Off to join big brass band
Off to join big brass band
Two King's High School pupils will spend a week in Rotorua, immersed in music of the heavy metal kind - but not the sort you would normally expect teens to be engaged in.
John Lewis
Space at a premium as Bathgate roll grows
Space at a premium as Bathgate roll grows
Bathgate Park School's roll has broken the 200-pupil mark for the first time in nearly a decade, and the school may soon start to feel the pinch as classroom space becomes tighter.
Bronzed, toned and raring to go
Bronzed, toned and raring to go
As you tuck into your orange juice, cereal, toast and/or full English breakfast this morning, spare a thought for Barbara Olah.
Belarus couple happy to be here
Belarus couple happy to be here
Lightly sleety rain on a bitter wind did not seem to faze Fanis Shakirzianau and his wife, Sviatlana, as they left the Dunedin City Council as newly sworn New Zealand citizens this week.
Pupils' uphill battle nears end
Pupils' uphill battle nears end
For decades, the only sizeable patch of grass at Kaikorai School has been on the side of a hill.
Pupils to reveal challenges and hopes
Pupils to reveal challenges and hopes
The future of Otago, if not New Zealand, looks to be in good hands if this year's crop of Class Act winners is anything to go by.
Injured baby's mother sought hospital's help
Injured baby's mother sought hospital's help
The Southern District Health Board is to conduct a ''thorough review'' of its actions after the father of a 3-week-old baby whose throat was slashed in Invercargill this week blamed Southland Hospital for turning his wife away when she asked for help.
Assurance school publications safe
Assurance school publications safe
The Ministry of Education has assured schools they will continue to receive all publications and access to online resources following the closure of a major New Zealand education publishing company.
Novopay 'Black Out' protest
Novopay 'Black Out' protest
School staff across the country will be at work today dressed in black to mark what the Post Primary Teachers' Association is calling a ''Black Out Day'' for teachers nationally.
Darts popularity spurs contest
Darts popularity spurs contest
A new darts tournament for Dunedin secondary school pupils, started by accident, seems to have hit the mark, attracting several former and present New Zealand darts champions.
Cuts to bus service 'tragic'
Cuts to bus service 'tragic'
Dunedin North MP David Clark says cuts to a bus service for school pupils living north of Dunedin are ''tragic'' and ''shameful''.
Kidney in 1983 'gift of life'
Kidney in 1983 'gift of life'
Thirty years after having a life-saving kidney transplant, Hazel Jones is celebrating this month.
Book-distribution project gains award
Book-distribution project gains award
A school project aimed at collecting children's books and redistributing them to low-decile Dunedin primary schools has won a national award for four Otago Girls' High School pupils.
Dunedin's pupils top Australasian contest
Dunedin's pupils top Australasian contest
Dunedin pupils have fared well in an Australasian education competition, with St Hilda's Collegiate School winning the top school and a Columba College pupil winning the top individual award.
Increased workload taking a toll, but pupils hit right note
Increased workload taking a toll, but pupils hit right note
The increasing workload of secondary school pupils is starting to take a toll on the Otago Secondary Schools Music Festival, one of the event's organisers says.
Primary principals back counsellors
Primary principals back counsellors
The Otago Primary Principals' Association is backing calls for the Government to introduce guidance counsellors to New Zealand primary and intermediate schools.
Election may govern rector's future
Election may govern rector's future
The rector of one of New Zealand's oldest boys' secondary schools plans to retire if he wins a seat in the coming Otago Regional Council elections.
Family celebrates NZ residency news
Family celebrates NZ residency news
A British family whose lives in New Zealand have been hanging in the balance for nearly two years are reeling at the news their residency has been approved.
Fewer pupils off school with flu
Fewer pupils off school with flu
Whille Dunedin schools have noted a decline in the number of pupils absent with influenza this year, a senior doctor is warning families not to be complacent.
Competition has Pacific perspective
Competition has Pacific perspective
A new Pacific Island arts festival to be launched in Dunedin tomorrow night aims to give voice to the perspectives of Otago's Pasifika pupils.