Former police commissioner Howard Broad is again rallying the troops - this time, former Kaikorai Valley College pupils to establish the school's alumni association.
Apart from the smell of freshly baked bread, starting work at 3am every day has few upsides.
Otago principals are guarded following the Post Primary Teachers' Association's launch of a group legal action against the Government over the Novopay debacle.
The Ministry of Education has rejected the findings of a newly released report showing two out of three New Zealand secondary schools have reported a worse financial year in 2012 than 2011, and a quarter have dealt with deficits in the past three years.
As far as gifts go, the humble tea-towel is usually a safe bet when it comes to eliciting indifferent reactions from the recipient.
What is the first thing that goes through a cyclist's head when he is hit from behind by a car travelling at nearly 100kmh?
Balmacewen Intermediate in Dunedin is about to become the first intermediate state school in Otago to encourage all pupils to bring electronic devices to school for learning.
Dunedin police have named the man who drowned yesterday when his aluminium dinghy capsized in Papanui Inlet.
Labour's ambitions to create stronger polytechnics was boosted yesterday when staff and students were offered strength-building sustenance in the form of free sausages and vegetable patties.
New Zealand principals will make a plea to Education Minister Hekia Parata this week for schools to b
A shake-up of school bus services in the greater Waikouaiti coastal area has left some parents and Dunedin principals feeling they are being discriminated against by the Ministry of Education.
Dunedin secondary school pupils will be able to debate until they are blue in the face with the establishment of a new debating organisation in the city.
A wave of success swept through the stadium and riding on top of it, with an arm waving in the air, was Macklemore singing: ''I wear your granddad's clothes, I look incredible, I'm in this big ass coat, From that thrift shop down the road''.
A ''depressing lack'' of health prevention strategies in New Zealand schools is causing irreparable damage to children's bodies, which will cost taxpayers millions of dollars in the years to come, a musculoskeletal specialist says.
Moose hunter Ken Tustin is about to deploy updated technology in his bid to capture evidence of the fabled Fiordland moose, despite growing feelings the search may be in vain.
Pipe bands in Otago and Southland have avoided ending their long run of contests in the Octagon on a sour note, by consulting businesses in the CBD and gaining overwhelming support for the competition to continue.
A Dunedin theologian believes the system of government in New Zealand is ill-equipped to deal with reports such as the Salvation Army's recently released 2013 state of the nation report, which tend to get swept under the rug.
Achieving top marks in New Zealand scholarship examinations has put three former Dunedin secondary school pupils in a league with the best and brightest in the country.
A small group of men is again lathering up for this year's Vision Topless Car Wash to raise funds for the Otago Cancer Society, but there appears to be a drought of men in Dunedin willing to take their shirts off to help.
A manufacturing delay means the long-awaited return of blazers to the Kaikorai Valley College uniform has been prolonged.
