Creating digital versions of natural history films made by
pioneering royal albatross researcher Dr Lance Richdale will
boost public awareness of this Dunedin ''seabird genius'',
author Neville Peat believes.
An nanotechnology pioneer Don Eigler is enthusiastic about
New Zealand and says there is scope for this country to
develop more high-technology industries.
Protesters campaigning for the legalisation of
cannabis will ''respect'' the University of Otago's planned
campus-wide smoking ban next year, but will continue
consuming cannabis by using inhalers rather than smoking the
drug.
University of Otago professor Jim Mann, an internationally
respected researcher in human nutrition, has criticised
''so-called health foods'' that were actually ''not healthy''
and urged big reforms in supermarket food labelling.
Thursday late nights have proved popular at Toitu Otago
Settlers Museum, attracting 1690 people since the redeveloped
museum reopened to the public in December.
Solomon Island-born David Firisua has never forgotten that
Dunedin teacher Jan Probert changed his life by helping teach
him English as a youngster more than two decades ago.
Twenty people, including the main student organiser of the
event, Jordan Taylor, recently took HIV tests at the
University of Otago campus during an awareness-raising Sexual
Health Week.
Three young Maori science leaders from the University of
Otago have successfully completed a Maori Enterprise
Internship pilot programme in Wellington.
National University Games will attract hundreds of
competitors to Dunedin, inject more money into the city
economy and provide a feast of high-quality sport for the
public to watch, organisers say.
