The Otago Primary Principals' Association has supported its Canterbury counterpart, which has asked boards of trustees in the region to hold off on reporting national standards until fundamental flaws are acknowledged and a sector-driven fix is in place.
The Education Review Office has released its first report on Big Rock Primary School since it was established last year, and found the school is making good grades.
They got wet, they got muddy and some even got lost.
Evelyn Clarke has lost count of the number of Women's Institute awards she has won over the years.
A geography trip to Taiwan has paid off in silver and bronze for two 17-year-old John McGlashan College pupils.
Seldom is there an event where people stand relatively stationary in a room filled with dance music, flashing lights and whirring electric motors. But these action-packed sights and sounds are not unusual for the RoboCup Junior Otago Challenge.
A 17-year-old Bayfield High School pupil was killed instantly and three others were seriously injured following a car crash involving a drunk driver in the school's car park yesterday - a harrowing experience for all those watching the mock exercise.
University of Otago School of Business students could soon be sharing lectures with counterparts at one of Russia's most prestigious and oldest universities.
Kaikorai Valley College has won a national award at the 19th International Education Conference in Christchurch, for its marketing skills which attract about 60 international pupils each year to study in Dunedin.
Yellow-eyed penguin breeding numbers in the 2009-10 season are down 20% on last year's figures, but the Department of Conservation is not concerned.
The Government has adopted a "wait-and-see" approach to the future of the South Island's neurosurgical services, rather than interfere before an expert panel has reached its decision, Prime Minister John Key says.
It seems Kieran Bunn has the gift of the gab.
A military exercise in Dunedin ended prematurely for some personnel after heavy snow at Swampy Summit prevented them from continuing on Saturday.
Dunedin mother Jennifer Evans is looking forward to next year and the start of a new programme for gifted and talented children.
The Government's new approach to improving achievement in schools by providing direct and focused Ministry of Education support has been welcomed by Otago's primary and secondary principals.
Until recently, Warren Justice was best known to his grandchildren as a "pretty neat" doll's-house builder.
Until recently, Warren Justice was best known to his grandchildren as a "pretty neat" doll's-house builder.
While many secondary schools continue to applaud the University of Otago for raising the entry level for its programmes, one educator has criticised the timing of the new criteria's introduction.
Bayfield High School has signed a partnership agreement with Hengshui High School in China which could see up to 100 senior Chinese pupils studying in Dunedin each year.
There was possibly enough heated discussion about the emissions trading scheme (ETS) in Mosgiel last night to have contributed to global climate change.