John Lewis

For the first time in Columba College's history, two of its pupils have been awarded prestigious German language scholarships in the same year.

The same thing happens almost every year at this time - when senior secondary school pupils have to stay indoors and study for NCEA examinations, the sun invariably comes out and the mercury rises into the 20s.

A Dunedin teenager is searching for his sea legs after being selected to join a team of environmental scientists on a Young Blake Expedition to the subantarctic to start planning for a new ''world-leading'' climate-change research station.

The mother of a Bayfield High School pupil claims the school has denied her the right to watch her daughter's greatest educational moment by not allowing parents to attend the school's annual graduation ceremony.

The Roome family members might soon be able to return to their Ravelston St, Dunedin, home after a three-tonne boulder crashed through part of their house in June.

Two young Dunedin composers will have an opportunity to hear their music played by New Zealand's best orchestral musicians after being selected as finalists in the 2013 Todd Corp Young Composers Award.

The Taieri Historical Society hopes old equipment from the Waipori Pump Station will flood its park in Outram with visitors this season.

Turning 100 is a milestone worth marking in style. But for Joan Boddy (nee Fraser), it was pretty much just another day in the life of Joan Boddy.

Delving through old family photographs, diary entries, newspaper articles and books about life in Scotland in the early 1800s can be quite addictive, as Frances Barnett has discovered.

Five Dunedin-based social organisations will directly benefit from a new initiative this year, aimed at supporting youth to develop projects that address their social or environmental concerns.

John Verboeket is adamant he will never lose his marble, especially after the 76-year-old has only just managed to find it again after 71 years.

There was no blood, but there was plenty of sweat, a few tears and about 60 Logan Park High School pupils gasping for air and flapping blistered hands, all rowing frantically in an attempt to beat New Zealand rowers Mahe Drysdale and Emma Twigg.

Otago principals are calling for the Ministry of Education to review the system for paying limited statutory managers (LSM) following claims some are charging ''exorbitant'' amounts of money which could be better spent on pupil education.

When two Dunedin schools won prestigious New Zealand National Schools of Character Awards, it was no surprise their pupils were humble and gracious in their acceptance.

Putting pencil to paper and sketching whatever takes his fancy is something Jakob Morgan has always been good at.

Three Otago schools will be among the first 21 schools in New Zealand to be connected to the new Crown-owned Network for Learning (N4L) digital hub.

Neil Garry is keeping his cards close to his chest over his future plans for John McGlashan College after being appointed as the school's new principal yesterday.

His dad's washing machine is a little the worse for wear, but Shaun Tocher isn't worried.