John Gibb

International researchers, including University of Otago physicist Prof Craig Rodger, have discovered a previously undetected effect of ''space weather'' on the Antarctic, including apparent changes in polar winds.

University of Otago neuroscience student Sam Hall-McMaster has won a national speaking contest for young scientists and $6250 in associated funding.

Dozens of big, glistening bubbles floated tantalisingly in the sunshine near Dunedin Railway Station at the weekend during an event to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis.

A Voices of Peace concert, featuring a Dunedin-based ''cello choir'', attracted more than 160 members of the public in the city. 

More than 130 people, many of them University of Otago students, took to the streets of central Dunedin on Saturday during a march and rally organised by Rape Crisis Dunedin as ''outrage'' continued over an explicit Facebook page.

Edie Mercer, who turned 90 at the weekend, still drives a car, makes her own dresses, and plays golf nearly every day.

Dunedin historian Gordon Parsonson has been presented with a commemorative coin to acknowledge thousands of hours of voluntary work, transcribing handwritten journals by pioneer Anglican cleric the Rev Samuel Marsden.

Otago is a province with a rich history of establishing firsts. We have led the way in many fields, and that tradition continues.

New Chinese consul-general Jin Zhijian predicts strong growth in Chinese tourism in Dunedin and is keen to encourage greater use of the city's distinctive Chinese Garden.

University of Otago social anthropologist Associate Prof Ruth Fitzgerald has been named Otago University Students' Association's latest supervisor of the year.

A Dunedin minister is ''quite humbled'' to be named as the next leader of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Pets provide many benefits for their owners, but should never be taken for granted, the Anglican Dean of Dunedin, the Rev Dr Trevor James said on Sunday. Dr James led the annual 'blessing of the animals' at St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, during a service dedicated to St Francis of Assisi, and in association with SPCA Otago.

If you want to fly like an eagle or boost your running speed, sports technology may help you achieve some of your dreams.

A labour of love by Dunedin historian Gordon Parsonson has proved crucial in a University of Otago Library project to place online thousands of New Zealand's earliest missionary archives.

The answer is blowing in the wind for University of Otago researcher Mike Hilton.