Otago pupils are lacking in communication skills because schools are struggling to teach speech to a necessary standard, New Zealand's Speech Communications Association (SCA) believes.
Bayfield High School's front entrance is about to get a $1.3 million facelift, following confirmation the Ministry of Education will provide funding for the project.
Spectators were treated to a selection of death-defying tricks and stunts by some of the region's top skateboarders competing at the Otago Regional Skateboarding Competition in Dunedin on Saturday.
Work to replace the Burkes St Leonards Boating Club wharf is on course to be completed in time for several events and regattas on Otago Harbour next month - provided the good weather holds.
Teenagers often find it difficult to openly express appreciation for the help they receive from teachers.
Staff organising this year's King's High School prizegivings have been forced to relocate the ceremonies from the school's performing arts centre to the Regent Theatre in the Octagon.
Dunedin police have praised the city's bus services after a month-long series of urban bus fleet inspections found the standard of their maintenance was high.
Talk about argue - it's all they seem to do. If it's not dissecting the rationale behind world politics, it's debating who left the milk on the bench.
The Dunedin College of Education has responded to allegations the teaching job market is being flooded by graduates at a time when there are disproportionately fewer full-time teaching positions available.
Drinks from a fridge, electronic equipment, a car, even cherry trees have been reported stolen from Dunedin properties this week, prompting Dunedin police to remind residents to keep property locked up.
The fall in international fee-paying (IFP) pupil numbers in Otago schools appears to be reversing, alleviating fears schools could suffer financial difficulty.
Mosgiel has a reputation for being a couple of degrees warmer than Dunedin, but now Reid Park Kindergarten children are attempting to grow its reputation as one of the sunniest towns in New Zealand.
The former Big Fresh Supermarket in central Dunedin has been sold for more than $10 million.
Having a shop selling synthetic cannabinoids set up next door to a facility supporting people with mental illness has prompted a South Dunedin woman to lobby the Dunedin City Council over putting the shops in more sensible places.
A piece of land 10m x 24m. You could play a game of tennis on that, park a truck on it, even build a small holiday house.
Sitting still for 15 minutes after notching up a perfect score in the 2013 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) spelling exam is one of the hardest things Kaea Roberts has ever had to do.
A new underpass linking Abbotsford School to the new Grand Vista Estate on the other side of the main south railway line in Abbotsford, had prompted the school to plan for unprecedented roll growth in the next five to 10 years.
New housing could pop up in the Forbury area if the Dunedin City Council goes ahead with its plan to buy the former Forbury School site.
Being able to read is the gift that keeps on giving.
Mosgiel Intermediate has been gone for nearly a decade, but parts of the school's culture and some of its international relationships remain.
