A decision by independent commissioners to grant a consent for a North Otago farmer from 2020 to discharge nitrogen from three farms on to land ‘‘in a manner that may enter groundwater'' has been appealed to the Environment Court.
Geologoists trying to improve understanding of Dunedin's potential earthquake risks have excavated a fault south of the city to learn more about its past behaviour.
University of Otago graduate Agnieszka Fryckowska, whose meteorological survey work took her to the depths of the Antarctic, has received a Polar Medal for her British Antarctic Survey work.
University of Otago graduate Len Cook is a former Government Statistician and Statistics New Zealand chief executive, and former National Statistician, United Kingdom, and Registrar-general of England and Wales. He is now New Zealand's Families Commissioner and chairman of the Social Policy Research and Evaluation Unit (Superu). John Gibb talked to him about his time at the University of Otago and his career.
New Zealand and much of its endangered wildlife is "losing the war'' against introduced mammalian predators and new ideas are needed to help us win.
A University of Otago study of the sun protection practices of pupils and staff at the sports days of 10 Dunedin secondary schools last summer has found them to be sorely lacking. The Otago...
The University of Otago has topped the country for the third year in a row, by gaining the highest overall New Zealand university ranking in a prestigious international index of research papers.
Flood protection work continues in and near the Water of Leith, beside Montgomery Ave, in Dunedin.
Not-for-profit fruit and vegetable-buying co-operative has been successfully extended to Mosgiel, where it attracts up to 50 customers a week.
The Otago Regional Council is seeking ideas from the Strath Taieri community and other interested people on the management of the Taieri River.
The stakes in protecting New Zealand's multibillion-dollar food export industry remain high but isotope analysis provides a powerful new weapon to protect it.
Community groups seeking the resumption of a Green Island ‘‘local'' bus service, linking with South Dunedin, have been encouraged by the Otago Regional Council's response.
Being a "pie lady'' at the University of Otago Campus Shop comes with challenges but Sandra Gillam says it has also been "so much fun''.
Heat therapy research which seeks to break a "vicious cycle'' of impaired physical exercise among people with arterial disease is among University of Otago projects boosted by $1.7 million in grants.
The laying up of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment's colours in Dunedin will be marked with a military parade through the city tomorrow afternoon.
The Otago Regional Council has no involvement with a drop-in information meeting in Lawrence over planned 1080 aerial operations in the Glendhu and Berwick forests.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum is ‘‘thrilled'' to be the only venue in the country displaying the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry.
A scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream, involving pupils from Logan Park High School, provided a lively start to a regional Shakespeare festival in Dunedin this week.
A new teaching monk and an extensively renovated roof are sparking excitement at Dunedin's Dhargyey Buddhist Centre.
Four kittens cute enough to melt plenty of hearts found new homes after an animal rescue organisation held its inaugural Adoption Day event in Dunedin at the weekend.
