While some Otago school principals believe this year's Budget comes at the expense of New Zealand's education system, others are wary of its implications and are reserving judgement until more detail is known.
It is now a case of waiting to see what happens to Rotary Park School after the final consultation meeting this week, which gave submitters a chance to save the collapsing school from closure.
Choosing a career is as simple as hanging around, playing computer games and collecting pamphlets - or at least it was at this week's Dunedin Careers Expo.
School pupils may be subject to searches of their school bags and seizures of property, if recommendations from the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand (Spanz) are adopted by the Ministry of Education.
"Don't listen to what they say. Go see." If New Zealanders took more notice of the Chinese proverb frequently shared by University of Otago media, film and communication senior lecturer Davinia Thornley, maybe Out of the Blue by Dunedin film-maker Robert Sarkies would have received the critical acclaim it deserved.
Travelling to explore some of the most remote islands in New Zealand territory requires an adventurous spirit, and organisers of the inaugural Young Blake Expedition to the Kermadec Islands are counting on two Dunedin secondary school pupils to be up to the 11-day challenge.
Rio de Janeiro sounds like a fabulous place to escape the Dunedin midwinter chill, but Injy Johnstone says the warm weather and sandy beaches there will be far from her mind when she visits next month.
The driver of a vehicle which struck and severely injured 10-year-old Shania Hutton in Riselaw Rd, Dunedin, last year, has been charged.
The dean of the University of Otago College of Education says it is still too early to say how the Ministry of Education's budget plans will affect supply and demand for teaching graduates, despite concerns from the education sector.
It was just one small step for Stephanie Wilson which led her to one giant leap in career opportunities - taking science at her secondary school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Otago primary school principals are praising the Government's U-turn on cuts to funding for Education for Sustainability (EFS) in New Zealand schools.
Brendan Eathorne is not so superstitious that he has to put his gumboots on in a particular order, start his lawn mower within three pulls, or avoid stepping on the white lines when going on to the field at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Lennox Sharp may have joined the teaching profession later in life, but it certainly hasn't slowed his swift rise to the position of principal.
What coffee grower Michael Toliman knows about coffee, is worth losing sleep over.
When you can be called on 24 hours a day, sleeping only when the opportunity arises, it is only fitting midwives celebrate the International Day of the Midwife with a 24-hour virtual conference.
After considering a commissioner's report on the state of Rotary Park School, Education Minister Hekia Parata has recommended the school continue its closure process.
Ann Venables is adamant she has not retired - she has just stopped teaching.
A four-year-old girl has been taken to Dunedin Hospital after being struck by a car on Lynn St, between Highgate and Chapman St, this afternoon. Senior Sergeant Brian Benn said investigations...
Associate Education Minister Craig Foss has announced a $4.6 million to upgrade Carisbrook School, but principal Ben Sincock is livid at how long it has taken the ministry to get the redevelopment approved.
The nervous wait for about 30 staff wondering if their employment will continue at the long-established Taieri Print firm is over.