John Lewis

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.

Aurora are set to paint the southern night skies again tonight, as more solar activity erupts on the sun this week.

Tabitha may be blind as a bat, but with her "seeing-eye cat" Hope, she is unstoppable.

Dunedin residents in certain suburbs have long argued their weather is better than other suburbs in the city.

Two people are in Dunedin Hospital with moderate injuries following a two vehicle crash at Hawksbury Village, near Karitane, this afternoon.