John Lewis

The Ministry of Education's latest collective agreement offer appears to be receiving a tentative, but positive, reaction from Otago primary and intermediate school principals.

Despite about 1400 Dunedin residents signalling they would "storm" the Dundas St bridge construction site at 5pm on Saturday, only four people showed up.

Four different rescue helicopters landed on the roof of Dunedin Hospital within 20 minutes this afternoon, following several incidents across Otago.

Heavy rain and snow are on the way for parts of the South, including Dunedin, over the weekend.

A small Dunedin art gallery is dreaming big after receiving a grant of more than $627,000 from Creative New Zealand.

Primary and intermediate schools across the southern region will feature a green tinge today as some pupils and staff dress in green to show support for their principals.

These days, Peter Adams only brings out his clarinet at family gatherings, to ''squawk'' out a recognisable tune.

Trade organisations and a nursing organisation are "nervous'' about what the future holds, following the Government's decision to merge New Zealand's polytechnics.

The research work of the Otago "brains trust" is being credited with giving former Dunedin man and convicted child sex offender Peter Ellis a fighting chance to clear his name in the Supreme Court.

Passengers on a flight from Dunedin to Auckland last week may have been exposed to measles, the Auckland Regional Public Health Service has warned.

Dunedin-based passengers on a flight from Dunedin to Auckland last week may have been exposed to measles, the Auckland Regional Public Health Service has warned.

It will be a "long, hard road'' to have Dunedin's Baldwin St renamed the world's steepest street, but the battle has begun.

Residents of Dunedin's hill suburbs are being urged to prepare for snow on Wednesday.