Toetoes have long been used as swords, air guitars and feather dusters, but yesterday, hundreds were harvested at Sullivan's dam, near Dunedin, to be crafted into lanterns for the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival.
In a surprise announcement, Kings High School principal Colin Donald has resigned to take up a position as a principal's adviser in the United Arab Emirates.
Being paid to eat food sounds like a delectable job, but it is not as easy as it seems.
St Hildas Collegiate has stood down more pupils in one day than most secondary schools stand down in an entire year.
Business confidence is booming at Hillside Engineering Group after it won a $63 million contract to rebuild 36 railcars.
Beneath the tempestuous surf of Taieri Mouth, Davy Jones lurks. He's waiting for an unsuspecting, overkeen boatie to come along and fall into his locker.
The truth is out there - and according to Kavanagh College pupil Kylie Price, it comes in the form of country music.
Identical twins admitted to the Bar last week could spell double trouble for judges.
A South Dunedin primary school principal believes a report suggesting one in five New Zealand children is living in poverty may understate the extent of the problem.
A 17-year-old driver escaped injury after her car spun, hit a tree, narrowly missed a power pole and rolled on to its roof just centimetres from a 7m drop on to the house of Otago Highlanders prop Keith Cameron in Ravenswood Rd, St Clair.
Workers were stunned by PPCS's announcement yesterday that it intends to close its plant at Burnside, Dunedin.
Stomping around the home economics classroom acting like Hell's Kitchen chef Gordon Ramsay is far from the minds of three Logan Park High School pupils after they won TV2's Activate competition at the weekend.
An Austrian backpacker gate-crashed an official function at the Chinese garden in Dunedin yesterday.
The Smokefree rockquest has turned school bands like Opshop and Evermore into superstars of the radio waves during the past 20 years.
A commissioner and members of the community who were appointed to run the boards of trustees at Caversham and Waitati Schools for the past four years will be stood down, the Ministry of Education has announced.
Lack of funds, feed and volunteers has left a Waitati-based haven for neglected horses struggling to look after the animals it has vowed to nurse back to health.
The first piles for the new Purakaunui community jetty were installed yesterday - two years after the structurally unstable old jetty was dismantled.
Pupils at Mornington School in Dunedin are hopping mad after an arsonist set fire to their playground equipment.
Despite a 50% increase in the estimated cost of the proposed new Otago Regional Council (ORC) office building, to $18 million, chief executive Graeme Martin claims it will not have a significant impact on Otago ratepayers.
Parts of Dunedin's St Clair and Middle beaches have again been seriously eroded by heavy seas which have pounded the coast during the past month.
