The Otago Fish and Game Council wholeheartedly supports a raft of proposed changes to fishing licence categories aimed at making them ''better value for money''.
The Dunedin City Council has responded to concerns over the safety of a blind corner on the harbourside walk and cycleway by promising to install a mirror to increase visibility.
A holocaust survivor and one of the last remaining Jews to be saved by Oskar Schindler hopes her story can help prevent the horrors she witnessed happening again.
The imminent closure of a 128-room hotel in Dunedin reinforces the need for the proposed 28-storey hotel on the waterfront, its promoter says.
The Otago Polytechnic is happy with the number of enrolments at the institution this year, despite domestic growth ''flattening off'' compared with the previous three years.
The University of Otago is happy with its performance against several targets it set for last year, which included improving research and teaching at the institution, vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne says.
The University of Otago is seeking submissions on its draft ''Strategic Direction to 2020'', a document which will guide its strategic direction for the next seven years.
The University of Otago has confirmed the purchase of a 128-room Dunedin hotel, which it plans to convert into student accommodation.
The Otago University Students' Association is confident students can once again out-give staff in this year's ''staff v students'' foodbank appeal.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull is hailing the signing of agreements between high schools in Shanghai and Dunedin as an important milestone in the development of links between the two cities.
The Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) is keen to join Otago Polytechnic's ''Scarfie Army'' initiative as a way of boosting the number of student volunteers in Dunedin.
A media watchdog formed by the University of Otago has praised the content of student magazine Critic, calling it ''appropriately edgy''.
The University of Otago will again approach the Government to express concern over cuts to postgraduate allowances, after this week revealing a drop in postgraduate numbers.
A renowned British chemist, who visited Dunedin to give a public lecture at University of Otago this week, hopes she can encourage more women to follow careers in science and says being a scientist is no barrier to raising a family.
Dozens of disappointed students were turned away after lining up to buy Hyde St keg party tickets yesterday morning, with more than 500 queuing in the wind and rain to buy the remaining tickets.
The Otago University Students' Association has settled on a range of measures to make this year's Hyde St keg party safer, including a ''one-way'' policy from as early as 2pm.
A failure by StudyLink to process allowance and loan applications on time has left some Dunedin students with no income and it is claimed in a few cases desperate students have been forced to live in abandoned buildings.
Temperatures are expected to be warmer than usual in Otago and Southland over the next three months, with Niwa predicting a mild end to autumn for the whole country.
Forty-five students were dealt with by the University of Otago for cheating and other dishonest practices last year.
Initial indications show student numbers at University of Otago will likely be lower than earlier expected, director of financial services Grant McKenzie says.
