John Gibb

Two Otago Museum science engagement team proposals to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's 'unlocking curious minds' fund have been successful.

The Otago Museum has been working with a group associated with Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand to provide an education programme for 30 hearing-impaired children.

''My heart is racing. I can't believe this.''

The success of previous community lobbying to restore Dunedin’s courthouse complex is boosting the confidence of Dunedin Hospital SOS campaigners.

Four University of Otago students have  received national Freemasons University Scholarships in a ceremony at Parliament this week.  The recipients are Sean Boult, Shaun Markham, Mika...

More than 1200 people will graduate from the University of Otago this month on two graduation days that are expected to inject more than $500,000 into the Dunedin economy.

Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin is excited but also has mixed feelings about the impending destruction of Nasa's Cassini spacecraft, which continues to make new observations of Saturn.

Latest figures suggest Dunedin bus patronage has stabilised, and may even have grown slightly, after an earlier drop of about 4%.

Rapid progress is continuing on  Otago Polytechnic’s $20million student accommodation village in North Dunedin.

A petition to retain a Mosgiel bus service stop in Cumberland St has failed, but transferring passengers will be sheltered from the rain at a new central Dunedin bus hub.

If you see a wallaby running towards you and it's not carrying a rugby ball, ring the Otago Regional Council.

International explorer Mike Horn left Dunedin yesterday after a recent kite ski traverse of the Antarctic, but plans to return later this month to a city he calls his ''second home''.

A petition signed by 180 people seeking retention of the Mosgiel bus service stop beside a Cumberland St supermarket seems unlikely to achieve its aim.

University of Otago graduate Dylan Gaffney has been awarded a Gates Scholarship to study at Cambridge University.

Invercargill has been selected as a new refugee settlement location, in a ``win, win, win'' outcome for the city and for refugees.

Taieri community leaders have paid tribute to Mosgiel identity and restaurateur Blackie Catlow, who died at his home after a ``cardiac event'' at the weekend.

Significant changes have since been made to an RSA provisional  membership scheme, and more talks will be held to make sure the scheme in the future is fully legal.