Serious questions are being asked by teachers and school leaders a bout why the Government is spending $200 million a year of taxpayer funding on professional learning and development (PLD) courses, which teachers have deemed ''inadequate, piecemeal and incoherent''.
The ''trauma'' of selling hundreds of raffle tickets and making thousands of cheese rolls will be little more than a distant memory for 23 King's High School pupils as they board a flight for London today.
The final analysis of the Ministry of Education's 2012 NCEA data shows the percentage of Otago pupils leaving school with an NCEA level 2 qualification remains among the highest in the country - and the rates are continuing to increase.
When it comes to debating with Revathi Nishtala, there is usually only one winner.
An Invercargill secondary school has won the prestigious New Zealand Treasury Schools Challenge for the second year in a row.
Dunedin employment law specialists say the slow rise in unfair dismissal cases being brought to Otago lawyers for mediation does not appear to be abating, despite the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) recording a dramatic decline in figures nationally.
Vandals have caused nearly $40,000 damage to Dunedin's public toilets in the past year.
The University of Otago lecturer given New Zealand's top award for tertiary teaching has hit out at the university for neglecting teaching, saying the quality of education is suffering as a result.
Things are a'changin' in classes at Bayfield High School.
You can't blame Daniel Brown for feeling like he had been left out of the loop.
Five secondary school pupils from the southern region aim to tackle some of New Zealand's predominant youth drink-driving issues during the 2013 Students Against Driving Drunk (Sadd) national leadership programme next week.
The first steps towards establishing a living wage movement in Dunedin have been made, with several organisations in the city working towards creating a steering committee.
When it gets to the stage where you are teaching the grandchildren of children you taught at the start of your career, Bev Mackie says, it's time to move on.
A community meeting giving advice on how to establish a Living Wage Movement in Dunedin yesterday attracted more than 40 people representing Dunedin organisations.
A specialised care programme for children with disabilities is on the move again after being forced from its home in South Dunedin.
Anyone with smoke alarms in their house will know how irritating they can be when the batteries go flat.
A Dunedin primary school has become the first in New Zealand to pay all its staff ''the living wage'' - at least $18.40 an hour.
When the flame-throwers lit up the Arthur Street School hall, it was clear the Strike percussion ensemble's performance was no ordinary school concert.
A liquor-licensing mistake made by the Dunedin City Council has cost a Dunedin business its off-licence, and the DCC has warned more licensed premises could find themselves in the same situation.
A 66-year-old woman is in a critical condition and an 82-year-old woman has serious injuries after a hatchback car and heavy truck collided on a notorious accident blackspot near Henley yesterday.
