John Gibb

Careful attention to detail and some delicate manoeuvring proved crucial yesterday for the successful removal of a 19th century worker's cottage from near the Dunedin Gasworks Museum.

University of Otago researchers have found that some widely used heartburn and peptic ulcer medicines, involving proton-pump inhibitors, increase the risk of contracting a rare kidney disease.

Michael Russell, the Secretary for Education in the Scottish Government, is ''very optimistic'' of achieving a ''yes'' vote for Scottish independence in the upcoming referendum, despite earlier adverse polls.

More than 50 years after University of Otago physics graduate Douglass Crombie undertook research at the Cavendish Laboratory in England, a fellow Otago graduate is heading to the same laboratory.

Some ACC claimants are being ''denied justice'' through problems in accessing a ''very small pool'' of lawyers specialising in ACC cases, and the high costs often involved in challenging ACC decisions.

Doctors should remain aware of scientific research throughout their clinical careers, Prof Peter Crampton, of the University of Otago, has emphasised.

To overcome poverty, we must first ''overcome our poverty of vision'', the Archbishop of York, the Most Rev Dr John Sentamu urged in Dunedin yesterday.

Gaining a bachelor of applied management degree from Otago Polytechnic has proved a ''life-changing'' experience for Christchurch resident Deborah Barton.

University of Otago research is shedding new light on autism and could help lead the way to eventual new therapies.

Organisers of a Dunedin charity art auction to raise funds for the Heart Foundation have been buoyed by a ''fantastic'' response from artists and artwork owners, who have donated about 60 works.

One of the world's leading medical researchers, Lord Robert Winston, yesterday warned secondary school pupils against excessive ''hype'' among scientists.

About 90 descendants of the Ralston family with links to the Taieri gathered for a reunion at Allanton last weekend.