John Lewis

For many East Otago High School pupils, it is probably hard to believe their principal has not always been an educator.

While the Government had hoped its latest pay offer to NZEI union members would encourage primary educators to avert industrial action this week, a Dunedin principal says the strike was inevitable.

Strike action from secondary school teachers is likely, given the mood generated by the Government’s latest offer.

Spending two weeks on a tropical island in the South Pacific sounds like a great prize for winning a national French language speech competition.

Pupils writing welcome speeches, planting gardens, tidying up and helping to organise the official opening of Dunedin North Intermediate’s new $1.2 million entrance, shows a pride their principal...

When Marek Brewster found out he had been awarded a Woolf Fisher Fellowship, there was confusion at first, followed by a feeling of "inadequacy and humility".

Break out the umbrellas — parts of Otago and Southland are in for heavy rain today.

Associate Education Minister Tracey Martin has attempted to quell concerns about the Government's plan to introduce 600 new learning support co-ordinators who will work with special needs pupils.

From the Sinai desert to the Antarctic, Shane Parker has been to some of the world's most extreme and spectacular places since joining the 40 South Otago Reserve unit in the 1980s.

One person has been taken to Oamaru Hospital by police tonight, following a two-car collision.

The Government's plan to introduce about 600 new learning support co-ordinators to work with special needs pupils, has drawn mixed reviews from Southern principals, all raising questions about how...

Warm, dry weather: check. Barbecue: check. Sunscreen and togs: check.

More than 9000 Otago and Southland secondary school pupils have been locking themselves away with nothing but food, drink and revision material in preparation for NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship...