John Lewis

More than 1000 Otago primary school teachers and principals have pledged to fight a GERM affecting the education system by signing a petition yesterday.

When Jill Dalwood parked her pride and joy - a 2008 Ford Focus - in Smith St, Dunedin, before heading to work on Wednesday morning, the last thing she expected to find when she returned was her car on the opposite side of the street.

When NHNZ shot its first episode of I Survived, no-one at the Dunedin-based production house dreamt it would be one of the more popular shows in the United States.

Members of the public are being praised for helping Dunedin police capture a man who threatened three pharmacy workers with a knife, tied them up and robbed the shop last night. 

A 39-year-old man is in the intensive care unit at Dunedin Hospital with fractures to his skull, neck and possibly his spine after he was "brutally" attacked in a quiet residential area of the city yesterday morning.

One of the seminal composers of the Dunedin Sound has praised the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum for capturing a generation of Kiwi music in danger of becoming a distant memory.

Between them, Leigh and Aart Brusse have contributed nearly 90 years to education in Otago.

When dance is one of the last examinations in the NCEA exam schedule, it is not unusual to see pupils doing pirouettes or flash mobs outside their school.

What better way to pay tribute to the woman who saved many of New Zealand's heritage roses from extinction than to create a garden filled with them at her former school.

Which of these is the odd one out - couch, coffee table, pot plant, curtains, Mona Lisa print, teddy bear, mat, bus shelter?

Describing how poverty is New Zealand's "fastest-growing industry" has won a Logan Park High School year 10 pupil the Otago Schools Junior Speech Competition.

The grounds at Halfway Bush School are about to spring into life after the Dunedin primary school won a $10,000 Tree-mendous School Makeover.

Dunedin residents are significantly less worried than other New Zealanders about crime, commuting time to work, and the possibility of a natural disaster, a new survey says.

Although you do not have to provide your licence and registration on request, you are expected to know the road rules when navigating the corridors of Queen's High School these days.

A top Chinese businessman and tourism leader has signalled a flood of economic growth worth up to $64 million for Dunedin as a result of a predicted boom in Chinese tourism to the city.

Watching dozens of dreadful 1950s B-grade sci-fi films, notorious for over-acting and technical shortcomings, has paid off for Logan Park High School co-dux Rhian Gaffney.

Dealing with temperatures reaching 45degC, snakes and scorpions in your bedding, and going to the toilet behind a bush in the desert while watching for stalking lions was definitely living on the wild side.