Being able to read and write is important for all of us. But many people in prison lack the basic level of writing and reading required to function in everyday life.
The local government sector has to accept the need to change, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull told the Saddle Hill Community Board at its last meeting on Thursday.
Being a volunteer host on board the Taieri Gorge Railway since 1988 says something about his personality, Otago Excursion Train Trust chairman Trevor Buchanan says.
East Taieri Church facilitator Joy Davis has announced her intention to stand for the Mosgiel Taieri Community Board in the local government elections.
A recreation centre in Balclutha was a similar example of community collaboration to the proposed Mosgiel pool, the Taieri Community Facilities Trust chairwoman told a meeting last week.
Staff at Riselaw Rd Playcentre are frustrated at the destruction of a vegetable garden they and their pupils have been cultivating for the last 18 months.