Jayden's sights set on return to Tamworth
Jayden's sights set on return to Tamworth
On most lunch breaks, you can find Jayden Jesudhass sitting in George Street Normal School's playground with a guitar, surrounded by friends singing popular tunes.
John Lewis
Sounds like learning
Sounds like learning
Don't touch that dial!
Teachers unimpressed by fall in pay mistakes
Teachers unimpressed by fall in pay mistakes
Novopay issues remain high on the list of concerns for Otago schools, despite Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce saying pay periods 16 and 17 had the lowest number of complaints and notifications since monitoring began in February.
Remedying exam fiasco
Remedying exam fiasco
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has advised schools how it intends to manage the fallout from the bungled NCEA level 1 German examination and a power failure which interrupted several examination sessions.
Scam doubt follows thrill
Scam doubt follows thrill
When Hazel Davies got a letter in the post saying she had won $US170,000 ($NZ204,000) in a scratch-and-win competition, there was a glimmer of excitement, followed by a rush of blood to her Scottish brain which told her it was ''bollocks''.
Pupil's soil project fulfils a dream
Pupil's soil project fulfils a dream
It seems there is some merit in saying someone, or something, looks the picture of health.
Surge of cruise passengers 'frightening but good'
Surge of cruise passengers 'frightening but good'
The hospitality industry has been encouraged to do more research and be ''as prepared as they can'' for cruise ship visits as some Dunedin businesses start to fret at the demand from a ''frightening'' number of cruise ship customers coming past their counters.
Bubblecar puts smile on the face
Bubblecar puts smile on the face
You have to have a sense of humour to drive Alistair Lobb's 1957 BMW Isetta 300. Why?
Teacher keen for sleep-in
Teacher keen for sleep-in
Brian Panting's immediate plans for his retirement are simple.
QSMs presented at Dunedin ceremony
QSMs presented at Dunedin ceremony
Queen's Service Medals have been presented to two Otago recipients in a rare investiture ceremony in Dunedin.
Another major tenant for Chief Post Office
Another major tenant for Chief Post Office
Activity at Dunedin's former chief post office is about to increase with another major tenant this week confirming a move into the building.
Society plans to restore trolley bus
Society plans to restore trolley bus
When DCT No 1 started rolling around Dunedin in 1950, it was the first trolley bus to operate on the city's streets and the first trolley bus on the world's most southern trolley bus network.
Students create 'real world' projects
Students create 'real world' projects
Online games for sexuality education, mobile apps that remind you and your flatmates when bills are due, and drones which fly in swarms to search for lost people were just some of the creative projects with ''real world'' applications on display in Dunedin yesterday.
Former school site redeveloped
Former school site redeveloped
The former Rotary Park School has been levelled by heavy machinery in preparation for its new life as a 17-section subdivision.
New home for Windmill Services
New home for Windmill Services
A specialised care programme for children with disabilities has found a new home after being forced from its premises in South Dunedin.
Teacher to build a new future
Teacher to build a new future
After 37 years at King's High School, technology teacher Neil Andrew will retire at the end of this year.
Review of intervention
Review of intervention
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced the school intervention system will be reviewed, following claims some limited statutory managers (LSM) are charging ''exorbitant'' amounts of money which could be better spent on pupil education.
Fairfield's in the swim
Fairfield's in the swim
Four years ago, Fairfield School pupils had no idea what water polo was.
For Phoebe, it's about skill
For Phoebe, it's about skill
When it comes to playing basketball, most people think a major prerequisite is height.
Teacher wins prestigious fellowship
Teacher wins prestigious fellowship
Otago Girls' High School's social sciences head and acting assistant principal Jucinda Geddes was stunned to learn she had won the school's Highgate Fellowship for 2013.