The latest Ministry of Education March roll figures show Dunedin's primary and intermediate school rolls are the highest they have been in six years, despite the secondary rolls being the lowest in 15 years.
Despite Ministry of Education concerns about declining secondary school rolls in Dunedin, some school leaders believe the rolls have hit rock bottom and can only increase.
The Ministry of Education is being asked to step up and take responsibility for finding a solution to the city's declining secondary school rolls, rather than asking the schools' leaders to solve the problem.
There will be plenty of boots, cowboy hats and the odd ''yee-hah'' in Mosgiel this weekend when two of Australasia's top country singers perform at the Hotel Taieri.
Tom Ross has always had a smile that can light up a room.
Balmacewen Intermediate is about to undergo a $1.2 million development aimed at providing a little more breathing/learning space at the school.
It's an unavoidable quip: The hills around Mosgiel will be alive with the sound of music next month.
New NCEA requirements which came into effect in 2014 are having a dramatic impact on the number of Otago secondary school pupils achieving university entrance (UE).
Dunedin hunter Murray Edge has been missing since last Sunday. His anxious wife, Marilyn, speaks from the heart to John Lewis about the man she first met when they were children at primary school.
In a former life, they used to carry knives, machine guns, rocket launchers and the like.
The flood of sweat and tears is ramping up in Dunedin schools as they put the finishing touches to their Stage Challenge and J Rock performances.
Josh Perry may be wheelchair-bound, but it is certainly not stopping him from standing on his own two feet, financially speaking.
The site of a new crematorium on the Taieri has become a hive of activity, with earthworks and foundation construction under way.
There were broomsticks everywhere, people wearing glasses who should not be wearing glasses and vice-versa, people hanging up their invisibility cloaks and then not being able to find them again - the return to school yesterday was chaos.
If you're looking to host a large mid-winter party and are in need of ice, then Paul Mansfield will be able to help.
Police were hunting two men yesterday following an incident in Invercargill in which a woman was held captive at her home by a knife-wielding man.
If you're thinking it's colder than usual for this time of year, you're right. Monday afternoon's temperature at Dunedin International Airport was a record.
The New Zealand Heart Foundation has waded into the fundraising effort to save the Otago Therapeutic Pool in Dunedin.
The RSA says the World War 1 medals stolen from a package destined for Dunedin will be almost impossible to sell and is pleading with the culprits not to dispose of them.
It used to be a gardener's nightmare - people dancing on the petunias and turning the back lawn into a mud pit suitable for army training exercises.
