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Fritter Fest celebrates a decade of smooth tunes and tasty eats
The festival is celebrating a decade of showcasing the best of our culinary talent.

Editorial: Change NCEA tests for low income schools but don’t drop standards
OPINION: While we need higher literacy and numeracy, testing must also be fair.

Students claim man tried to get them into his vehicle
Police and school staff are warning students not to accept rides from stranger

Oranga Tamariki undertaking ‘processes’ after student suspended from top school following Year 6 camp ‘incident’
The school will not elaborate on the nature of the incident but investigation underway.

Student suspended from top school after Year 6 camp ‘incident’
Police will not investigate a formal complaint made, the school's head says.

Letters: Treat China as a valued friend, despite war games
OPINION: 'We need a reset of our relationship with China.'

Student flat shockers: Property managers want rental industry ‘cowboys’ gone
A Tenancy Services taskforce is due to inspect some of Dunedin's grotty flats this year.

Students on edge after report of rape near university campus
A 36yo man is facing multiple charges, including unlawful sexual connection and burglary.

‘Bad for our kids’: Principal backs alcohol ban near school
Police handled 755 alcohol-related incidents in Kaitī from 2019 to 2024.

The Ex-Files: Can I get the $20k back I paid my now-ex-wife to assist her studies?
OPINION: Fees for study are being contested in a marriage break-up.

School lunch delays: ‘Our students deserve better than this'
David Seymour downplayed issues, but school says it's about showing respect to students.

Opinion: How parents can ease children’s back-to-school anxiety
OPINION: Many kids feel anxious about new teachers and routines.

Rotorua student named top recruit in NZ Army Reserve training
Leo Schweizer enlisted while on holidays from Otago University.

Rural Waikato school wins $50k of supplies in national contest
Mangakino School once had a roll of 1800 students, now it has 50.

New Zealand men main reason for bad slump in literacy, numeracy test
And an educator says she is not surprised.

'Otago is still a very, very good place to be': Student leader says scarfies thriving
Housing and the cost of living remain key issues for Otago's students.

Breaking barriers: No Limits Paratriathlon celebrates inclusion
The No Limits Paratriathlon attracted 67 young competitors.

Watch: I attended Australasia's first Taylor Swift lecture – here's what went down
OPINION: The syllabus covers everything from marketing choices to the singer's fandom.

Inside Australasia's first Taylor Swift university course.
AUT Senior Lecturer Rebecca Trelease and her students discuss what it's like being a part of a university course that studies global pop icon Taylor Swift. Video/Dean Purcell

Junk food fail: Just how unhealthy are NZ’s school tuck shops?
Our intermediate and secondary schools have received a fail grade for healthy menus.

Failing student kills 8, injures 17 in knife attack at Chinese school
Yixing police said the suspect was a 21-year-old former student at the school.