University of Otago researchers hope to "give a voice to the voiceless'' and shed new light on Otago's early European farmers through a proposed study that seeks to analyse skeletons from unmarked graves near Milton.
The top dozen secondary school bands in Otago and Southland emerged from the heats of the annual Smokefreerockquest at the weekend and set their sights on the regional final in Dunedin early next month.
The Otago Polytechnic has broken new ground by launching an engineering technology degree in China, which will eventually bring up to 120 Chinese students to Dunedin each year.
Another page was turned in the musical career of leading Dunedin musical director George Chittenden with a performance of American choral music by the Southern Youth Choir last night.
The Otago Museum can press ahead to create a new-look "world-class'' science centre, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Otago Community Trust.
Scarlett Wilson (8), of Dunedin, sings in the novice 8 and under-10 years section of the 69th annual Green Island Junior Vocal Competition, which began yesterday afternoon.
International scientists co-led by a University of Otago researcher have sequenced the mitochondrial genome of an ancient Phoenician man, who once lived in Tunisia, in Northern Africa, and revealed surprising European links.
A $10,000 masonic postgraduate scholarship is supporting University of Otago research that aims to help low-income people overcome stress arising from financial pressures.
Future leaders in civil defence from eight countries are likely to be back in Dunedin next year after the success of a recent international training programme in disaster management.
An 18-year-old woman managed to fight her way out of a station wagon in North Dunedin during an attempted abduction involving two offenders at the weekend.
The Otago Regional Council is urging dairy farmers, sharemilkers and truckies to keep southern roads and waterways safe and free of effluent during Gypsy Week.
Small actions can make a big difference, and can sometimes spark global changes.
Dunedin resident Angus Mackay is urging the Otago Regional Council to build its proposed new headquarters near Dunedin's Steamer Basin and play a positive role in the proposed harbourside redevelopment.
This may be a case of Hannah and her Sisters, or Sisters are Doin' It for Themselves.
The Otago Museum's success in winning three national museum awards is also boosting awareness of Dunedin's overall achievements as a city of culture and science, museum director Dr Ian Griffin says.
It is crucial Dunedin's planned bus hub is "inclusive and accessible'' for all people and that mistakes made with the new Christchurch bus hub are avoided.
The eastern side of Otago Harbour has received "too little attention for too long'' and the Otago Peninsula community had been "largely ignored'' in recent years.
The Otago Regional Council has a moral obligation to continue fighting vigorously against the velvetleaf incursion, even if there is some uncertainty about overall funding.
Graduation from the University of Otago was a family affair at the weekend for Lyudmila Scandrett and her son Valentin Kiselev.
Protesters have been slammed on social media for blocking an elderly woman from an ANZ branch in Dunedin yesterday.
