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Hearing Sara Cohen School was receiving Ministry of Education funding excited principal Raewyn Alexander, until she found out how much it was.

Two Central Otago events associated with the 2011 Rugby World Cup have been granted funding.

A proposal seeking $160,000 for the first part of a project to see where care could be improved for Dunedin Hospital orthopaedic patients will be considered at the first meeting of the new Southern District Health Board tomorrow.

A group that has to reapply for incorporation as a charitable trust has secured a $20,000 Dunedin City Council grant to appraise a heritage building it does not own.

Sara Cohen School pupil Scott Harborne's request for special education transport assistance funding has been declined in a review.

Otago principals have tentatively welcomed the Government's plan to inject an additional $69 million over four years to ensure children with special needs get a fair deal.

Competitors in Twizel's "Hard Labour Weekend" series of sporting events will have performances automatically timed and recorded as the result of a $22,000 grant from the Meridian Waitaki Community Fund.

More community groups are vying for a slice of the Dunedin City Council's community, events and creative grants in the latest funding round.

More than $95,000 has been granted to a total of 44 community organisations in the Queenstown Lakes district in the 2010 SkyCity Queenstown Casino Community Trust funding round.

The results of performance-ranking criteria designed to make tertiary institutions more accountable were released last week.