John Lewis

A primary school pupil throwing a rock at her principal's head is just one of an increasing number of behavioural issues in Otago primary schools which are making some teachers feel unsafe, the region's principals say.

Otago has taken its place on the Government's Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand website, six years after its establishment.

More than $1 million of stock was destroyed in a suspicious blaze at Japanese Auto Wreckers at the weekend, one of the owners says, but he is confident the business will continue.

Cutting a veal and ham pie may not seem like a very official or posh way to celebrate the 140th anniversary of Frances Hodgkins' birth.

Jerusalem has come to Dunedin, in the form of a German opera tenor.

While there was not much to smile about on the battlefields during World War 2, Phil Smith takes pride in the fact that when soldiers did find reason to bare their teeth, he had helped make them shine.

A visiting art curator hopes an exhibit of works by Otago school pupils will give adults an insight into the lives of the region's young people.

Columba College's budding young journalists cleaned up both awards in the 2009 Otago Former Times competition.