Millicent Baxter may be the most famous New Zealander few people have ever heard of.
The festive season is traditionally a time for remembering to give thanks for what you have.
Two Dunedin primary schools are in limbo after applying to the Ministry of Education for voluntary closure next year.
Dunedin police are calling for people to "take it easy" following a night of drunken disorder and assault in the city centre.
An investigation into what caused a visually impaired man to walk off a 4m-high ledge into the Water of Leith has revealed the man's guide dog may not have been at fault.
A 47-year-old Mosgiel woman spent much of yesterday in the Dunedin Central Police Station cells sobering up after she was found driving with more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in her system.
It seems the Christmas Grinch has struck in Waldronville.
The Fortune Theatre is considering a move to new premises as the cost of maintaining the "badly wounded" building causes its finances to bleed unnecessarily.
A 64-year-old visually impaired man landed in Dunedin Hospital after his guide dog appeared to lead him off a 4m ledge into the Water of Leith at the University of Otago.
New research from the University of Otago shows children who learn to read before they start school are not necessarily advantaged in the long run.
Dunedin may become home to a software company generating iPhone applications if a former Dunedin man gets his way
Otago and Southland have scored a financial bonanza with the announcement the English, Scottish and Irish rugby teams will be among the six teams hosted in the South during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
With a little bit of imagination, a new de Havilland Fox Moth at Dunedin's Caversham School playground will take pupils on their wildest journeys.
A "dismal" programme, "haemorrhaging" finances and a disaffected community are just some of the problems the Fortune Theatre faces, members of Dunedin's theatre community say.
Macandrew Intermediate in Dunedin has taken a stand against the Government's National Standards by refusing to open a box containing information about the initiative.
"There is always change in teaching - always something new that keeps you challenged."
After years of vandalism and neglect, William Larnach's tomb will be restored, aided by a major financial boost from the Otago Community Trust.
While the Otago Primary Principals Association has no plans to boycott the Government's National Standards initiative at this point, its members have not yet ruled out the measure of action in the future.
The Waitaki District Council has joined the Clutha District Council in rejecting a Ministry of Health claim that its water supplies were contaminated and the council neglected to adequately protect consumers.
The Clutha District Council has rejected a claim by the Ministry of Health its water supplies were contaminated and the council neglected to adequately protect consumers.