Author - Sharon Fowler

Remarkable assistance dogs changing lives

May 3, 2022

Assistance dogs are being trained to help New Zealanders with a wide range of disabilities. For one...

April 27, 2022

Emeritus Professor Warren Tate sits in his office surrounded by papers, thank you cards, photos of...

April 22, 2022

A woodwork programme for 10 and 11 year-old boys is so popular that there are many more schools...

March 31, 2022

Melanie Peters’ small business potting plants in pre-loved treasures began after reading an...

March 25, 2022

Tucked away at the Ara Institute in Oamaru, budding artists are mastering much as they try new...

March 23, 2022

From people donating chickens to tertiary students cooking 1000 meals, the Dunedin community is...

March 7, 2022

A plucky 80-year-old Southland swimmer has overcome three major surgeries and paralysis to compete...

March 1, 2022

You may know them, or have been one. Teenagers who don’t see the point of school or how it...

February 14, 2022

Starting a new business can be an emotional roller coaster, however four years into hers, Megan...

February 4, 2022

We cycled through popping sounds as tar-seal melted under us, endured being sprayed with effluent...

December 23, 2021

Southern women speedway drivers are competing hard and fast alongside the men as engines roar and...

December 21, 2021

With little fanfare, up to at least 1400 Dunedin schoolchildren have spent time creating Christmas...