John Lewis

Psychiatrists are concerned young people in New Zealand are missing out on specialist mental health care with potentially life-long repercussions.

Southerners are being urged to stand for their local community boards, or risk losing them.

The rhythms of the seasons have been taken into account in a new Otago Polytechnic education pathway aimed at refining wine-growing and fruit production skills in Central Otago.

Data from Niwa’s Lauder atmospheric research station has detected unprecedented chemical changes in the stratosphere, caused by smoke from the devastating Australian wildfires in 2020.

Four Otago secondary school bands are about to hit the recording studio after being named in the top 30 Smokefreerockquest bands nationwide.

Keep those winter woollies within reach — the snowy start to the week may have melted but frosts and chilly temperatures are expected to keep their grip on the southern region until Sunday.

Poor working conditions and the hemorrhaging of teachers from the education sector has prompted the PPTA secondary schools union to write a Promise to New Teachers for school leaders to sign.

If your children come home from school and appear to be acting a little more "worldly" than usual, there is a reason.

A trickle of nominations for next month’s local body elections has prompted councils around Otago and Southland to call for prospective candidates to "get a move on" and put their names in the hat.

Parents sharing memories about everyday events with toddlers in open, enriched and responsive conversations has been shown to help children with their mental health and wellbeing into early adulthood.

Dunedin totally swamped its normal July rainfall record by 412% last month, and set a record of 235mm — the highest since records began in 1918.

Michael Braithwaite first saw the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo live from the really cheap seats — the rooftop of a friend’s apartment which overlooked Edinburgh Castle.