Despite KiwiRail seeking expressions of interest for the sale of Dunedin's Hillside Engineering, the city's business community and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union are confident Hillside can survive.
For some people, living in rural areas of New Zealand means being less connected to civilisation and the information superhighway.
As visitors at the Leith Valley Touring Park rise to the sound of birds singing and the burbling Water of Leith, few would even notice the faint grinding sound of glass bottles being crushed and ground into sand.
Four artists from Otago secondary schools will have their artwork displayed around the South Island and lower North Island as part of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority's annual Top Art touring exhibition.
Dunedin police have grave concerns for 36-year-old Karitane woman Grace Gardner, who has been missing for nearly two days.
Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has questioned the Ministry of Education's commitment to redeveloping Carisbrook School into a facility fit for 21st-century education, as the school continues to wait for building plans to be approved.
A Dunedin secondary school principal has defended the practice of taking "sweeteners" from school uniform suppliers in return for business.
For nearly a century, traditional Maori games have been abandoned in favour of popular European games such as rugby, cricket and netball.
The Otago and Southland real estate markets have helped push the nationwide volume of house sales up by 25.3% in March this year, compared with the corresponding period last year - the best monthly result the market has recorded since November 2007.
East Otago High School will operate in term 2 with an acting principal, after the departure of principal Rick Geerlofs last week.
The number of Otago secondary schools failing to meet the national average pass rate in NCEA level 1 has increased significantly.
Five Otago schools are to be investigated by the Office of the Auditor-general as part of a nationwide review of funding in New Zealand's integrated schools.
Her art is on display in high-profile places in Ireland, the United States, Thailand, Gambia and Italy - and now it can be seen in Green Island.
French rugby supporters from the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, miffed at the 2011 Rugby World Cup result, are in Dunedin as part of a nationwide tour to play rugby and trace the evolution of the All Blacks.
Figures released under the Official Information Act reveal Ngai Tahu Property made a $53,000 profit when it sold the former Tomahawk School site to the Dunedin City Council last month.
After the dress, the second most important thing for most brides on their wedding day is their hair and make-up - and somewhere after that are the groom and the flowers.
Standing next to the Webb Ellis Trophy has left Noah Wray with the glint of gold in his eyes.
Kittens and puppies are cute, but when they roam the streets with nowhere to call home, they often have a short and sad life, a Dunedin veterinary nurse says.
There was much ado about Shakespeare in Dunedin last night as about 70 pupils from five of the city's secondary schools gave performances of the Bard's work at the 2012 University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.
A commissioner's report sent to the Minister of Education today, has recommended Rotary Park School should remain open for the rest of 2012.