A name change will help a Dunedin school embrace its local cultural heritage — and hopefully stop it getting the wrong mail.

Heading off into the mountainous back country of the South Island is becoming increasingly dangerous as climate change increases uncertainty about snow and avalanche conditions.

The government’s plan to give power over health back to the regions could fail if they forget to staff it properly, commentators warn.

A worker at a Dunedin care facility who groped an elderly woman with dementia has avoided a jail sentence.