Associate Justice Minister Lianne Dalziel will be in Dunedin next week to help clear up some misconceptions surrounding the Sale and Supply of Liquor and Liquor Enforcement Bill.
A new Ministry of Education report predicts school rolls will plummet in many areas of the South, prompting talk of further school amalgamations.
Four New Zealand political parties have come under fire from the Dunedin City Council after illegally placing election campaign signs outside a designated area near Mosgiel.
The Ngai Tahu Maori Law Centre, the only only one of its type in the country, will hold its first open day in Dunedin tomorrow.
"It's what you call chaos unlimited," the Rev Helene Mann said during the 10th St Francistide celebration of pets at St Paul's Cathedral yesterday.
A "victim" in a make-believe railway tunnel train crash on the Taieri Gorge line became a real-life casualty on Saturday with mild hypothermia during a major multi-agency exercise to test local emergency response systems in Dunedin.
Three Dunedin education stalwarts have received recognition for their contributions and dedication.
Parents and staff at High Street School have concerns about the the principal and board of trustees, a letter leaked to the Otago Daily Times says.
M-Slaks members have never had any formal dance training.
Increasing pressure on New Zealand schools is beginning to take its toll, says Paddy Ford, President of the New Zealand Principals Federation.
It was a case of "slowly but surely wins the race" for John McGlashan College geography pupil Andrew Dysart when he won the individual category of the Maatangi Whenua National Geography Competition in Wellington last weekend.
Pupils at Forbury School in Dunedin now have an incentive to get to school early, and it is a healthy option.
The Second Pierre de Manchicourt international organ contest is a week away, and though Dunedin organist Rachel Swindells has no idea of the quality of competitors, she has plans for the prize money.
The man responsible for the world stage shows Bombay Dreams, Elephant Man and the Lion King is in town for "quality control" on his company's latest show, Whisper the Wind.
Spending six days a week rehearsing a hip hop dance routine, while coaching another hip hop team three nights a week, would be enough to hip hop some people right over the edge.
New research shows nearly half the 125 primary and 30 secondary schools studied by the Education Review Office this year were not adequately monitoring or evaluating their initiatives for helping low performing pupils.
Julia Matheson, Emma Hutton and Yani Hung have three things in common - they are former pupils of Columba College, like to go shopping, and later this month all three will begin their studies at England's prestigious Oxford or Cambridge Universities.
The 2008 Olympics may be over, but Otago Girls High School pupils have brought home more medals after finishing second overall in the New Zealand ALT Vocabulary Olympics.
Otago primary school teachers and pupils are being asked to help their counterparts in Papua New Guinea by inventing a method of washing hands that requires little water.
"We've all been inspired by the Speight's billboards, but I'm afraid the reality is very different for the majority of leisure horse riders on the Taieri," Dunedin Riding Centre owner Victoria Watt says.
