While some in the sector have reported concerns about NCEA pupils being disadvantaged by New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdowns, three Dunedin pupils are saying they are ahead because of them.
Fifty senior secondary school pupils from throughout the country have converged on Dunedin for the 10th anniversary of a national science education camp.
Let there be light — no-one said it aloud, but nearly everyone was thinking it, as the First Church’s new outdoor lights were switched on in Dunedin recently.
A nearly 10% rates rise has been proposed in the first year of a Dunedin long-term plan that includes $1.5billion in capital spending over its 10-year span.
Parking may be removed at certain times of the day from streets either side of the former Cadbury factory while it is demolished to make way for the new Dunedin hospital.
Steps are being broken up and soil dug up, retaining walls will be built and concrete slabs installed, but the result of the disruption should be peaceful.
Dunedin Botanic Garden staff and the University of Otago botany department’s Associate Prof Janice Lord are part of international moves to save the rare corpse plant.
A US international student, returning at last to Dunedin, is unlikely to forget the taste of her first cup of coffee after release from two weeks in managed isolation.
Property developers say changing planning rules so more than 2500 homes can be built in Dunedin is desperately needed, but they sense a gap between the vision and reality.
McMillian Drilling senior driller Brian McMahon carries a sample extracted from the site of the Dowling St car park, where the new Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) building will be constructed.
Aurora Energy has announced Dunedin customers will pay for a larger share of costs as price rises loom, but the company has been criticised for being vague.