John Lewis

Provisional NCEA achievement data from the Ministry of Education shows Otago secondary schools are outshining national averages.

Everyone knows there is no such thing as a free breakfast - there is always a catch.

Students were unwitting "lab rats" while taking part in O Week activities yesterday.

The prospect of cutting back the level of national standards assessment and delaying NCEA exams until a pupil's final year of school has raised eyebrows within the education sector.

Otago regional councillor Michael Laws is urging fellow councillors to ``create and fund'' a new University of Otago professorship in lakes and rivers.

Two education unions have joined forces again, in a bid to encourage the Government to raise funding of schools and early childhood education centres across the country.

A former teacher aide with 20 years' experience working at Sara Cohen School has come out in support of the teacher who has been stood down over allegations of child abuse.

Peter Kara might be 76, but he’s still a smooth operator on the dance floor.

Everyone seemed to be watching Donald Simpson having a great time dancing, yet Donald Simpson was dancing like nobody was watching.

Balaclava teacher Dave Waddell is proof it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.

A motorcyclist has been flown to Dunedin Hospital with moderate injuries after his bike collided with a truck on the Lindis Pass.

An end to the long-running resident doctors’ contract negotiations appears to be in sight.

Ask 7 and 8-year-olds at Silverstream School how hay is made, and you can expect quite a comical answer.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Dunedin North Intermediate principal Heidi Hayward says she is not confident the Government’s new Ministry for Vulnerable Children will improve the support network for at-risk children in Otago.