Otago primary principals say a meeting with education leaders in Wellington tomorrow to discuss the new national standards in education is not only poorly timed, it is a waste of time.
A Dunedin woman believes the new self-service petrol pumps at Pak'n Save in South Dunedin are having "teething problems", which have left her with a major cash-flow problem.
Despite a dip in house prices and sales in Dunedin during the past month, the latest REINZ figures show both are up on the corresponding periods a year ago.
Construction of a new cycle lane and the installation of traffic lights in the Crawford St area of Dunedin will begin next week.
A Dunedin primary school is cutting the length of its lunch breaks in the hope it will lower the level of anti-social behaviour in the playground.
t may look like junk - and for all intents and purposes, it is junk - until Nola Paterson gets her hands on it.
Throwing a naked flame around a musical instrument seldom makes soul-soothing music - unless it is Alastair Galbraith's fire organ.
While Otago school rolls have declined by another nine classrooms of pupils during the past year, Ministry of Education statistics have revealed a lack of employment opportunities has prompted more senior secondary pupils to stay at school.
Declining rolls and insufficient government funding have prompted Tomahawk School's board of trustees to apply for voluntary closure of the school next year.
New low-GI sugar has received a caning from a leading New Zealand human nutrition specialist.
An Education Review Office (ERO) report has found more than half of the Ministry of Education's learning and behaviour resource teacher (RTLB) clusters are poorly managed, and the widespread lack of accountability and use of ministry funds was of concern.
A Dunedin secondary school plans to allow senior pupils to study outside school during school hours, as part of its bid to create an environment of pupil-led education.
A recent Education Review Office report has raised concerns about the care of international pupils studying at Logan Park High School.
BNZ branches in Otago were "Closed for Good" yesterday, but more than 30 non-profit community organisations were open for the bank's volunteers to help with renovations, repairs and clean-ups.
A ministry of Economic Development survey has revealed there is a significant shortage of skilled labour in the IT industry, despite the recession and consequent job losses.
It may have been 80 years since the old boys of the 1930s last attended assembly at Otago Boys High School in Dunedin.
A highly regarded early childhood education specialist at the University of Otago is calling for every child in New Zealand to have access to early childhood education as of right, and for the Government to take responsibility for planning a national network of services.
It is not often you can walk all over an artwork.
The Dunedin City Council's decision to grant resource consent for Ryman Healthcare to build an $18 million retirement village in Roslyn has elicited mixed reactions.
Having a special award created and presented to the Dunedin school with the best caretaker has come as a "pleasant surprise" for pupils and staff at Big Rock School - especially because they don't actually have a school caretaker.