''big C'' diagnosis from her doctor, her life failed to flash before her eyes.
Giving private investors an opportunity to invest in the provision of mental health social services and make money from them could have disastrous consequences, the Methodist Mission says.
Nicki West and her son, Keenan, could barely contain their excitement on Saturday when they made the winning bid on what will become their new holiday home.
There are few mushrooms that have the ability to light up your life.
Five years ago, Nobuko Sellens did not have the foggiest idea what Highland dancing was.