John Lewis

In the spirit of goodwill, a Royal walking cane given to a Karitane farmer and Maori translator more than 80 years ago, might be returned to the Royal Family.

Being encouraged by your teacher to smoke on school grounds is not your typical educational advice.

The art of communication can be difficult, particularly for some pupils at Dunedin's Sara Cohen School.

Amana Christian School principal Liz Bishop and pupils pose with a 1914 Buick (left) and 1918 Model T Ford at the Mosgiel school last Wednesday.

Sitting in a room with education ministers, teacher union representatives, and education leaders from 26 countries has left Big Rock School principal David Grant with a different perception of New Zealand's education system.

What do you call it when you retire at age 60, but keep working part-time while enjoying all those activities you did not have time for during your 35-year teaching career?

Several tenants using the former Corstorphine School are being forced to move out to make way for a new property development that could begin as early as next month.

About $22,000 is available for organisations in the Dunedin area wanting to participate in this year's Maori new year celebrations.

When one of Rachel Chamberlain's best friends died from cancer, just days after turning 21, it brought home to her the fact it is not just an ''old person's'' disease.

There was dirt in places that there probably should not have been at Helen Deem Kindergarten yesterday.

Pinstripe suits have long been associated with conservative business attire in Dunedin, but now it appears they could be an option for a new school uniform for senior pupils at King's High School.

A 160-year-old woollen bed rug brought from the Shetland Islands to New Zealand in the 1870s is to make the long trip home again later this year.

If you got sucked into yesterday's Otago Daily Times April Fools' Day prank about water meters being covertly installed in Dunedin, don't feel like a drip - you weren't the only one who fell for it tap, plug and sink.

Putting together wearable arts costumes for a display at Mosgiel Library has been a challenge for Taieri College pupils.

Ryan Johnson grew up in New Zealand dreaming of becoming ''one of those marine biologists you read about in novels''.

An educational healthy-relationship programme inspired by the death of Dunedin woman Sophie Elliott is to be offered to all New Zealand schools in the coming weeks.

It has been nearly 25 years since Sir Tony Robinson played Baldrick in the cult British comedy series Blackadder, but there is still a bit of the character left in the 67-year-old.

Bart Lind was 13 when he lost his mother to cancer four years ago.

There were tears at Dunedin's St Hilda's Collegiate School yesterday as principal Melissa Bell unexpectedly announced she would resign at the end of this year.