John Gibb

The Otago Regional Council is moving closer to making some big decisions on its proposed new Dunedin head office project.

The Otago Regional Council is urging people to attend public meetings being organised throughout the region to explain and discuss the council's latest draft annual plan.

Dunedin people have had  strong input into developing new national guidelines for providing extra time in exams and other support for people with disabilities.

In a recent bioethics talk, University of Otago medical academic Dr Katherine Hall suggested possible changes to body bequest programmes for medical research. Reporter John Gibb spoke to Dr Hall,...

A powerful medical hierarchy and a mistakenly strong sense of loyalty towards researcher Prof Herbert Green contributed to long-running denials over his ''unfortunate experiment'' at National Women...

The Otago Regional Council is advertising two director posts, including a job that will add another director to the current five-strong team.

Otago Regional councillors Graeme Bell and Michael Laws have welcomed a move to have further council and community discussion over a proposed new 1(D) water plan change for the region.

University of Otago scientists have made a bid for funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to support research on sustaining Otago's ''Southern Great Lakes''.

Recent Discovery Squad science education activities for youngsters have proved successful at the Otago Museum.

A 1929 Ruston diesel engine that was fired up during an open day at the Taieri Historical Park, Outram, yesterday has a special significance for the Otago Vintage Machinery Club.

The innovative wooden construction of the Otago Polytechnic's $20 million student accommodation village is already turning heads, including attracting interest in Queenstown building circles.

The innovative wooden construction of the Otago Polytechnic’s $20million student accommodation village is already turning heads, including attracting interest in Queenstown building circles.

West Harbour Community Board chairman Steve Walker is keen to pass on a "friendly reminder" that the 30-minute and 60-minute car parks in Port Chalmers are not an invitation to park there all day.

An enforcement case of "national significance" involving the Mosgiel Memorial RSA is being used to test the legal standing of an RSA national provisional membership scheme.

Three Otago bottled water consents have been defended as having an ''insignificant'' environmental impact and being a ''prudent use'' of a valuable resource.