Bridge plans please majority
Bridge plans please majority
Many Beaumont residents are applauding the announcement of the intention to build a new bridge, allowing traffic to continue to travel in front of the local hotel.
John Lewis
Gift ensures the beat goes on
Gift to young enthusiast ensures the beat goes on
If you live next door to Jamie Hall, be warned.
Jamboree scouts ready for rumbles
Jamboree scouts ready for rumbles
Be prepared.
Bradford School considers enrolment zone
Bradford School considers enrolment zone
Growing rolls at Bradford School, in Dunedin, have prompted the school's board of trustees to look at establishing an enrolment zone.
Little drummer boy aspires to greater things
Little drummer boy aspires to greater things
Jamie Hall has his finger on the pulse of where the money is in Dunedin.
Progress from nurse to doctor
Progress from nurse to doctor
Lynere Wilson will find herself in an odd and rare situation when she returns to work next week.
Anger after cemetery roses sprayed with herbicide
Anger after cemetery roses sprayed with herbicide
More than 380 roses in Dunedin’s Northern Cemetery, some of which are more than 130 years old, have been sprayed with some kind of herbicide.
Ministry to hold on to school site
Ministry to hold on to school site
The Ministry of Education is to "continue to hold" the Carisbrook Heights School site, following its closure as a branch of Carisbrook Main School at the end of this year.
OBHS roll boost a team effort - rector
OBHS roll on the up as year 9 numbers soar 84%
After a major decline in its roll in recent years, Otago Boys' High School appears to be bouncing back with an 84% increase in year 9 pupils forecast for next year.
Hair - the cuts are on me
Hair - the cuts are on me
In all his 55 years working as a barber, Guy Robinson has never seen such a tremendous act of kindness as he witnessed yesterday.
Festival funds help charity
Festival funds help charity
The Otago University Students' Association is helping those struggling to put food on their table.
Budget approved for Taieri College's arts centre
Budget approved for Taieri College's arts centre
The Ministry of Education has approved a budget to build a new performing arts centre at Taieri College.
Local Heroes' efforts marked
Local Heroes' efforts marked
Everyday people doing exceptional things were rewarded at the Local Hero Awards in Dunedin last night.
Orchestra sounds out new home
Orchestra sounds out new home
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra got to try out its new home at Hanover Hall for the first time yesterday — albeit, for only a couple of hours.
CYF staff member to meet principal
CYF staff member to meet principal
A CYF senior staff member has been assigned to meet Dunedin North Intermediate principal Heidi Hayward to discuss her concerns about two 12-year-old pupils exposed to drug use.
Mass held ahead of demolition
Church decommissioned as demolition beckons
The Catholic Diocese of Dunedin is to demolish Bernadette’s Church and the adjacent C J Collins Centre in Forbury Rd within the next few months, to make way for a new apartment building.
Joy of giving goes around
Joy of giving goes around
Twenty-five years ago, Dawn Barnes was in a dark place.
Help our at-risk children
Help our at-risk children
Anger at the ongoing lack of funding and resources to deal with at-risk children, such as a 12-year-old regularly using drugs, has prompted a Dunedin school principal to write an explosive open letter to several Government ministers.
Kids at risk: principal pleads for help
Kids at risk: principal pleads for help
DNI principal Heidi Hayward has written an explosive open letter to Govt ministers expressing ``deep concern'' about the lack of resources to help ``at-risk'' children.
Good ideas transformed into 'playscape'
Good ideas transformed into 'playscape'
Whatever the adult mind can imagine, you can count on a child to come up with something just as good.