Otago schools have recorded their most significant roll
increase in more than a decade, with 352 more pupils in the
region than last year, Ministry of Education figures show.
The Ocean Lyre, Bubbles from the Thirsty Sevenths, Shell
Shocks ... they are just some of the many troop ship
journals that give insights into the recesses of World War 1
soldiers' minds as they were shipped off to the front lines.
As if running 230km through the Sahara Desert in temperatures
of up to 54degC wasn't difficult enough, former Dunedin
runner William Tokona did it with injuries.
Making more than 4000 posies out of rosemary to put on
servicemen's graves on Anzac Day is expected to leave those
handling them yearning for a roast lamb dinner tonight.
With the centenary of the start of World War 1 fast
approaching, Rotary clubs in the southern region are sprucing
up war memorials in rural parts of Otago and Southland - many
of them in time for Anzac Day on Thursday.
Secondary school pupils are being given a fresh perspective
on their future in the arts, at the Tautai Contemporary
Pacific Arts Trust's Fresh Horizons programme in Dunedin this
week.
A decade ago, Gerry Smith was well into his retirement and
the last thing he expected to be celebrating this week was a
10-year career as a radio announcer.
Allan Anderton thought he had seen the last of his new pair
of glasses when they went down with his friend's sinking
fishing boat at Taieri Mouth earlier this year.
