Hot summer ahead for South: Niwa
Hot summer ahead for South: Niwa
Big shady trees, ice blocks and air conditioning may become your best friends this summer.
John Lewis
Vaccine pass required for museum
Vaccine pass required for museum
Visitors and staff will require a vaccine pass to enter Otago Museum from tomorrow.
Uni names new professors
Uni names new professors
Twenty-eight University of Otago academics will be promoted to the position of professor next year.
Copybirds moving into museum forest
Copybirds moving into museum forest
Be careful what you say next time you visit Otago Museum’s tropical forest, because other visitors may be hearing it loudly and often for many years to come.
Sinkhole to be filled as temporary measure
Portobello Rd sinkhole to be filled as temporary measure
A sinkhole in Portobello Rd, at Turnbulls Bay, is to be temporarily filled so the road can be safely returned to two-way traffic over the holiday period.
Record cohort of Maori health graduands
Record cohort of Maori health graduands
A 12-year partnership between the Ministry of Health and Otago university’s Maori Health Workforce Development Unit has yielded the university's largest number of Maori health professionals, who...
Work by top NZ artists offered in online auction
Work by top NZ artists offered in online auction
If you would like a Wounded Carrot, a Burial at Sea, or even a Window in Spain, now is your chance to buy one.
Whale of a time had at open day
Whale of a time had at open day
The day started out well for Oliver Paterson.
Injuries in boating incident on Lake Wakatipu
Injuries in boating incident on Lake Wakatipu
Several people have been taken to hospital following a boating incident on Lake Wakatipu this afternoon.
Researchers analyse diets for diabetics
Researchers analyse diets for diabetics
A constant stream of advertising for diets means people are spoilt for choice when it comes to losing weight.
Treasured fossils to be sorted, digitised
Treasured fossils to be sorted, digitised
If it were not for an ageing set of handwritten catalogues, finding ancient specimens in the University of Otago’s fossil collection might be like searching for a needle in a large gravel pit.
Salmonella Dub to headline inaugural Fortune Festival
Salmonella Dub to headline inaugural Fortune Festival
Salmonella Dub, with Tiki Taane and Laughton Kora, are the headline act among a "who’s who" of New Zealand music which has been announced to perform at the inaugural Fortune Festival in Dunedin next April.
Mercurial vocals supremely testing
Mercurial vocals supremely testing
Keeping up with Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s voice is, for most musical vocalists, something akin to running a marathon in a deep sea diving suit.
Trust’s support more targeted
Trust’s support more targeted
Otago Community Trust funding decisions will be categorised under four new funding pillars, as of April 1 next year, when a new five-year strategic plan is introduced.
Heavy rain expected for parts of South
Heavy rain expected for parts of South
Heavy rain is forecast for parts of the South from tomorrow including Southland, Fiordland and Westland.
Board women do well: research
Board women do well: research
Are women directors just "tokens", appointed to meet corporate board gender expectations or rulings by regulatory bodies?
Museum vaccination policies anticipated
Museum vaccination policies anticipated
It may be early next month before Dunedin public pools, libraries and museums will be able to say whether staff and visitors will need to be double vaccinated to gain entry.
Festival to be held on University Oval
Festival to be held on University Oval
Following a "drought" of major events in the South, Dunedin’s fortunes are changing.
Dunedin scientist setting parameters for Titan probe
Dunedin scientist setting parameters for Titan probe
Life and its building blocks is no longer just about birds and bees — it turns out a Dragonfly is also involved now.
Highly cited NZ scientist honoured
Highly cited NZ scientist honoured
A Dunedin-born scientist has been singled out on a list of scientists that includes 24 Nobel Laureates.