Ellie Constantine

As part of the Cadbury Kids Holiday Programme, the group played games with a giant inflatable ball at the Zingari-Richmond rugby grounds yesterday.

St Paul's Cathedral went to the dogs - and one rabbit - yesterday for its annual pet service.

Schools monitoring foreign exchange rates and maintaining programmes in dead languages may not make much sense, until their heavy reliance on international pupils is made clear.

Hundreds of Dunedin children experienced good old-fashioned school holiday entertainment in the form of a train trip yesterday.

Dunedin's only special education school, Sara Cohen School, is struggling to secure funding to upgrade its unsafe and outdated facilities. However, principal Raewyn Alexander hopes a Ministry of Education review into the sector will bring positive changes.

They say every cloud has a silver lining and the Dunedin City Council knows it after benefiting from a North Island nursery's loss of a major order.

Cooking went back to basics with nutritious and affordable meals on the menu at an Age on the Go cooking demonstration at Otago Polytechnic yesterday.

For Elizabeth Young, turning a base of lamb into a gourmet burger is as simple as adding some local ingredients, balancing sweet and sour flavours and grilling to perfection.

The humble spud got the healthy tick from Dunedin's Calton Hill Primary School pupils this week.

Calls for student association freedom have been met with anger, disappointment and fears of elimination from student leaders in Dunedin.

Rain may have put many people off walking or biking to work yesterday, but 100 delighted and dry passengers took a Taieri Gorge Railway train into Dunedin for World Car Free Day.

Brighton beach could be set for a $150,000 redevelopment aimed at educating and embracing diversity, if the funding can be found.

Information signs, like this one at John Wilson Ocean Dr, are being erected at Dunedin beaches to educate the public and encourage them to pay more attention to their surroundings.

From walk-on parts to lead roles in productions, Nathaniel Moss has progressed up the stage ranks with no plans to stop.

After carrying out marine science research on the research boat, Polaris, Otago pupils Tessa Watson and Thomas Craig cannot wait to wing their way to Thailand to discuss their findings.

Having fasted during daylight hours for a month, about 100 Muslims filled the Octagon with elated song to mark Eid, the end of Ramadan, yesterday.

Twenty-one Dunedin voices joined 76,000 worldwide in marking United Nation's International Peace Day yesterday.

Making money from resources once destined for the landfill is at the heart of Doug Hall's business.