Dunedin City Council planning staff are continuing their investigation into quarrying activities on Saddle Hill "but are not at the end point yet", resource consents manager Alan Worthington says.
Intending University of Otago students, mainly first-year enrollees, will have to compete for 224 fewer places in general undergraduate courses next year, as the university tries to decelerate burgeoning roll growth.
Setting the University of Otago's 2011 budget had not been an easy task, vice-chancellor Prof Sir David Skegg said yesterday.
The University of Otago is anticipating a "satisfactory" operating surplus next year, even though it is in the midst of what it describes as challenging financial times.
Despite comprehensive caps on first-year domestic enrolments next year, the University of Otago is still forecasting a record roll.
The addition of direct flights between Auckland and Guangzhou is likely to boost the number of Chinese tourists visiting Queenstown, an Auckland airport spokesman says.
Applause was interspersed with spontaneous songs, karakia and shouts of encouragement as Otago Polytechnic graduates received their degrees, diplomas and certificates at the Dunedin Town Hall yesterday.
When Jamie Addison graduates from Otago Polytechnic today it will be with a certificate - the first qualification on the tertiary education ladder.
Otago Polytechnic and five other metropolitan institutions have established a sustainable housing network building on last year's national sustainable housing competition.
More staff at a University of Otago-owned company will lose their jobs as the Government's capped tertiary funding environment continues to bite.
Almost everyone studying through Otago Polytechnic's community learning centres will have to pay fees next year, after further cuts in Government subsidies for adult community education.
Girls can do anything.
With 6500 meals to prepare this week for the largest conference to be held in Dunedin for about three years, University of Otago catering staff are busy.
After two years of operational deficits, the Otago University Students Association plans to be back in the black next year.
Otago Polytechnic is serving up on a plate everything students ever wanted to know about food.
Another 42 places could be available for southern apprentices next year, provided employers feel confident about taking them on.
Prof Marjory Harper realises she may be swamped with offers from Dunedin residents wanting to share their stories for her specialist area of research - Scottish emigration.
Dunedin students have been in no rush to secure rooms in University of Otago residential colleges for next year.
After 23 years, John Battle has swapped a role in national and international politics for a cause he is becoming increasingly passionate about - his neighbourhood.
Take a group of young people, give them some cardboard, glue and cable ties and tell them to build a shop.
