John Lewis

The condition of Dunedin houses will come under scrutiny for the first time next month when the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) will compare them to others around New Zealand.

The designing architect of the King's and Queen's Performing Arts Centre says King's High School was justified in its spending on the facility, and some of the information being bandied about by politicians in Parliament this week was misleading.

A water heating system which uses solar radiation may become a steaming success for a University of Otago Design Studies professional practice fellow.

Seven pupils are expected to return to Dunedin's Corstorphine School next week for the start of the second term, despite a mass exodus last term.

An inter-party working group proposal to partially abolish school zoning has been described as a "thinly veiled and back-handed method" of closing under-performing primary schools.

Eight Otago schools are preparing to produce a massive night of youth creativity and expression at the Regent Theatre as part of the ASB 2010 Stage Challenge next month.

Distribution caused by teachers boycotting national standards testing in Australia may provide a signal to New Zealand teachers and parents as to how the situation may develop here, a University of Otago education lecturer has warned.

Production problems at the Globe Theatre in Dunedin have forced the company to postpone its next show, just a week before opening night.

An initiative in which pupils in all New Zealand schools would be placed under cover to help end playground bullying has been met with reservations by some Otago schools.