Thoughts on 'thinking' at teachers' seminar
Thoughts on 'thinking' at teachers' seminar
Secondary school teachers from around Otago became students again for a day during a series of seminars about "thinking" at Otago Girls High School on Friday.
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'The smell will haunt me for a long time'
'The smell will haunt me for a long time'
"The whole place just stank of bonfire. The smell will haunt me for a long time."
Tourist in Oamaru robbed at gunpoint
Tourist in Oamaru robbed at gunpoint
An 18-year-old youth was arrested in Oamaru last night after allegedly robbing a Japanese tourist at gunpoint in broad daylight.
Job vacancies buck trend in South
Job vacancies buck trend in South
Temporary job vacancies in Otago and Southland have increased in the past three months, despite economic conditions affecting several large employers in the region.
Alert over tree-cutters
Alert over tree-cutters
A group of men offering to cut down trees and then charge thousands of dollars for the service may now be operating in the Dunedin area, a Fairfield resident warns.
Tourist hurtin 'freak' boulder fall
Tourist hurtin 'freak' boulder fall
A Czech Republic tourist was airlifted to hospital after a boulder "the size of a washing machine" fell on him at Fox Glacier yesterday.
Otago Museum dismisses butterfly escape allegations
Otago Museum dismisses butterfly escape allegations
Otago Museum management have rejected allegations large numbers of tropical butterflies have escaped from their tropical forest enclosure since it opened in 2007.
Attempt to resuscitate cyclist fails
Attempt to resuscitate cyclist fails
A member of the public fought valiantly to resuscitate a 29-year-old cyclist last night who died after his mountain bike hit a parked four-wheel-drive vehicle in Barr St, Kenmure.
Curran to urge home insulation
Curran to urge home insulation
As the Regional Job Summit begins in Dunedin this afternoon, Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran is calling for the Government to urgently invest in insulating up to 40,000 Dunedin homes to help stimulate the local economy.
Polytechnic students get their art together
Polytechnic students get their art together
Otago Polytechnic art students have a place to call home now the $3 million, twin-level annex to the School of Art has been completed and officially opened.
Home-based early education taking off in the South
Home-based early education taking off in the South
Home-based early childhood education services are experiencing a boom, especially in the South, with a 50% increase in enrolments across the country in the past year, one of New Zealand's leading providers says.
Eye on bullies in Otago's schools
Eye on bullies in Otago's schools
The Otago Secondary Principals Association says Otago schools are proactive in dealing with bullying despite a top-level inquiry by the Childrens Commissioner which found some New Zealand schools are not.
St Clair school fundraising - it's a piece of cake
St Clair school fundraising - it's a piece of cake
A little piece of Venice will be sliced off and maybe washed away with a cup of coffee about 3pm today, when the buyer of Quinn Shaw's Italian cake arrives home from the St Clair School fair, in Dunedin.
$1.1m to fund expansion of Otago school buildings
$1.1m to fund expansion of Otago school buildings
Five Otago primary schools struggling to house their pupils will receive a share of $1.158 million from the Government for building expansions to help them cope with their growing rolls.
Trio scores highly in media studies
Trio scores highly in media studies
Studying the news has put three former Logan Park High School media studies pupils in the news.
Dyslexic learner spreads his method of education
Dyslexic learner spreads his method of education
As a child, he was labelled a "dummy" at home and "mentally retarded" at school. By age 12, he was considered "uneducatable" by the American education system and he was functionally illiterate until he was 38.
Dyslexia educator to give lectures
Dyslexia educator to give lectures
Breakthrough methods for treating people with dyslexia will be presented in Dunedin and Queenstown this week by overseas researcher on the condition.
Hard yakka as pupils walk 10km to school
Hard yakka as pupils walk 10km to school
Young folk today do not know how good they have it.
Dunedin boy not ducking the hard questions
Dunedin boy not ducking the hard questions
A walk in Rhian Gaffney's Northeast Valley, Dunedin, backyard leaves most of its occupants in a flap.
Centenarian still full of fun, humour
Centenarian still full of fun, humour
She might be 100, but Milton centenarian Kate Heads can still make the most dispirited people cackle.