Fears the Ministry of Education would not be able to afford to relocate Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti to the former High Street School site have been allayed by Associate Minister of Education Pita Sharples.
With three months still to go, Lisa Craw is already counting down the seconds before she will get to experience life as an astronaut.
It appears car thieves in Dunedin can be thoughtful.
When Theo Gray arrived at Torokina Airfield in Bougainville, ready to serve his country near the end of World War 2, he had a sense of anticipation - and just a little bit of confusion about the large number of empty tin cans lying about the campsite.
Education Minister Anne Tolley is on target to announce the fate of some of South Dunedin's underused schools by early July.
The exodus of school pupils leaving Christchurch and enrolling in Otago schools in the wake of the February earthquake is beginning to recede.
Rather than spinning a rugby ball out wide to all four corners in Super Rugby matches, Ben Hurst is now spinning a web of early childhood education centres around New Zealand.
The demolition of two large buildings in Tennyson St yesterday signalled the beginning of a major expansion of Kavanagh College in Dunedin.
The domestic tourism market is taking a hit as it faces some of its toughest trading conditions in many years - the result of the world financial crisis, compounded by domestic events such as rising fuel costs and the Christchurch earthquake.
Although only 15 people attended a community hui yesterday to discuss moving Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti from Fairfield to the former High Street School premises in Dunedin, their response was a resounding yes.
Sometimes life throws you an unexpected curve ball.
Three Dunedin men - two of whom are believed to be father and son - have been charged with murder following the "gruesome" death of a 23-year-old man at Blueskin Bay estuary, Warrington, on Friday.
A homicide investigation has begun after the body of a young man was found in the Blueskin Bay estuary yesterday.
The board of trustees at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti has taken another step towards a possible move to the former High Street School in Dunedin.
Initiatives aimed at providing support for Dunedin secondary schools in the wake of the Phoenix Centre closure are too slow in coming to fruition, and are unlikely to be as good, a secondary school principal believes.
Retirement is not a word that fits easily into the vocabulary of many teachers. Gary Crombie is one such.
It is usually considered bad etiquette to air your dirty laundry in public.
The upper Otago Harbour could become home to a series of man-made islands - one as large as 30ha - if a Dunedin group gets its way.
Construction delays have forced North East Valley Normal School to postpone its 160th anniversary celebrations this week.
The future of Hillside Workshops could be in doubt if indications KiwiRail intends to buy more than 2000 railway wagons from China turn out to be true.
