John Lewis

Children at Mosgiel Central Kindergarten are learning home is where the heart is, after being moved from their Irvine St site while they wait for a new home to be built.

Rebecca Grant has been awarded a $25,000 scholarship to study in Paris later this year, and while she is keen to jump on the next available plane, she has something else to take care of first.

Anne Routledge is the first non-sworn police staff member to be awarded the New Zealand Police Meritorious Service Medal, but she is not broadcasting the achievement from the rooftops.

Fears about plummeting international fee-paying (IFP) pupil numbers in Otago secondary schools are abating as the latest Ministry of Education figures show the numbers are stabilising, and even making a marginal recovery.

Damage to New Zealand schools from vandalism and graffiti has forced the Ministry of Education to top up school budgets by $11.2 million over the past five years.

Taieri College administration staff are preparing for what will be a more communal work environment when they move into their temporary office space later this year.

The loss of three Otago playcentres in the past two years has prompted the Otago Playcentre Association to call for a Government funding review.

With seven restaurants, 13 bars, three swimming pools, a three-deck theatre and a two-storey library, MS Queen Victoria is not short of things to keep 2014 passengers entertained.

The upside of retirement is there will be no more freezing winter wake-ups at 6.30am.

Eleven Dunedin men were enjoying the comfort of their office chairs yesterday after spending the past 17 days cycling the length of New Zealand.

The possibility of attending Anzac Day commemorations in Gallipoli this year have moved closer to becoming a reality for Ihlara McIndoe.

A new online educational role-playing game, touted as being able to ''supercharge the way school pupils learn'', is attracting much attention from New Zealand schools.

A big secret is being kept out of sight by pupils at Dunedin's Wakari School.

The world is a spectacular tapestry of colour, light and shapes for Alex van der Weerden.

Taieri College staff are calling for more courtesy from drivers around a school crossing on one of Mosgiel's busiest roads.

As Barbara Brinsley stood in the former children's ward at Dunedin Hospital, working out how to relocate the murals of the late John Noakes, part of the answer fell at her feet.

Otago schools, early childcare centres and tertiary institutions are being warned by the Ministry of Health to be on the lookout for measles.