Otago and Southland schools have come up squeaky clean in the Auditor-general's latest audit of unlawful expenditure in schools.
"Bharata-natyam dance is as far removed from Bollywood as Scottish Country dancing is from hip-hop."
A motorcade of more than 100 Minis will invade Dunedin today as part of the 50th anniversary of the "cute" car.
The Auditor-general's inquiry into the Ministry of Education's 2008 school transport tender has found no fault in the ministry's tender process, but many bus companies in the Otago region still have reservations about its robustness.
Dunedin will host another id Dunedin Fashion Week in March next year.
A creative eye has won two young southern photographers awards in the Perry Foundation New Zealand schools photographic competition.
The chance to buy a 1927 "lakes modified'' Model T Ford roadster does not come around very often.
If it were not for a Scottish family's search for a new life in Dunedin, one of New Zealand's oldest and best known department store chains might not be celebrating its 100th birthday this week.
Sara Cohen School, which is already struggling to find money to maintain and upgrade its buildings, has had a further financial blow this week after taggers left more than $1000 worth of damage.
Albatross eggs incubating in the coal range and albatross chicks and a crested penguin keeping warm in the hot-water cupboard were just some of the fond memories shared around the table at Betty Sharpe's 90th birthday celebrations at the Royal Albatross Centre yesterday.
If you are one of those highly intellectual people who just cannot get enough of school, then the former Ocean View Primary School may be for you.
It is one thing to dance the night away, but to dance half a day away is another.
Waldronville School may be closed by the Ministry of Education as early as December because of a continuing decline in the school's roll.
Three tertiary education providers in Otago and Southland will next year train up to 164 senior secondary school pupils who are at risk of becoming disengaged from education or training.
Within hours of Sir Howard Morrison (74) giving his final radio interview, the "Ed Hillary of entertainment" had died.
July roll-return figures have revealed the Otago region has 14 schools with 21 pupils or fewer, and questions are being asked in the education sector whether such small schools are economically viable.
Being assaulted by a stranger in the streets of Dunedin is enough to shake anyone's confidence.
If they were laid end to end, the daffodils being picked this week to raise funds for the Orokonui Ecosanctuary and Age Concern Otago would reach from the Octagon, in Dunedin, out the Southern Motorway to the centre of Mosgiel.
Bird counting, fashion design communication and the Dunedin Housewives Union will be the topics of research for three Otago teachers who have won New Zealand Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellowships.
Noisy play and noisy toys may be damaging the hearing of one in five preschool children and one in three early childhood education teachers, a new National Foundation for the Deaf survey has revealed.