NOWHERE is the battle for the future of Invercargill being contested more keenly or more meaningfully than at Aurora College. The school's NCEA results aren't flash.

By Waytiuk, Judy Far from the conflict zones that clouded diamond mining with controversy, Canada has become the world's third-largest producer of these precious stones in just over a decide On the vast, wind- scoured piece of northern Canada that native people call the Barrens, no trees grow.

By SPEER, Sophie AURORA COLLEGE pupils are committed to becoming more environmentally aware. The high school was the first secondary school in Southland to be linked with the Enviroschools programme, which has been running in Southland primary schools for more than two years.

By NORDQVIST, Susie THE Education Review Office has released its final report of the Invercargill Schools Cluster Review --a document that differs little from its draft version.

By BURDON, Nathan AURORA COLLEGE'S new sports director has already packed a fair bit into his six years of teaching. Brook Armishaw has worked in an area school in Twizel, a school in West Auckland and a small private school on the North Shore.