John Lewis

Rather than being immersed in homework after school, about a dozen Columba College pupils were up to their necks in pens, paper, brochures and other items yesterday.

It is unusual for a school to take on the atmosphere of a jazz club, but when Calder Prescott is involved, anything can happen.

Several years spent planning and planting hundreds of shrubs to beautify the Gladstone Rd railway corridor in Mosgiel have been stripped away in a matter of hours by a KiwiRail ditch digger.

Scouts and girl guides from around Otago had their first rehearsal for this year's Gang Show, at Waiora Scout Camp, at the weekend.

Terf Aisi appeared to be the odd one out at the Otago Anniversary Day races at Wingatui yesterday.

The battle for world records raged in Caversham yesterday.

Descendants of the Kennard family are flooding into Waikouaiti and Dunedin this weekend to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the family's arrival in Otago.

Cyclone Pam has ended months of planning and fundraising for pupils at Columba College, whose planned trip to Vanuatu has been cancelled.

Until recently, there was no such thing as a guilt-free supercar.

Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran said the Southern District Health Board ''dropped the ball'' during a health select committee meeting in Wellington yesterday.

As Tamara Cuttriss blacked out and went under the water for the final time, her last thought was: ''This is it. What a waste. I haven't even lived yet.''

A classroom at Taieri Beach School is about to get its first makeover since the 1980s.

What started out as a school project for a former Bayfield High School pupil is now selling shares and about to go global.

Aaron Fahey's problems do not keep him awake at night - his searches for solutions do.

The memories of police, ambulance and fire officers are filled with accident scenes they would much rather forget. They come from years of attending serious car crashes, many of them involving young people. Yesterday, they shared some of their experience and knowledge, in a bid to help young people make good choices for themselves when using our roads. Reporter John Lewis and photographer Peter McIntosh were there.

Taieri College is attempting to boost NCEA achievement levels by shuffling the school timetable so pupils spend more time in class during the morning when their academic juices are at their most potent.

Artworks by three former Otago secondary school art pupils have been selected for exhibition in a nationwide tour.

Not every woman can lay claim to being able to fit into their school uniform more than 50 years after finishing school.