John Lewis

Slow and wobbly is probably the best way to describe mediaeval jousting on rusty old bicycles.

Carisbrook School is negotiating with an internet provider in Wellington in a bid to roll out Wi-Fi and ultra-fast broadband to the Caversham community for a fraction of the normal cost.

Anzac Day will be extraordinary this year for 55 Otago Boys' High School pupils who will observe the day at a Milan war grave cemetery during a tour of historic World War 1 sites in Europe.

Dunedin police are searching for two men after two bungled burglaries at Otago Museum and Countdown, in Mornington.

Improving the lives of less fortunate children around the world has been first and foremost on Jamie Wood's mind for a long time.

Jacobi Kohu-Morris is hoping to trade in his school uniform for a fine suit and become a politician, after finishing runner-up in the New Zealand Race Unity Speech Competition in Auckland at the weekend.

The number of international fee-paying pupils enrolling in Otago secondary schools has plummeted 42% in the past decade, prompting some principals to warn the drop may cause a financial deficit for some schools if the trend continues.

A 75-year-old man may have been lying dead in his South Dunedin house for weeks before his body was discovered yesterday, Dunedin police say.

The neighbours of a man who lay dead in his South Dunedin home for more than six weeks say he was ''reclusive'' and would sometimes not answer his door or phone calls.

The 54-year-old man saved from his burning Mornington flat on Monday night may have been rescued twice, by different people.

Problems with the Novopay Ministerial Inquiry's email system have been labelled a joke by Otago principals, after an email to schools had to be resent.

The number of Otago secondary schools meeting the national average pass rates for NCEA level 3 qualifications appears to be improving, New Zealand Qualifications Authority statistics show.

Anxiety. It's that sensation you get when your mate drives a car down a gravel road at 140kmh and flies over the brow of a hill, where you are suddenly confronted with a sharp left-hand turn - and he doesn't seem to be slowing down.

Some envy erupted between Carole Evans and husband George this week when Mrs Evans won the Drivesouth Rally Fest rally car ride with former World Rally Champion Miki Biasion.

Minis might be small, but when there are about 50 of them in Dunedin's Octagon - some with locomotive horns bolted to the roof - they make a big noise.

Putting the world to rights will be the aim of four Otago secondary school pupils later this month when they attend the Sir Peter Blake Youth EnviroLeaders Forum in Christchurch.

Columba College has made significant changes to its outdoor education policies in the wake of an incident last month in which 18 pupils narrowly avoided drowning when they were caught in a dangerous rip near Purakaunui.

Forget golf, rugby, tennis or car racing. It seems the family game of Scrabble is where all the best prizes are.