Hamish MacLean

Otago and Southland councils have asked the Government to slow its massive water reform programme.

The new dean of the University of Otago’s School of Biomedical Sciences might forever be known as the scientist who went to Scotland to look for the Loch Ness monster.

Fears have been raised that an old landfill is contaminating a Waikouaiti lagoon.

Mandatory mask wearing is here to stay, a top epidemiologist says, as New Zealanders mask up in the country’s first outbreak of the Delta variant.

A fashion exhibition, pyjama party and after-dark events for the student-aged crowd have helped keep Otago Museum’s visitor numbers up.

A te reo Maori name change could be on the cards for Otago Museum.

Lucy Liebergreen is betting this will not be a three-day lockdown.

Funerals in Dunedin have been postponed.

Dunedin backyards are home to possums.

Using the footprint of a demolished parking building as temporary free parking for Dunedin Hospital staff has been taken off the table.

There could be more than 173 former landfill sites in Otago and up to 75 uninvestigated sites could be holding hazardous waste.

The need for New Zealand to look after the health and wellbeing of its past Olympians is set to be underlined by a University of Otago study involving former elite athletes.

Moving New Zealand’s most precious endangered animals into new environments is a risky business.

The Salvation Army’s Family Store in Princes St will have its roof removed in the coming weeks as earthquake-strengthening of the building starts.

The number of contaminated sites appears to be on the rise in Otago, but the increase could be due to residential development spreading into dirty ground.

A ban on woodburners might be needed to improve health in smoky Otago towns, the Southern District Health Board (SDHB) says.