John Lewis

Watching 12 women sitting on the side of a pool, paddling at the water with oars, may not seem like the best way to train for a boat race at world championship level.

Central Otago may have broken a 135-year-old national weather record this week, but it is highly unlikely anyone would have noticed it.

Otago's coastline may be a minefield for unwitting boaties, but a new hydrographic survey of the sea floor along the coast is under way to help support safe navigation.

A call for a "simple change" to the criteria for suspicion of elder abuse may help New Zealand’s vulnerable elderly get the help they need.

A surprise discovery of microscopic proportions at the University of Otago may have massive potential when it comes to solving the world’s growing resistance to antibiotics.

While many have been cursing all the rain lately, parched North Otago farmers have been revelling in it.

School holidays at this time of year can cause a little consternation for parents, particularly if it is raining all the time and children are running amok inside the house.

Providing a clear vision of whether New Zealand is ready to legalise psychedelics is one of the aims of new exploratory research at the University of Otago.

One of the world’s foremost food engineering researchers will give a public lecture in Dunedin next week about how to move from our linear "take-make-dispose" food supply model to a more circular...

While many Dunedin residents will have noticed June was much wetter than usual, most will be surprised to learn it was also the city’s third-warmest June on record.