Despite dramatic improvements over the past two decades, there is no room for complacency about major health challenges still facing many Asia-Pacific countries, Prof John Crump says.
Despite some positive features, the proposed Vulnerable Children's Bill is likely to generate many extra costs, and fails to address the wider poverty issues adversely affecting many children and their families.
University of Otago doctoral student Sophia Cameron-Christie has won an inaugural writing competition run by the Otago Medical School Research Society.
A University of Otago study has found no evidence that remediation work involving a formerly contaminated site near Nelson resulted in nearby residents being exposed to toxic chemicals that posed a significant health risk.
Gaining New Zealand citizenship has been a "long journey" for Pakistani-born Saleem Raza Sheikhand his wife, Shahla Saleem.
The death of the leading criminal defence lawyer Greg King was a wake-up call over the pressures facing some defence lawyers, Prof Mark Henaghan said yesterday.
Being the first city in the southern hemisphere to provide residents with one gigabit per second (1gbs) internet connection speeds could send Dunedin into an upward economic spiral equivalent to the gold rush, a prominent Dunedin technology application specialist says.
Software specialist Prof Stephen MacDonell hopes the ''failure'' of the Novopay school payroll system will reduce the risk of similar problems being repeated.
A new, international classification of kidney tumours will eventually result in hundreds of New Zealanders living longer and enjoying an improved quality of life, University of Otago pathologist Prof Brett Delahunt says.
An internationally respected child health specialist, Prof Kim Mulholland, will give a public talk on vaccine needs in developing countries at an upcoming University of Otago health conference.
Whenever Dunedin historian and Toitu Otago Settlers Museum curator Sean Brosnahan visits the Wall Street Mall, he thinks of the people who lived in the area about 150 years ago.
The Dunedin Botanic Garden seems likely to become part of a new project aimed at setting up a global network of tree and plant health ''sentinels'', garden curator Alan Matchett said New Zealand AgResearch scientists have been approached to join the International Plant Sentinel Network, an international monitoring network which enables warnings of plant pests and diseases to be shared.
New Zealand's ''100% pure'' brand was still great for tourism promotion and the challenge should be to ''live up to the brand'' rather than changing it, Tourist Industry Association chief executive Martin Snedden said yesterday.
Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin is pleased with the ''high quality'' of applicants for the museum's vacant commercial director role, during a time of ''significant change'' at the institution.
Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin is keen to join forces with other museums and cultural organisations in order to seek more Government funding for regional museums and similar institutions.
An excellent week for Dunedin-based cancer diagnostic company Pacific Edge got even better last night when it won the supreme award at the New Zealand Innovators Awards in Auckland.
The Otago Museum's relocated Search Centre is getting more use now that it is easier to find.
More motorcycles have arrived at the Otago Museum as preparations continue for a big motorcycle show, which will open next month.
New Zealanders should have an open discussion about the idea of parents choosing some of their children's likely physical traits before undergoing fertility treatment, Associate Prof Colin Gavaghan says.
Beer appreciation specialist Canadian Mirella Amato will discuss one of her favourite topics at a science communication festival in Dunedin later this month.
