It may be her first principalship, but the way Bayfield High School's new principal talks about her goals for the school, one could not be blamed for thinking she has done it all before.
What started as a modest railway journey for enthusiasts and visitors, running a few times a week during the summer, has grown into a thriving and popular tourist attraction which will mark its 25th anniversary this month.
Moments after completing a four-minute aerobics routine, Fred Millar gathers his breath and says: "There's nothing we won't do - as long as we can get back up afterwards".
Dunedin's mayoral car park has undergone a subtle refurbishment this week.
The Octagon is once again occupied by people in tents - this time scouts.
The southern Great South Basin is included as one of 25 offshore and onshore oil and gas blocks being put out to tender for exploration, under five-year permits.
New Zealand primary schools still lag behind their Australian counterparts when it comes to being sun smart, and it may be influencing the lifetime risk of melanoma in future generations, University of Otago research shows.
He has completed the world championship ironman triathlon in Hawaii and has swum the English Channel twice.
Blue is the glue which will help hold Dunedin's Carisbrook School together.
Masters athletes are not the only ones getting a good work-out this week.
At the start of the second week of the school year, Rotary Park School's roll has dropped to 22 pupils, prompting commissioner Cleave Hay to investigate the school's viability.
Kaikorai Valley College's longest-serving principal says he will have no trouble filling in his days when he retires at the end of the first term.
The parents of a 10-year-old girl who was struck and critically injured by a car at a Dunedin pedestrian crossing just days before Christmas have called for more care on crossings, from both drivers and pedestrians.
Embattled Rotary Park School principal Carmel Casey has spoken for the first time about her disputes with parents and staff at the school during the past 12 months.
The Dunedin City Council has assessed and risk-rated more than 170 intersections in the lead-up to looming changes to the give-way rules in New Zealand.
King's High School has reported its largest year 9 roll in more than a decade, and principal Dan Reddiex says it bodes well for the future of the school.
Thirty pupils were at Rotary Park School today, and school officials are hoping the number will increase with time.
A parent has come out in support of embattled Rotary Park School principal Carmel Casey, as a group of parents prepare to withdraw their children from the school today.
Arran Pene has been long gone from Dunedin, but the former Otago and All Black No 8's connection to the city remains as strong as ever.
Anne-Sophie Page had no inkling when she was counting whelks on the mud flats of Otago Harbour her scientific experiments would lead to the skies over the Antarctic.
