Police search and rescue staff are considering the possibility a German tourist, believed to be missing in remote bush in the Manapouri area, has walked out on her own accord and continued her tour of New Zealand.
It seems Harry Potter is the inspiration behind Kaikorai Valley College's initiative to resurrect the school's house system, for the first time in more than 40 years.
What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail?The question is framed on Jaimee Smith's office wall, and has provided inspiration every day for the past 20 years.
Jacobi Kohu-Morris is hoping his emotions do not get the better of him this Anzac Day when he visits Gallipoli - but just in case they do, he will have a large stash of hankerchiefs with him.
Otago residents are being asked not to use sky lanterns for private or public Chinese New Year celebrations this week, amid fears they may cause fires in the region's dry conditions.
Traditionally, when members of Oil Free Otago gather in Dunedin's Octagon, it is a noisy affair with messages of protest.
They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but yesterday there was a free breakfast for anyone in the Octagon who turned up on a bicycle.
The roses are red, and John van Delft is far from blue.
Stories of making home-made ice skates, teaching dogs to fetch smoko and probably some yarns better left unrepeated were the threads which pulled more than 180 members of the Tisdall family back together at the weekend.
A Dunedin secondary school pupil has been given the day off school to advise senior government officials - and perhaps Prime Minister John Key - on ways to improve New Zealand's living standards.
A reward for information on the tagger who defaced a central Dunedin car park is still unclaimed.
A plane crash in the centre of Middlemarch had emergency services staff applauding yesterday.
Dunedin chiropractors may notice a small influx of clientele during the next week, following a visit by the Nitro Circus to Forsyth Barr Stadium.
A University of Otago research scientist says clinical trials of a cure for type 1 diabetes could begin in Dunedin within the next two years.
Pupils skipping NCEA examinations in Otago have dropped dramatically in the past three years, but principals say the numbers are still too high.
Most toddlers have trouble staying upright, let alone riding a trike - but not Joel George.
As Jackie Barron was commissioned as St Hilda's Collegiate School's new principal, she expressed delight there were connections with her old life and her new one.
Taieri College is bustling with life again after opening its doors last week, and plenty of time has been spent trying to work out how to fit more pupils into a school with fewer classrooms.
They say curiosity can kill a cat, but this one got lucky.
As many schools burst back into life this week, education reporter John Lewis and photographer Christine O'Connor went back to class. They sat at the back at Taieri Beach School, learning about a day in the life of sole-charge teacher Liz Bishop.
