Life not so swede after $200 theft
Life not so swede after $200 theft
A South Otago farmer has gone off his swede after someone raided the honesty box on his swede stall at the weekend.
John Lewis
Olveston part of city's heartbeat
Olveston part of city's heartbeat
Historic Dunedin house Olveston was this week named New Zealand's top attraction by TripAdvisor. Reporter John Lewis went along to see what all the fuss was about.
Making history was easy
Making history was easy
There is a certain level of pride a history teacher can take from co-writing an NCEA teaching unit for the Ministry of Education.
Muslim school to go ahead
Muslim school to go ahead
A multimillion-dollar secondary boarding school for Muslim boys is to go ahead in South Dunedin, the Al-Noor Charitable Trust has confirmed.
Running man halfway to destination
Running man halfway to destination
After running halfway around the world in a bid to set a Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation, the only thing Kevin Carr is tired of is being pulled over by the police.
Pupils rediscover 'olden-day' art of letter writing
Pupils rediscover 'olden-day' art of letter writing
IN an age where most of our written communication is via email, texting and social media, East Taieri School has ''stepped back in time'' to rediscover the art of letter writing.
Principal Jennifer Horgan said letter writing was a foreign concept to many pupils, who believed it was something people did in the ''olden days''.
Taieri College pupils rock at competition
Taieri College pupils rock at competition
With a third of the acts in this year's Otago regional final of the Smokefreerockquest coming from Taieri College, it is no surprise pupils picked up an award or two.
Silver Fern Farms, union at odds
Silver Fern Farms, union at odds
Talks between Silver Fern Farms and the New Zealand Meat Workers' Union (NZMW) appear to be in disarray.
Public take opportunity to see how police work
Public take opportunity to see how police work
Seldom are Dunedin police cells left open for people to come and go as they please.
Queen's principal takes new position
Queen's principal takes new position
In an ''unplanned and unexpected move'', Queen's High School principal Julie Anderson has resigned to take up a newly developed position at the Ministry of Education.
Kings crowned biggest Otago school
Kings crowned biggest Otago school
The title of Otago's largest school has a new holder: King's High School.
Lotto tickets at self-service checkouts
Lotto tickets at self-service checkouts
Supermarket shoppers at three Dunedin Countdown stores can now buy some Lotto tickets from self-service checkouts as well as from those operated by staff.
Budding entrepreneurs have eye on the prize
Budding entrepreneurs have eye on the prize
Two Dunedin secondary school pupils will test their business acumen to the maximum this weekend when they take part in two international entrepreneurial competitions.
Logan Park pupil's speech win makes it two in a row
Logan Park pupil's speech win makes it two in a row
A powerful speech about using education as a weapon to defeat poverty, crime and the inter-generational cycle of hardship has won Jacobi Kohu-Morris the Nga Manu Korero Otago Southland speech contest for the second year in a row.
Taieri schools want 40kmh zones
Taieri schools want 40kmh zones
Taieri school principals are angry none of five proposed 40kmh speed zones will be set up around their schools.
Ambassadors to France
Ambassadors to France
Three southern secondary school pupils will travel to France next month, where they will attend World War 1 commemorations as New Zealand's young ambassadors.
Call for 40kmh speed zone at schools
Call for 40kmh speed zone at schools
Dunedin schools have called for a blanket 40kmh speed zone to be implemented around all schools in the city, not just a selected few.
Leaking boiler pipe proves elusive
Leaking boiler pipe proves elusive
A leaking pipe is causing heating woes and headaches for Kaikorai Valley College in Dunedin.
Laws of physics rule in karate
Laws of physics rule in karate
There was no ''wax on or wax off'' during a karate demonstration at Queen's High School yesterday - just a graphic lesson in physics.
Chance of a lifetime comes out of the blue
Chance of a lifetime comes out of the blue
It's always a nice surprise when you are selected for a scholarship, Mathew Denys says.