Celebrating their Gold Heartbeat Award with lunch are Forbury School pupils (from left) Fiona Figure (13), Katie Burt (12), Charlene Phuong (11) and Brandon Morgan (12). Photo by Linda Robertson.
Forbury School pupils have eaten their way to gold - a Gold Heartbeat Award from the New Zealand Heart Foundation.
Principal Janice Tofia said the school had worked hard over the past three years to create a "holistic healthy environment" for its pupils, and was delighted their efforts had been recognised.
Corstophine School has become the third Dunedin primary school in three months to apply for voluntary closure.
A businessman has accused Telecom of "deliberately delaying" connections for independent telecommunications providers in a bid to win back customers.
Speed cameras in the Southern Police District generated nearly $1.9 million dollars in fines during 2009, but New Zealand Police statistics show driver habits in the region may be improving.
Alexandra, Clyde and Cromwell might need to erect multistoreyed buildings in the next 20 years if Central Otago's population grows by the up to 60% Statistics New Zealand predicts.
How many school pupils does it take to break a Guinness record for the largest online maths competition? At least 1,952,880.
The armed offenders squad converged on Milton yesterday after a police officer was allegedly threatened by a man with a nail gun.
Otago District Health Board chairman Errol Millar has warned the journey is just beginning and patience is needed in the wake of the Government's decision to merge the Otago and Southland district health boards.
Dunedin Police swung into action with handcuffs to restrain a set of wayward doors on George St at the weekend.
Bull catcher Shane O'Loughlin hopes his job catching wild cattle in Western Australia will be turned into a National Geographic television documentary. Photo by Katharina Wachhol.
Wataki Boys High School has topped the list of 2009 NCEA pass rates in boys' state secondary schools in New Zealand.
Three children a week end up in Dunedin Hospital with alcohol poisoning, and dealing with the city's harmful alcohol use needs to start with schools, the head of police in Dunedin, Inspector Alastair Dickie, says.
Sometimes success can be bittersweet. And no-one knows it more than John McGlashan College geography pupils Andy Dysart and Nat Christensen.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has reinstated one of its Dunedin concerts following the Dunedin City Council's decision to delay the Dunedin Centre redevelopment at the town hall.
Katie-Lee Taylor (15) and Natalie Hormann (20), both of Invercargill, perform during the National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand's free concert at Tahuna Intermediate in Dunedin yesterday.
Skipping classes is usually frowned on by schools.
A closer look at the University of Otago's draft proposal to merge two departments appears to endorse the "disestablishment" of the design studies department, and the proposal looks likely to be approved, department students say.
Nearly one-fifth of people treated for alcohol intoxication at the Dunedin Hospital emergency department in the past 12 months were aged between 12 and 18.
A petition circulating in Dunedin calling for a trial of National Standards in schools has attracted more than 1000 signatures in two days.
Providers of introductory workshops for National Standards have been forbidden to charge a registration fee, after many schools complained about the cost of attending the workshops.