John Lewis

Twenty-two school pools have closed in the Otago region in the past decade, and water safety officials believe the closures are a major factor in creating a generation of young people who cannot swim.

Small schools in urban areas such as Dunedin are likely to come under increasing scrutiny during the next three years, as the Ministry of Education tries to operate in a "constrained fiscal environment".

A Rotary Park School parent has launched a campaign to save the collapsing Dunedin primary school.

A few seeds were sown in the minds of potential civil rights leaders yesterday, when women's rights and slavery expert Dr Marion Roydhouse told Otago Girls' High School year 10 pupils about ways of fighting for equality.

Flights have resumed at Dunedin International Airport after a bird strike and bad weather combined to halt operations this morning.

Rather than stem the brain drain of Kiwis going offshore to further their careers, one of Dunedin's greatest exports is recommending students embrace it.

Increasing numbers of primary and intermediate-aged children are being stood down or excluded from Otago schools, Ministry of Education data has revealed.

A group of dumpster divers has recycled about 100kg of butter found in a skip outside a Dunedin supermarket this week.

Alarm bells rang yesterday when it appeared a wayward tourist was driving a campervan along the railway line between Port Chalmers and Dunedin.

It may be her first principalship, but the way Bayfield High School's new principal talks about her goals for the school, one could not be blamed for thinking she has done it all before.

What started as a modest railway journey for enthusiasts and visitors, running a few times a week during the summer, has grown into a thriving and popular tourist attraction which will mark its 25th anniversary this month.

Moments after completing a four-minute aerobics routine, Fred Millar gathers his breath and says: "There's nothing we won't do - as long as we can get back up afterwards".

Dunedin's mayoral car park has undergone a subtle refurbishment this week.

The Octagon is once again occupied by people in tents - this time scouts.

New Zealand primary schools still lag behind their Australian counterparts when it comes to being sun smart, and it may be influencing the lifetime risk of melanoma in future generations, University of Otago research shows.

He has completed the world championship ironman triathlon in Hawaii and has swum the English Channel twice.

Blue is the glue which will help hold Dunedin's Carisbrook School together.