A 56-year-old Nelson man who badly fractured a leg and injured his head when he fell about 5 metres from a track during a tramping trip in South Westland was in Dunedin Hospital last night after a "challenging'' helicopter rescue.
Continuing problems with poverty and ensuring care reaches the "invisible" needy were highlighted in Dunedin yesterday during a discussion, initiated by Social Development Minister Paula Bennett, focusing on a green paper about vulnerable children.
Otago Settlers Museum curator and historian Sean Brosnahan will attend an international workshop in Edinburgh next month as the museum continues to build closer links with Dunedin's Scottish sister city.
A visit to Dunedin has already proved a memorable and at times emotional experience for 22 Japanese school pupils who are striving for eventual medical careers.
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A conference which begins in Dunedin this weekend has attracted more high profile international researchers than any previous chemistry-related gathering in New Zealand, organisers say.
Otago Museum chief executive Shimrath Paul's salary package reflects the museum's "significant growth and success" under his leadership, acting Otago Museum Trust Board chairwoman Kate Wilson says.
Otago Museum continued to perform strongly in the past financial year, despite limited resources and a "difficult financial position".
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake southwest of the Southland town Tuatapere last Thursday and two other sizeable quakes reflected one of the most seismically active parts of New Zealand, scientists said.
A few tears were shed yesterday as Iain McKay, New Zealand's honorary consul to Salt Lake City, Utah, made an "emotional" return to his Scottish roots in Dunedin aboard the cruise ship Volendam.
Improvements to the fire control system and brighter lights in the cafe are among a series of recent upgrades at Otago Museum.
Six budding science detectives have been getting their first taste of computer-related crime-fighting techniques at the University of Otago's Hands-on Science camp this week.
Dunedin continues to face problems over the summer holidays with inadequately supervised youngsters at some of its beaches.
Oxford University doctoral student Melanie Bunce yesterday became the fourth generation of female academics in her family to teach at the University of Otago.
Anyone wanting to know more about the life-changing potential of the University of Otago's Hands-on Science week, need look no further than university geologist Dr Virginia Toy.
Although the odds of a major earthquake hitting Dunedin soon are relatively low, citizens "should not be complacent", geologist Prof Richard Norris warned yesterday.
Fairfield resident Alan Gilchrist had a close encounter with an unusual and prickly visitor this week, and has asked himself a few thorny questions.
A long-running mystery involving a huge sea creature found washed up on a Canterbury beach more than 30 years ago may have been solved, thanks to inquiries involving University of Otago scientists.
Senior secondary school pupils from throughout New Zealand will converge on Dunedin for the University of Otago's latest annual "Hands-on-Science" school, which starts tomorrow.
A group of senior dance students from the University of Otago's summer school will leave Dunedin for southern India today.
