John Lewis

A Dunedin conservation organisation laid down its shovels yesterday - just long enough to let the dirt dry - to receive one of the top Keep Dunedin Beautiful awards.

The Ministry of Education intervened in the operations of seven schools in Otago last year, for issues ranging from employment disputes and board of trustees management, to financial concerns.

The Dunedin City Council has bought land and buildings at Tomahawk School, to safeguard the city's coastline.

Thousands of hours of elbow grease, polishing and maintaining some of Britain's best pieces of art on wheels - all for a couple of days a year on the road.

A large number of young people "partying up" in Dunedin on Saturday night, their ranks swelled by Forsyth Barr Stadium Orientation concert-goers, resulted in 15 arrests for assault or disorder offences.

Otago principals are concerned by proposed Ministry of Education changes to regional operations, aimed at improving efficiency.

A ballooning roll at Liberton Christian School in Dunedin has again forced the board of trustees to apply to the Ministry of Education for a roll-cap increase to meet demand.

Garden lovers in Dunedin have always suspected the city's Botanic Garden camellia collection is one of the best in the world.

The crew of international oil company OMV's seismic survey vessel Polarcus Alima has decided to play it safe and return to Port Otago for a crew change.

Twenty-two school pools have closed in the Otago region in the past decade, and water safety officials believe the closures are a major factor in creating a generation of young people who cannot swim.

Small schools in urban areas such as Dunedin are likely to come under increasing scrutiny during the next three years, as the Ministry of Education tries to operate in a "constrained fiscal environment".

A Rotary Park School parent has launched a campaign to save the collapsing Dunedin primary school.

A few seeds were sown in the minds of potential civil rights leaders yesterday, when women's rights and slavery expert Dr Marion Roydhouse told Otago Girls' High School year 10 pupils about ways of fighting for equality.

Flights have resumed at Dunedin International Airport after a bird strike and bad weather combined to halt operations this morning.

Rather than stem the brain drain of Kiwis going offshore to further their careers, one of Dunedin's greatest exports is recommending students embrace it.

Increasing numbers of primary and intermediate-aged children are being stood down or excluded from Otago schools, Ministry of Education data has revealed.

A group of dumpster divers has recycled about 100kg of butter found in a skip outside a Dunedin supermarket this week.