Since its formation in 2012 Bathgate Park School in South Dunedin has been lead by principal Whetu Cormick.

On Tuesday, there were emotional scenes as pupils and the school community said good-bye to outgoing principal who resigned earlier this year.

Tributes flowed for a leading New Zealand Geneologist on Monday.

Eleanor Leckie has spent over 40 years working in the archives at the Toitu Settlers Museum.

It was supposed to be just a lazy Sunday smacking a white ball around a large course for Tania Stevens.

But the Taieri-based golfer ended up having an outstanding round.

The government's plans for a nation-wide amalgamation of polytechnics will create a 'slow-moving, cumbersome bureaucracy'.

That's according to SIT chief executive Penny Simmonds who addressed over 500 graduates and their families in Invercargill on Friday.

Yesterday, the realignment of State Highway 1 at Edendale was opened... six months ahead of schedule, and on budget.

The $15 million job was built by Fulton Hogan, for Waka Kotahi, the New Zealand Transport Agency.

Open-water swimming is all about adapting according to John Caughlin, who has experience of needing to adapt to significant change..

It is an approach which helped the 50-year-old Californian swim around Dunedin's White Island on Saturday.

Despite training for completely different occupations — as massage therapist, builder and nurse — tertiary studies have been a family affair for three Wingatui sisters.

The family story taking an unusual twist when all three sisters, graduate from Otago Polytechnic on Friday.

It's been more than 20 years of disappointment for the people of Oamaru, who want to make a splash at their local pool.

But from Saturday, the Waitaki Aquatic Centre's new diving board will be open for business and Otago Daily Times reporter Daniel Birchfield was given the honour of being the first person to leap off the platform, in more than two decades.

One of Dunedin's oldest residents celebrated her 105th birthday this week.

Dawn Ibbotson was born in Gore in 1914 and marked her birthday with a family reunion, which saw about 20 people coming from around New Zealand.

Protest group Environmental Justice Otepoti held a spirited rally against the berthing of phosphate carrying vessel, Federal Crimson.

Protesters took to the water as the ship approached Ravensborne wharf to unload it's disputed cargo.

A plaque to honour ocean-going rower Fedor Konyukhov was unveiled in Dunedin earlier this week.

The plaque marks one year since the 67-year-old explorer set out to row more than 10,000 kilometres from the Port Chalmers Yacht Club to Cape Horn in South America.

An American basketball trainer who works with some of sport's great players is in Dunedin hosting a clinic.

Drew Hanlen may not be a household name to some, but for others he's basketball royalty as he trains players including Bradley Beal, and Joel Embiid.

The international fame of Dunedin's albatross colony is set to soar, with a new video camera streaming live pictures 24-hours-a-day.

Cornell University in the USA is upgrading a camera at Taiaroa Head with night vision, plus the ability to pivot and zoom via remote control.

A campaign by Dunedin city councillor Jules Radich to return groynes to Dunedin's Ocean Beach took another step forward on Tuesday.

Radich's proposal the council carry out a report on his plan to reinstate groynes at St Clair, as a method of protecting against beach erosion.

A Dunedin musician, event coordinator and teacher was surprised to receive a citation from the Dunedin Public Library on Wednesday.

The award is part of the annual morning tea for volunteers and library staff, and recognises an individual who's gone the extra mile.