John Gibb

An internationally-respected diabetes and nutrition researcher, University of Otago Prof Jim Mann, has been given a prestigious international award at a recent conference in Greece.

ACC is taking steps to overcome "administrative errors" in handling a much-delayed Official Information Act request, after signing an high-level agreement requiring full compliance with the Act.

University of Otago research aimed at developing smarter diagnosis of arthritis has been boosted by the first grant from a new fund administered by the Otago Medical Research Foundation.

Recent comments by an ACC senior manager about sharply reducing long-term claimant numbers have been "very embarrassing" for the commission, a Dunedin lawyer says.

University of Otago scientists are developing a promising new form of cancer treatment by adapting part of a virus used to control rabbits in Otago.

American research showing the ancient Antarctic was warmer and wetter than previously suspected highlights the value of the international Andrill scientific drilling project, University of Otago Prof Gary Wilson says.

Dunedin and Otago residents are again being asked to help document bird numbers, with an invitation to take part in the sixth annual Garden Bird Survey, which starts today.

New Zealand should rethink its approach to lifting 200,000 of its children out of poverty, Salvation Army Major Campbell Roberts said in Dunedin this week.

Dunedin doctoral researcher Jenny Salmon is urging greater awareness and wide-ranging reforms to counter problems arising from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Intensive training in relaxation techniques has contributed to positive health results in a group of overweight Dunedin women, University of Otago researchers have shown.

The Otago Museum's planned $1.5 million redevelopment of the former Dunedin North post office has been boosted by a $100,000 grant from the Otago Community Trust.

The Otago Museum is likely to end the current financial year with a "reasonable" surplus, but a $418,000 deficit is expected next year, as financial pressures rise.

University of Otago research fellow Dr Marion Johnson is "over the moon" about gaining a $600,000 grant to use Maori traditional knowledge to help develop new farming practices and a "sustainable, resilient farming system".

The Otago Museum's popular Animal Attic reopens today after a two-month closure and a great deal of "refreshment" work undertaken to tight deadlines.

More work is needed to reduce the excessively high salt intake of New Zealanders and to counter the resulting "very serious" health problems, Dave Monro, of the Heart Foundation, says.