John Gibb

Hampden resident Colin Jack is among the more than 100,000 visitors who have flocked to the Dunedin's Great War exhibition at the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.

If criminology is your passion, look no further.

Details of a $3.25 million plan to redevelop the Otago Museum's popular Discovery World science centre, adding a state-of the art planetarium, were announced yesterday.

Building is about to begin on a new, long-awaited world-class crematorium in Mosgiel.

Dunedin has changed hugely since Dale Timblin last visited the city in 1958, as a visiting United States navy serviceman during ''Operation Deep Freeze''.

Dunedin residents are being asked to send their favourite cat and dog images to the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum for inclusion in a new exhibition.

A rise of almost 6% in visitor numbers to Toitu Otago Settlers Museum partly reflects a positive public response to the Dunedin's Great War exhibition.

Life has been particularly good recently for University of Otago physicist David Hutchinson, and he is also predicting a bright future for Dunedin, and growing numbers of high-tech firms.

A ''revolution'' in electron microscope techniques is generating exciting new images - showing details nearly as small as individual atoms - within cells and might increase our understanding of age-related disease.

Julian Cox's hobby of blowing bubbles might seem bizarre but has a very special meaning. John Gibb talks to him about how his fascination has developed.

A few University of Otago courses have stringently high academic entry standards, requiring straight-A or better performance.

Rain fell in Queenstown early yesterday evening, but ''minimal'' rainfall elsewhere in Otago has done nothing to lessen concerns about looming drought or to reduce high rural fire risks.

Ask Prof Murray Brennan about an esteemed medical career that has now been honoured with a knighthood and luck is a recurring theme.

Lady Thorn Rhododendron Dell project convener Les Box is ''over the moon'' that a nursery will replace some of the rhododendrons taken in a ''despicable'' theft on Christmas Eve.

University of Otago academic Dr Craig Marshall is urging other men to join him in trying a diet with a difference - all in the name of research, and weight loss.

A historic rope walk building and associated equipment are a ''hidden treasure'' of South Dunedin, and restoring them will create a strong heritage tourism asset for the future.

Half a century after 1964, US citizen Michael Porter is back in Dunedin this week, still celebrating that particularly big year in his life.

''Teaching the teachers'' session celebrating the International Year of Light began with a bang at Dunedin's Beverly-Begg Observatory earlier this week.

New University of Otago research highlights the importance of regular physical activity, showing it improves brain function even in young adults considered at the height of cognitive ability.

The Dunedin Gasworks Museum is about to come full circle.