Educating parents on the signs of butane abuse could be the key to addressing the concerning rate of death it causes among New Zealand teens, a toxicologist from the National Poisons Centre says.
"Venimus, vidimus, vicimus - we came, we saw, we conquered."
Two Dunedin painters were relieved they remembered to take a mobile phone with them to work yesterday after they were trapped seven floors above the ground while painting the side of Radio House.
The announcement that two residential special schools in New Zealand will be closed has reignited debate concerning resourcing in mainstream schools, and is one of the issues to be discussed at a national conference in Dunedin tomorrow.
Andersons Bay School in Dunedin is about to undergo its largest redevelopment in more than 30 years.
Keen to show how much she has mended since she was seriously injured in an accident last year, Shania Hutton will perform in her own fundraising concert in Dunedin tonight.
A $68 million administrative error by the Ministry of Education has left schools across the country concerned about how their future short-term relief staffing entitlements will be affected.
The Building Character Through Cornerstone Values (BCTCV) programme had its humble beginnings in an Invercargill primary school 23 years ago.
The occupants of nine government houses in the southern region have been evicted by Housing New Zealand for "deliberately ripping off the system" to the tune of nearly $63,000.
The continued volatility of global investment markets means the Otago Community Trust will be forced to remain prudent with its donations to community projects for the foreseeable future, those attending the trust's annual meeting were told this week.
TheHE growing number of schools on the receiving end of attacks from parents using social media has prompted the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) to provide schools with information about how to combat the phenomenon.
Frank Hogg has had many great birthday presents over the years, but few compare with the one he got yesterday when he turned 100.
The first stage of the Government's welfare reforms came into force yesterday, with a shake-up to youth benefits, as services were contracted out to 43 different local providers.
The abolition of school decile ratings on Education Review Office (ERO) reports has provoked mixed reactions from Otago school principals.
The old adage "young people should be seen, not heard" did not seem to stop Students Against Driving Drunk (Sadd) at Otago Girls' High School getting their point across yesterday.
The mother of a 20-year-old woman with a rare physical and mental disability is devastated the Ministry of Education is cutting funding to a Dunedin programme which gives her daughter quality of life.
Stanley Paris is a major step closer to realising his dream next year of becoming the oldest and fastest man to solo-circumnavigate the globe.
A Christchurch-based truck driver must be wondering what is next after the truck and trailer unit he was driving caught fire near Dunedin on Wednesday night, less than a week after the engine of another truck he was driving blew up.
An internal investigation is under way at the Dunedin City Fire Station after a firefighter was injured by a burst fire hose yesterday.
Many Dunedin schools continue to be hampered by absenteeism this week as flu symptoms seem to be lingering longer than usual this year.
