Successful school choirs are traditionally a more popular domain for girls.
A 40-year-old Invercargill man will face assault and firearms charges after an armed offenders squad call-out on Saturday.
Rob Wilton always said he would never volunteer to be the chairman of any organisation for more than two years.
As the London Olympics gradually wind down for another four years, Rotary Park School pupils wait with open arms for Dunedin's Olympic gold medalist to return home.
Two emergency locator beacons were set off in northern Fiordland yesterday after a tramper was injured and an aeroplane landed heavily.
It is inevitable some historic Dunedin buildings will be lost in the future, but there are ways to mitigate the loss, New Zealand Historic Places Trust heritage conservation adviser Jonathan Howard believes.
For years, Dunedin residents have been able to hire DVDs, cars, carpet cleaners, toys - even hubbies. Now, sewing machines can be added to the list.
For four aspiring United Nations delegates, The Hague International Model United Nations in the Netherlands is as close as they will get to the real thing - for now.
In the digital age, where you can literally "plug in and play" almost anything, the Dunedin Camera Club decided to go back to basics for its 50th anniversary celebration and have a good old-fashioned slide show.
Heavy rain and a blocked drain caused severe surface flooding in Centennial Ave, in the Dunedin suburb of Helensburgh last night.
The time has come for the New Zealand Teachers' Council to be cut free of its ties to the Minister of Education and get broader powers, a University of Otago senior education lecturer believes.
Although international fee-paying pupil numbers remain relatively stable in Otago schools, numbers in Southland are skyrocketing.
A teenage texter escaped through his car's sunroof yesterday after the vehicle left the road and became wedged between a tree and a concrete embankment.
There was plenty of ringing at Kaikorai School yesterday, and it wasn't from the school bell.
Officially speaking, turning New Zealand into a republic is not up for discussion by the Constitutional Advisory Panel, but panel co-chairman Sir Tipene O'Regan has not discounted the issue.
Anyone can cut hair, but few can create works of art like Ashley Sutherland Todd and Judi Wong.
By the time the Carisbrook School board of trustees has spent every last cent of the $5.6 million it has received to redevelop the former Caversham School site, few people will recognise it, principal Ben Sincock says.
Sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and the use of weapons appear to be on the rise in Otago schools, Ministry of Education figures released this week show.
Paul Gough could not get the time off work, not to mention accreditation to compete, but it has not stopped the Dunedin cyclist from taking part in the Tour de France.
St Mary's school in Mosgiel is moving, the Dunedin Catholic Diocese has confirmed.