John Lewis

Each time Iain McKay visits Dunedin, he manages to pack a suitcase full of Crunchie bars and a treasure trove of family history before he returns to the United States.

St Clair School is nearing the end of its $1.8 million five-year redevelopment programme, with the start of stage two.

Warning signs are being put up around swimming holes on the Taieri River near Waipiata, as the Otago Regional Council investigates the cause of continued high levels of the bacteria E. coli.

Oil Free Otago has established a ''rapid response'' team of up to 260 people to take to the waters around Otago to hinder Anadarko Petroleum Corporation's deep-sea drilling operations.

Otago schools appear to be getting better at recognising potential education-harming issues and getting help before they require intervention by the Ministry of Education.

Don't let the Japanese fan fool you. Kyohei Takehisa is becoming a real fan of rodeo.

Government plans to raise graduating teachers to master's degree level have concerned an education specialist, who says it could bar fantastic would-be teachers from the profession.

It's not often you find yourself surrounded by gangsters dressed in expensive pinstripe suits and femmes fatale with a glass of wine in one hand, and a revolver in the other.

Another secondary school has been opened in Mosgiel after the Ministry of Education granted provisional registration for the Amana Christian School to expand its education programme.

Meet the stars of the team. Their sole aim tomorrow is to buck, bounce, run, chase and maybe even mash up a few cowboys at the Outram Rodeo.

Hundreds of people from the Taieri can credit their love and appreciation of art to Beverley Kay.

Honestly, you have no idea how hard it is to find a swish dress for a birthday party.

Neusea, a pounding headache and having problems with co-ordination are all legitimate excuses for not going to school.

Even though Des Burrow has been retired from the Hillside Engineering Workshops for nearly 25 years, he says there has been little time for sitting around on his caboose.

Fostering strong relationships with the Tokomairiro High School community is high on the agenda for the school's new principal, Glenis Sim.

For children around New Zealand, school reports present a measure of their progress and advise on areas for improvement. With that in mind, the Otago Daily Times has turned the tables and given schools a chance to provide similar information on how well the Government is handling Novopay. Education reporter John Lewis reports.