Nearly four months after starting as Purakaunui School's secretary, Jacque Ruston still has not been paid under the new Novopay system, despite Ministry of Education assurances her pay issues would be sorted.
Otago primary principals say the Ministry of Education's attempt to provide transparent progress reports on the Novopay system are "too little, too late".
Eradicating a GERM infecting the education system was a hot topic at the New Zealand Educational Institute primary teachers' collective agreement talks yesterday in Dunedin.
For Otago Boys' High School pupil Jeremy Rei (left) and Bayfield High School's Morgan Harris and Marie Schellhamer it was one of the worst days of the year to be inside. So they compromised yesterday by taking their study to a local park to enjoy the day with other Dunedin residents.
When you have been a teacher for 47 years, there must be a good reason.
More than 1000 primary teachers will voice their concerns when they meet to discuss the Government's education agenda in Dunedin's Regent Theatre on Monday.
While there seemed to be a global sigh of relief at Barack Obama's re-election as United States President, University of Otago political experts have questioned whether it will bring any meaningful change to the country, or the rest of the world.
Median house prices have slumped 8% during the past year, and Dunedin has recorded the largest fall in house prices of all New Zealand's main centres, Real Estate Institute of New Zealand figures show.
Two co-educational secondary schools in Dunedin plan to cut teacher numbers as the fall in school-age children starts to affect the secondary sector.
Otago primary school principals have no plans to follow their Auckland counterparts who have decided to halt co-operation with the Ministry of Education on any new initiatives until it resolves problems with the Novopay payroll system.
After several delays and more than 44,000 hours of labour over the past year, Stanley Paris' bid to become the oldest and fastest man to circumnavigate the globe solo is about to begin.
Come January, it will be hard to miss the fact that it is the Dunedin Botanic Garden's 150th anniversary.
One of the Taieri's familiar features - the Momona Garage and Service Station - has been sold.
End-of year school pranks are raising concerns among Dunedin police who say it may only be a matter of time before someone is seriously injured.
Unlike the Daleks on the British cult television show Doctor Who, the one in South Dunedin on Saturday was surprisingly polite.
Surf Lifesaving New Zealand is urging parents not to leave their children unattended at Dunedin beaches this summer.
When it comes to recounting their lives so far, Jade Nicholson and Zane Clifton-Clark are blunt.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has revealed the Ministry of Education could be fined for failing to pay school staff on time as a result of the bungled new Novopay payroll system.
The only thing more ghoulish and ghastly than the Halloween costumes last night was the weather in Dunedin.
For more than 50 years, the administration block at Kaikorai Valley College has remained almost untouched, with funding priorities directed to classrooms and equipment for pupils.
