Lying has become somewhat of a pastime for Dick Johnston, although he and University of Otago researchers are not sure if he gets away with it.
Having a choice of schools to attend is not always a reality for high-needs special education pupils and CCS Disability Action wants to find out how widespread the problem is.
Suggestions, criticisms and even some compliments came Health Minister Tony Ryall's way at a public meeting in Dunedin yesterday.
Changes to the student loan scheme brought a feeling of relief to University of Otago economics and politics student Kaitlen O'Connor (20) yesterday.
After expecting "doom and gloom", Shawn Deaker (33) was thrilled to find his family better off under the Government's Working for Families Budget changes.
Access to early childhood education (ECE) was a focus of yesterday's Budget, though the announcement failed to bring relief to services struggling with increased operating costs.
Lower-income families will get a greater slice of Working for Families (WFF) funding, while those on high incomes may lose it, as the Government tries to maintain the increasingly expensive scheme.
Working as a one-man-band to organise communications for a Tunisian refugee camp of 3000 people was a dream experience for New Zealand Red Cross worker Bill Olsen.
He has achieved national and international success, now Dunedin illustrator David Elliot can add winning the New Zealand Post Children's Book of the Year award to his achievements.
Garden ornaments might seem an odd thing for teenagers to covet, but two Mosgiel girls have allegedly gathered quite a collection from other people's properties over the past few weeks.
Three youths have been apprehended after a four-hour crime spree in Palmerston, during which a $6000 motorbike was unlawfully taken and nine vehicles were broken into.
Health problems and a change of family plan mean Dunedin's two guide dog puppies in training no longer live in the city.
Mosgiel Community Board members believe they are not paid enough for their workloads and the size of their area, with Martin Dillon calling for a "fair suck of the sav".
It might have been freezing, but smearing themselves with a mixture of vegetable oil and molasses and plunging into the ocean at Moeraki yesterday was worth it for a group of deep-sea oil-drilling protesters.
Forget becoming a checkout operator or fast-food worker if you want to fix the economy - go for the high-paying jobs instead, Berl (Business and Economic Research Ltd) chief economist Dr Ganesh Nana advised Dunedin secondary pupils yesterday.
With more than a quarter of this year's funding unallocated, administrators of Dunedin's Electricity Consumers Fund are worried some people may be struggling needlessly with power bills.
With her professional legal studies classroom and the Christchurch District Court locked within the earthquake cordon, Stephanie Aitken made the final moves to become a lawyer, completing her studies in Dunedin.
New Zealand flax, cabbage trees and pohutakawa can count Australian gardening celebrity Jamie Durie as a fan, and he will seek inspiration for their use while in Dunedin this weekend.
Anderson's Bay School has had a triple dose of double-trouble - the Dunedin school now has three sets of new entrant twins.
A monthly free-bus day, capped fares, seats at more stops and smaller buses have been suggested as ways the Otago Regional Council could improve Dunedin's public transport system.