John Gibb

The Taieri Historical Society faces one of the biggest fundraising challenges in its history as it strives to raise $100,000 to improve the "tatty" appearance of an historic Outram School building.

University of Otago scholarship and award-winning bachelor of medical science honours students (front row, left to right) Roshit Bothara, Tevita Vaipuna, Georgina Fagan, David Wang and (back row,...

What a difference a year makes.

Dunedin's "pop-up" temporary penguin hospital closed yesterday, after operating for nine weeks and saving 34 yellow-eyed penguins, including crucial breeding adults.

Environment Southland has highlighted a rise in potentially toxic cyanobacteria—blue-green algae— in several Southland rivers, the latest being the Mataura River at Gore.

A ''very rare'' early botany book, given to the University of Otago will make a ''fantastic'' addition to the university central library.

An improved approach to pest control in and near Port Chalmers is starting to overcome ''decades of neglect''.

University of Otago medical student Lucy Keefe (20) has a close encounter with a huge inflatable brain during Brain Day at the Otago Museum.

Young women can look forward to bright futures in tech industries, including in computer programming, Australian businesswoman Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen said yesterday.

Dunedin police are concerned that eleven people were found to be drink-driving in the city in an "extremely high result" last weekend.

Scores of people swarmed into the Regent Theatre’s Anything But Books sale yesterday, where many artworks were sold.

The University of Otago's internationally respected Dunedin Study has received the university's Research Group Award.

A University of Otago pilot study has highlighted a new and potentially better way to identify some bowel cancer patients who face greater risks of cancer recurrence.