The Otago and Southland real estate markets have helped push the nationwide volume of house sales up by 25.3% in March this year, compared with the corresponding period last year - the best monthly result the market has recorded since November 2007.
East Otago High School will operate in term 2 with an acting principal, after the departure of principal Rick Geerlofs last week.
The number of Otago secondary schools failing to meet the national average pass rate in NCEA level 1 has increased significantly.
Five Otago schools are to be investigated by the Office of the Auditor-general as part of a nationwide review of funding in New Zealand's integrated schools.
Her art is on display in high-profile places in Ireland, the United States, Thailand, Gambia and Italy - and now it can be seen in Green Island.
French rugby supporters from the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, miffed at the 2011 Rugby World Cup result, are in Dunedin as part of a nationwide tour to play rugby and trace the evolution of the All Blacks.
Figures released under the Official Information Act reveal Ngai Tahu Property made a $53,000 profit when it sold the former Tomahawk School site to the Dunedin City Council last month.
After the dress, the second most important thing for most brides on their wedding day is their hair and make-up - and somewhere after that are the groom and the flowers.
Standing next to the Webb Ellis Trophy has left Noah Wray with the glint of gold in his eyes.
Kittens and puppies are cute, but when they roam the streets with nowhere to call home, they often have a short and sad life, a Dunedin veterinary nurse says.
There was much ado about Shakespeare in Dunedin last night as about 70 pupils from five of the city's secondary schools gave performances of the Bard's work at the 2012 University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.
A commissioner's report sent to the Minister of Education today, has recommended Rotary Park School should remain open for the rest of 2012.
A Dunedin travel agency owner has leapt to the defence of Dunedin International Airport, saying Air New Zealand has been treating Dunedin like "a cash cow" for years, and the airline needs to take the airport's increased landing charges on the chin.
King's High School in Dunedin has achieved the highest NCEA pass rates for state boys' schools in the country, New Zealand Qualifications Authority statistics show.
The hazard of Duke is that studying at the university is very expensive.
These days, winning the New Zealand Marching Championships is only half the battle - fielding a team to compete is the other half.
Three-quarters of their lives have been spent living in foreign countries, but for two Afghan sisters now living in Dunedin, Afghanistan will always be home.
Nearly 70 years after his death, Edward Walden's work lives on in Dunedin.
Mosgiel's Amana Christian School plans to expand next year into secondary school education.
Otago secondary schools will be at the forefront of changes to NCEA Level 2 standards realignments next week.
