Reforms that shook up New Zealand’s polytechnics, resulting in job losses, lacked detail and were highly risky, the government’s financial watchdog says.
Flight nurses from throughout New Zealand gather at the HeliOtago hangar as they begin a two-day seminar run by the College of Air and Surface Transport Nurses (Coastn) yesterday.
Dunedin firefighters joined a one-hour national strike today, saying the action was a "last resort" to get Fire and Emergency NZ to listen to their concerns about work conditions and pay.
It has been a bumper season for toroa/northern royal albatross this season, as the last of the chicks has set off from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on new adventures.
Fifty-six students from 29 schools across Otago were recognised for their achievements at the ODT Class Act award ceremony at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.