Shining a light on cycleway
Shining a light on cycleway
Some big numbers are involved in today’s opening of the State Highway 88 shared pathway.
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Free school lunch programme reaches milestone
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Free school lunch programme reaches milestone
Dunedin school leaders are calling for the free school lunches programme to be continued as the Government celebrates a significant milestone in the programme.
Fifth time lucky for newlyweds
'Long journey' to get hitched: Fifth time lucky for newlyweds
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try and try again.
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University to shut down Christchurch physio clinic
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University to shut down Christchurch physio clinic
The University of Otago has decided to shut down its Christchurch-based physiotherapy clinic, citing financial concerns.
Fifth time’s a charm for newlyweds
Fifth time’s a charm for newlyweds
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try and try again.
Pupils using their swedes
Pupils using their swedes
Two rural schools and the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust have received a major funding boost thanks to some enterprising farmers and growers.
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Otago Boys’, researcher want vaping restricted
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Otago Boys’, researcher want vaping restricted
Dunedin school leaders and public health experts are welcoming a proposal to crack down on the number of vaping stores.
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Foreign push may affect net-zero goal
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Foreign push may affect net-zero goal
The University of Otago acknowledges its bid to attract more international students will have an impact on how it achieves its target for net-zero emissions by 2030.
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Uni silent as School of Computing raises job concerns
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Uni silent as School of Computing raises job concerns
The University of Otago will not say whether people could lose their jobs as part of the departmental merger which has created the School of Computing.
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Association ends Starters Bar lease
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Association ends Starters Bar lease
The fate of a building that housed one of Dunedin’s last student bars is up in the air after Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) decided to let go of its lease.
Fair includes pupil’s unexpected insulator
Fair includes pupil’s unexpected insulator
The science of sleep, whether didymo could be used for insulation and how effectively pupils could cheat using artificial intelligence - all these ideas and more were raised at the Aurora Energy Otago Science and Technology fair.
Plans for building on wharf at Taieri Mouth
Plans for building on wharf at Taieri Mouth
Plans to create a house and a multipurpose venue on a wharf with a pontoon at Taieri Mouth have been floated in a resource consent application.
Sacked vaccine-hesitant employee awarded $53K
Sacked vaccine-hesitant employee awarded $53K
A vaccine-hesitant employee has been awarded more than $50,000 after being sacked by the University of Otago.
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Resident takes pothole matters into his own hands
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Resident takes pothole matters into his own hands
A Dunedin resident frustrated by city council inaction has solved a pothole problem with 1.8 tonnes of his own gravel.
Medieval manuscripts ‘most amazing things’
Medieval manuscripts ‘most amazing things’
Centuries-old manuscripts can still tell us much about art and life.
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Mixed response to RMA reform
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Mixed response to RMA reform
The most significant planning reform "in a generation" has passed in Parliament, but most of the region’s local government leaders say it will take a while to get their heads around the changes.
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Staff moving around Uni in $10m project
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Staff moving around Uni in $10m project
University of Otago operations staff are moving to the Plaza Building next to Forsyth Barr Stadium as part of a $10 million project.
$50m pathway overcame 'remarkable' obstacles
$50m pathway overcame 'remarkable' obstacles
It has been a long and winding road to completion, but the entirety of the $50 million, 10km State Highway 88 shared pathway is almost ready to open.
Pupils using their swedes
Pupils using their swedes
Two rural schools and the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust have received a major funding boost thanks to some enterprising farmers and growers.
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Dangers for NZ seen in cuts
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Dangers for NZ seen in cuts
A postgraduate geology student says proposed cuts to the University of Otago’s geology department could limit New Zealand’s capacity to respond to natural disasters.