John Gibb

The Otago Museum is the first major museum in New Zealand and Australia to begin installing a sophisticated new radio tracking system to monitor its artefacts.

University of Otago Emeritus Prof John Barsby was the only New Zealand scholar invited to a recent dinner at Harvard University, in the United States, marking the centenary of a prestigious series of classical texts.

An Otago Museum display of historic Persian, Italian, English and Japanese military helmets has been replaced by a colourful array of stuffed chickens.

Dunedin siblings Kirsty, Jared and Emma Howlett are competition-winning exponents of the foil.

Vaccinating children in Africa may protect their entire communities from pneumonia-related disease, a new study co-authored by Prof Philip Hill, of the University of Otago, suggests.

Better planning and communication involving Dunedin stakeholders would increase the benefits generated by the sister-city relationship with Shanghai, a new report suggests.

University of Otago Prof Mark Stringer, of the university's anatomy department, was yesterday named the university's top lecturer for this year, as voted by students.

New Zealand has one of the highest adult overweight and obesity rates in the world, narrowly behind only the United States and Mexico, University of Otago Prof Barry Taylor warned yesterday.

Blocking the action of one key enzyme offers new hope to reduce inflammatory damage linked with several diseases, including cystic fibrosis and Alzheimers disease, University of Otago Prof Tony Kettle says.

Washing soft toys after putting them in the freezer overnight is a good way of reducing the asthma hazard to children posed by dust mites in the toys, University of Otago researchers say.

The Miss Otago Pageant might have been away for more than a decade, but contestants for the latest Dunedin show were back in force at the weekend.

It has been third time lucky for University of Otago zoologist Prof Jonathan Waters as he starts investigating whether some of our native coastal species, including the yellow-eyed penguin, really are native.

Ever get the feeling the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing?

University of Otago researchers have proved there really is life in maars.