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.
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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.
Nanotechnology uses for health an insight
Nanotechnology uses for health an insight
New Zealand anaesthetists have been given an insight into the latest advancements in medical nanotechnology which are being used to treat illnesses from appendicitis to cancer tumours.
Film's focus on viral video wins award
Film's focus on viral video wins award
Making a film in which the central character is a viral video clip on the internet, is a tricky business.
Fellowship bolt from blue for Reddiex
Fellowship bolt from blue for Reddiex
King's High School principal Dan Reddiex is the only secondary school principal in New Zealand to this year receive a Woolf Fisher Fellowship for educational excellence in teaching.
Panel debates youth justice
Panel debates youth justice
The principal Youth Court judge says the country's youth justice system is moving in the right direction, with the number of youth apprehensions halving in the past five years.
Scholars going to German schools
Scholars going to German schools
For the first time in Columba College's history, two of its pupils have been awarded prestigious German language scholarships in the same year.
Outlook sunny for exams
Outlook sunny for exams
The same thing happens almost every year at this time - when senior secondary school pupils have to stay indoors and study for NCEA examinations, the sun invariably comes out and the mercury rises into the 20s.
Subantarctic trip for young environmentalist
Subantarctic trip for young environmentalist
A Dunedin teenager is searching for his sea legs after being selected to join a team of environmental scientists on a Young Blake Expedition to the subantarctic to start planning for a new ''world-leading'' climate-change research station.
Angry no room for parents at graduation
Angry no room for parents at graduation
The mother of a Bayfield High School pupil claims the school has denied her the right to watch her daughter's greatest educational moment by not allowing parents to attend the school's annual graduation ceremony.
Things a little less rocky for Roome family
Things a little less rocky for Roome family
The Roome family members might soon be able to return to their Ravelston St, Dunedin, home after a three-tonne boulder crashed through part of their house in June.
Composers' award finalists Wellington-bound
Composers' award finalists Wellington-bound
Two young Dunedin composers will have an opportunity to hear their music played by New Zealand's best orchestral musicians after being selected as finalists in the 2013 Todd Corp Young Composers Award.
Historical park boost
Historical park boost
The Taieri Historical Society hopes old equipment from the Waipori Pump Station will flood its park in Outram with visitors this season.
Ride-to-school raffle to help pay for fair
Ride-to-school raffle to help pay for fair
Turning up to school in a helicopter or a Ferrari might seem a little extravagant.
Happy birthday proclaimed far and wide
Happy birthday proclaimed far and wide
Turning 100 is a milestone worth marking in style. But for Joan Boddy (nee Fraser), it was pretty much just another day in the life of Joan Boddy.