It sounds a little bit like science fiction, but burns patients could receive skin grafts grown in a laboratory, as early as 2017.
The battle rages on between King's High School's board of trustees and the Ministry of Education, despite a meeting between the two parties on Tuesday.
Sometimes you have to be careful what you ask for.
More than a third of people living in the southern region believe studying technology at school is more important than maths and English, which is concerning a senior lecturer at the University of Otago College of Education.
It's all fun and games until someone throws mud in your eye.
Police have slammed 17 Dunedin drivers for their ''stupidity and poor judgement'' after they were caught drinking and driving over the weekend.
Jacobi Kohu-Morris is fast becoming known as the young man with the golden voice, especially when it comes to speech competitions.
The Ministry of Education's Investing in Educational Success (IES) initiative could mean the start of a new era for area schools, the principal of a rural South Otago area school says.
Spark is promising to look into its customer service operations after calls from Warrington residents about an internet outage in the area, were not responded to.
There was an awkward mixture of cringe and elation on Alex Leckie-Zaharic's face when he spelt the winning word at the New Zealand Spelling Bee lower South Island regional competition.
Dunedin police are on the hunt for two women who allegedly burgled a Walter St house on Tuesday.
These days, people are often being told ''There's no such thing as a free meal''.
Local country rock duo ChanTilly Music hope to strum up a storm later this month when they represent New Zealand in one of Australasia's largest country music competitions.
When the school bell rings for intervals at Waitati School, pupils flood out of their classrooms and head in the same direction - to the new tree house.
Revelling in her achievements is not Jeanette Chapman's style.
State Highway 1 has reopened following a closure caused by a crash at Palmerston earlier this morning.
As the Ministry of Education's deadline for statutory intervention approaches, King's High School is preparing to meet ministry representatives to find a way forward.
Fife? What's a fife?That was Mornington School pupil Ella Moses' first reaction when she was shown the woodwind instrument recently loaned to her school.
Arranging for Chinese pupils to visit Taieri College was challenging, but now it seems getting them to want to go home again is another challenge.
King's High School's board of trustees is standing firm and completing an application to begin court proceedings against the Ministry of Education.