Concerns over the lack of transparency in the Budget and the impact this would have on education were highlighted during the Post Primary Teachers Association president's visit to Dunedin.
Despite the negative impact landfills have on the environment, the Green Island landfill is breaking the mould by being the first in New Zealand to win a silver Enviro-Mark award.
Cold, wet conditions did not dampen the spirits of about 50 people who turned out to plant 1300 trees on Okia reserve on Otago Peninsula to mark Arbor Day and World Environment Day yesterday.
Dunedin's main street resembled a museum of modern art yesterday as about 80 people froze like statues to mark World Environment Day.
Cuts to community education will leave a void in social and educational opportunities in smaller Otago towns, providers say.
As temperatures dropped last month, so did Red Cross Southern's supply of warm bedding and clothing.
The coming ski season has prompted district health boards in the South to increase their vigilance in the fight against swine flu.
An upgrade of the Golden Centre mall is moving forward without a glitch and is already ahead of schedule.
As dairy farmers moved on from old leases, stock was a common sight on Otago roads yesterday.
Hot pies, gumboots and warm clothing were as much a part of the 48th seven-a-side rugby tournament in Mosgiel yesterday as playing kit.
Starring in the New Zealand film Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku was "like having a conversation with a camera" for Jim O'Gorman, of Kakanui.
It is now cheaper for people in Otago, with the exception of Central Otago, to buy their first home than it is to rent a property.
Inspired by Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth, a New Zealand director set out to find the country's "earth whisperers".
Four people have come forward to contest one empty seat on the Mosgiel Taieri Community Board.
A culture of silence and fear around sex education in New Zealand is leaving young people without the skills to deal with issues such as unprotected sex and peer pressure.
As society in general turns away from traditional church services, Dunedin's youth are finding new, modern ways to worship. Ellie Constantine looks into a fresh take on spirituality.
Attending a C3 Church Connect group meeting this week are (from left) Michelle Meyrick (18), Rachel Blois (19), Jennifer Calder (20), Katy Miller (24), Rebecca Parr (22) and Elizabeth Moraham (20). Photo by Jane Dawber.
The ability to connect with each other, as well as God, is a major drawcard for young people attending church.
Katy Miller was raised Roman Catholic but the routine of church did not appeal to her so she moved away from it.
That was until she went to university and found her own way to connect with God.
Continuing to make the most of Dunedin actors and scenes, 38 Pictures has been busy turning streets into film sets and blowing up cars as crew film episode four of criminal investigation game Casebook.
Dunedin taxi passengers are regularly running away with drivers' livelihoods.
After being "appropriately humbled" by defeat in the last Dunedin City Council elections, Maurice Prendergast is putting his "foot on the bottom rung" by standing for the Mosgiel Taieri Community Board.
