John Lewis

Meet Mr Glad. He is the anagrammatic cousin of Dr Glam - the musical alter ego of University of Otago contemporary music lecturer Dr Ian Chapman.

It is not unusual to see Waitaki Valley School pupils on the farm helping their parents with the calving, lambing and feeding out at this time of year.

October is decision month for the Al-Noor Charitable Trust.

Here's food for thought: generally, young people absolutely love pies, chips, lollies and fizzy drinks.

A wildlife television show produced by a Dunedin company and watched by children in 20 territories worldwide will soon be available to New Zealand viewers for the first time.

The Ministry of Education has given King's High School an ultimatum - establish an enrolment scheme by August 7, or the ministry will have no choice but to appoint a limited statutory manager to take control of the school.

Report cards are out and Ministry of Education National Standards data shows Otago's primary and intermediate schools are top of the class in New Zealand for reading, writing and mathematics.

The Ministry of Education has indicated it plans to force King's High School to implement an enrolment scheme, but the school has vowed to fight any intervention and is taking legal advice.

Karen Leverno got the fright of her life this week when she received a statement from Inland Revenue saying she owed the Government $150,000.

Two Dunedin state integrated schools have admitted breaching their Ministry of Education maximum roll caps.

Prime Minister John Key offered words of advice, with tongue in cheek, to the 57 outstanding pupils from 29 secondary schools during the 2015 Otago Daily Times Class Act awards ceremony at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery yesterday.

The family of a Syrian teacher who writes for a Dunedin based human rights website, believe they know who has kidnapped him and three Spanish journalists in Aleppo.

If there is one thing Jessica Ryan has always wanted to see on the Taieri, it is for youth to have more of a say in what goes on in their community.

Serious concerns have been raised about the New Zealand Qualifications Authority's plans to scrap paper-based exams and replace them with digital exams that can be sat ''online, anytime''.

Claims that Otago has a two speed economy have been labelled unfair and unhelpful by National MP Michael Woodhouse.

The battle between King's High School and the Ministry of Education appears to be far from over.

We've always known the Southern region has some of the most thrilling, memorable and interesting places in the world. Now it's official.