Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

Extreme wind chill, snow to sea level and more surface flooding is forecast as a polar blast hits Otago.

The eviction date given to Dunedin pensioner Robyn Swale for feeding ducks outside her Dunedin City Council flat lapsed yesterday, but she is yet to receive official word about what will happen.

Thai police are investigating the death of a Dunedin-born man after his body was discovered in the bathroom of a tourist resort.

The principals of two Dunedin high schools are worried a Facebook page asking people to nominate a Dunedin high school ''babe of the day'' could put pupils at risk from sexual predators.

The Otago Museum has developed a ''very positive relationship'' with the Otago Polytechnic School of Veterinary Nursing, which will result in more veterinary support for animals in the museum's Tropical Forest.

English-born physicist, astronomer and passionate museum advocate Dr Ian Griffin has become not only the Otago Museum's new director, but also an honorary fellow in the University of Otago physics department.