The Ministry of Education is still unable to reveal how much the merger of five south Dunedin schools will cost, and concern is growing about whether the budgeted $2.75 million for capital costs will be enough.
Cromwell is to get one of 10 new trades academies being established around New Zealand by the Ministry of Education next year to provide practical skills training for secondary school pupils while they study for NCEA credits and tertiary qualifications.
To the untrained eye, it looks just like the General Lee.
When it was announced Brighton and Ocean View Schools would be amalgamated, it caused an uproar in the communities.
Bayfield High School has appointed its first female principal in the school's 50-year history.
Singing God Defend New Zealand can be a stretch for many rugby fans - not because they cannot sing, but because the national anthem is often performed in a key designed for professional opera singers.
If there is one thing Nathan Tane has learnt, it is that breakdancing is for the young - not the young at heart.
Former Dunedin opera singer Jonathan Lemalu is one of seven distinguished New Zealand singers chosen to perform national anthems at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
If Agustin Gosio's skills on the rugby field match his performance on the guitar, then Argentina's wing-centre will be one to watch at the Rugby World Cup 2011.
A forestry worker was in a serious condition in Dunedin Hospital last night following a crash on a Mt Allan forestry road yesterday.
For Martin Gaitan, the Pumas' welcome to the Rugby World Cup at Dunedin International Airport last night meant more to him than most.
It is fair to say Lucy Jackson has a pretty good pair of sea legs.
Last week, Alice Toomer was painting coffee cups. This week, it was a banner welcoming teams to Dunedin for the Rugby World Cup.
A North Otago primary school has become the first in Otago to be publicly punished for non-compliance with the Ministry of Education's National Standards.
Outrage has flared across the New Zealand education sector at the Ministry of Education's punishment of Pembroke School, and some believe the punitive measures will only intensify for the school board and others who challenge National Standards.
Dunedin police are annoyed after a full-scale search and rescue mission was launched to find four people off the coast of Karitane, who were later found safe and sound at home.
Some Otago business managers have come under fire from unions for threatening to withhold pay from employees who fail to turn up at work in severe weather.
Amid the winter chill, heated debate has erupted between parents and principals over the decision to close Otago schools yesterday, despite the fact most roads were open.
Up to 34 jobs could be affected at the Otago conservancy office in Dunedin if the Department of Conservation adopts a cost-cutting proposal, sources say.
Dunedin city councillor and retailer Richard Thomson has defended selling golliwogs in his shop - and says he has sold one to a New Zealand prime minister.
