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.
Otago secondary schools are advising pupils to improve their NCEA grades if they want guaranteed entry to university courses next year.
While public-private partnerships (PPP) for building and maintaining new school property in New Zealand sound "seductive" to Otago school principals, they are sceptical and say they will keep a close eye on the Government initiative.
School resumed yesterday, and Otago primary and intermediate principals returned to their schools with a renewed focus on how to tackle the Ministry of Education's National Standards.
A long-awaited apology from Dunedin student magazine Critic over an article about homeless people in Dunedin has finally made it into print.
"At the moment, I'm experiencing equal amounts of terror and excitement," Waitati School's new principal, Heidi Hayward, says.
No money? No worries. It seems there is such a thing as a "free lunch" in Dunedin after all.
Department of Conservation staff have cautioned boat users to steer clear of whales after a boat ventured dangerously close to a southern right whale off the Dunedin coast on Wednesday.
Any event in which gun-toting cowboys fill children "full of chocolate" has got to be a winner.
The rolls of nearly half of Dunedin's schools have slipped to their lowest or second lowest level in a decade, despite rolls across the region marginally increasing.
It is a simple product that is really going places, particularly into growing spaces.
