Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

A pedestrian has been struck by a vehicle in the student quarter.

Police have located three "significant" cannabis plots in the Dunedin area in recent weeks, and are asking people to keep an eye out for signs of growing activity.

Oil company Anadarko won't confirm claims its exploration off the Otago coast has been unsuccessful.

Lawrence's biggest employer, Tuapeka Gold Print, is moving its printing operations to Dunedin in a $2 million expansion project.

A survey showing 92.1% of sheep breeders are against shifting Invermay jobs north is yet more damning evidence against AgResearch's proposal, the survey's author, Dr Jock Allison, says.

One of the world's leading medical researchers, Lord Robert Winston, yesterday warned secondary school pupils against excessive ''hype'' among scientists.