Officially speaking, turning New Zealand into a republic is not up for discussion by the Constitutional Advisory Panel, but panel co-chairman Sir Tipene O'Regan has not discounted the issue.
Anyone can cut hair, but few can create works of art like Ashley Sutherland Todd and Judi Wong.
By the time the Carisbrook School board of trustees has spent every last cent of the $5.6 million it has received to redevelop the former Caversham School site, few people will recognise it, principal Ben Sincock says.
Sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and the use of weapons appear to be on the rise in Otago schools, Ministry of Education figures released this week show.
Paul Gough could not get the time off work, not to mention accreditation to compete, but it has not stopped the Dunedin cyclist from taking part in the Tour de France.
St Mary's school in Mosgiel is moving, the Dunedin Catholic Diocese has confirmed.
Otago schools appear to have a good grasp on dealing with pupils with severe behaviour, the latest Ministry of Education school disciplinary figures show.
A Supplementary review of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti by the Education Review Office has found significant improvement in the Maori immersion school.
Dunedin police are seeking witnesses to an altercation behind an inner-city restaurant in which a 20-year-old man was allegedly run over by a car.
The Octagon sounded a little like Hell's kitchen on Saturday afternoon as protesters smashed dinner plates and yelled their discontent at the Government's plan to part-privatise state-owned assets.
Pupils at Kaikorai Valley College are looking forward to the look of times past.
Bruce Callister says what goes around, comes around.
Either the cowboys and cowgirls were not getting the job done and needed some help, or some children just felt better about dressing as witches, Harry Potter or Indiana Jones.
An increase in police numbers at peak times in the Dunedin CBD is beginning to pay dividends, Dunedin police community relations co-ordinator Sergeant Matt Scoles says.
The principals of two rural Otago secondary schools are concerned the sale of non-core school houses in their towns could jeopardise the future operations of their schools.
It is hoped new research into the benefits of early childhood education centres with 100% qualified teachers will be used to direct the Government's future education policy and teacher training.
The Ministry of Education is still investigating further budget cuts, after abandoning plans to increase teacher-pupil ratios earlier this month.
Burglaries of Dunedin schools have almost doubled in the past year, prompting police and Neighbourhood Support to provide strategies for keeping schools secure during holidays.
Despite the generally "clean" image of New Zealand's primary, intermediate and secondary education sector, an Office of the Auditor-general survey into fraud has found 8% of respondents were aware of at least one incident of fraud or corruption in their school within the past two years.
The Ministry of Education will review its communication procedures after Rotary Park School was inadvertently informed of its closure before a ministry representative had had a chance to give official notification.
