A ''long and gruelling campaign'' has ended with primary and intermediate school principals voting to accept a new settlement from the Ministry of Education.
Standing in Dunedin Airport's security screening queues used to be a good time for introspection, to start a conversation with a perfect stranger, check social media updates, or, if all else failed, grind your teeth.
The Ministry of Education's latest collective agreement offer appears to be receiving a tentative, but positive, reaction from Otago primary and intermediate school principals.
Despite about 1400 Dunedin residents signalling they would "storm" the Dundas St bridge construction site at 5pm on Saturday, only four people showed up.