John Lewis

The popular stereotype that girls and computer science do not mix is one pupils at Columba College are helping to turn around.

Yvonne Durham may be 79, but her experiences in the ways of the world haven't warmed her to having her photo taken.

A volunteer organisation providing early childhood education for preschoolers in Pine Hill is upset its premises has again become the target of vandalism.

After reading an Otago Daily Times feature about the perils of tramping in the Silver Peaks, a mother and her son set off into the rough hill country on Saturday ... and got lost.

Launching a career in aviation is no longer just "pie in the sky" stuff for Otago secondary school pupils.

Sam Snell, James Phizacklea and Noah Linscott are like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

A South Africa-based scientist who helped his terminally ill Dunedin mother to die hopes his trial serves as a wake-up call for a change in the law which has made him a criminal.

They can fetch, roll over and play dead. But when it comes to turning on the tap for a drink of water, that's a different story.

It appears someone is taking political pot shots at New Zealand First's election policies, after a shotgun cartridge was found in the mailbox of the party's South Dunedin electorate office on Saturday morning.

It was like any other Saturday shopping expedition. The Hogg family pulled up to the Cadbury car park and opened the window to pay, just as they do most Saturday mornings - except this time, a gathered crowd went wild with celebration.

Donella Mackay was never one to worry about getting grubby or breaking nicely manicured fingernails.

Apparently, five into four does go. Four George Street Normal School pupils recorded top scores in five subjects at the University of New South Wales International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) examinations this year.

The announcement Macandrew Intermediate principal Whetu Cormick will be the new principal of the merged Forbury and Macandrew schools next year has angered some parents in the Forbury community.

Left slightly shaken following an unruly meeting with parents at Forbury School on Wednesday, Macandrew Intermediate principal Whetu Cormick says he has had no second thoughts about taking up the principal's position at one of South Dunedin's newly merged schools.

Cracks appear to be forming in the establishing board of trustees at the proposed Otepoti South School following the resignation of board member and Calton Hill School board of trustees chairman George Sealy, who has cited concerns about the board's leadership and operations.

Ructions have broken out within the establishment board of trustees at Bathgate Park School, with two board members resigning amid allegations the appointment of Whetu Cormick as principal was "flawed" and "invalid".