John Lewis

A growing number of queries from parents about how to support their children in learning basic numeracy has led Dunedin's Musselburgh School to hold a series of open-door classes for parents.

A Logan Park High School cooking team's recipe for kebabs and potato salad has skewered the competition and won it a place in the grand final of TV2's Activate competition.

A catering company operating canteens in 80 schools around New Zealand pulled out of two schools in the southern region before new nutritional guidelines were introduced by the Government this week.

Organisers of the Big Sing Secondary Schools Choral Festival are squealing with delight after record entries to the competition and extremely high performance standards at the Dunedin Town Hall yesterday.

The Brass Monkey Rally organising committee will meet to discuss an incident in which a 30-year-old pregnant woman received second-degree burns to her face, neck and arms.

Kings High School's attendance officer is "wagging" school this week to be baggage manager for the Irish rugby team before their test against the All Blacks in Wellington on Saturday.

A Green Island, Dunedin, couple, Cliff and Valerie Hall, have won a "dream home" on Australia's Sunshine Coast in a lottery.

Two of Otago's brightest scholars have been recognised at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington for gaining top marks in the 2007 New Zealand scholarship examinations.

Toetoes have long been used as swords, air guitars and feather dusters, but yesterday, hundreds were harvested at Sullivan's dam, near Dunedin, to be crafted into lanterns for the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival.

In a surprise announcement, Kings High School principal Colin Donald has resigned to take up a position as a principal's adviser in the United Arab Emirates.

Being paid to eat food sounds like a delectable job, but it is not as easy as it seems.

Business confidence is booming at Hillside Engineering Group after it won a $63 million contract to rebuild 36 railcars.

Beneath the tempestuous surf of Taieri Mouth, Davy Jones lurks. He's waiting for an unsuspecting, overkeen boatie to come along and fall into his locker.

The truth is out there - and according to Kavanagh College pupil Kylie Price, it comes in the form of country music.

Identical twins admitted to the Bar last week could spell double trouble for judges.

A South Dunedin primary school principal believes a report suggesting one in five New Zealand children is living in poverty may understate the extent of the problem.

A 17-year-old driver escaped injury after her car spun, hit a tree, narrowly missed a power pole and rolled on to its roof just centimetres from a 7m drop on to the house of Otago Highlanders prop Keith Cameron in Ravenswood Rd, St Clair.