Monitoring equipment which measures air pollution in Balclutha will be shifted because the present location does not accurately reflect pollution levels throughout the town, the Otago Regional Council's air-quality scientist says.
Heavy machinery looks like small toys on the large expanse of ground at Concord, beside Dunedin's Southern Motorway, where a complex will be built for the Dunedin City Baptist Church.
A little bit of Dunedin will be seen in a major documentary about the 9/11 terrorist attacks - not that the United States audience will know it.
New Zealand and other countries with long coastlines may have a major advantage over landlocked countries in the battle to reverse global climate change - marine forests, an environmental law specialist says.
After many years of academic debate, the University of Otago has finally made a decision on standardising its honours degree system.
The University of Otago's combined trusts recorded an operating surplus of $9.56 million last year, but only because distributions from its main trust fund were all but suspended for the year.
Along with more ordinary tasks such as gardening and washing windows, some of the students volunteering as part of Dunedin's new Scarfie Card scheme have tackled some unusual assignments.
Citibus drivers reassured as recently as two days ago they were not facing redundancy if the company is sold have been asked to consider pay cuts, reduced hours and significant roster changes, a Dunedin trade union leader says.
Record enrolments helped the University of Otago achieve a strong financial result last year.
Make it to the All Blacks and a player's base salary could be $500,000. Highlanders can pull in $100,000 annually. Join the Strath Taieri senior team and there won't be any salary, but newcomers will be well fed.
A University of Otago art historian says he is shocked and feels "a sense of fascinated horror" after four New Zealand artefacts entrusted to a British museum turned up for sale on the open market.
The number of students enrolled at the University of Otago this semester has dropped by 325 compared with the corresponding time last year, and that is just the way the university wants it.
A visiting delegation from a Chinese university has surprised its Dunedin hosts by offering 10 local students scholarships to a summer school in Shanghai.
The University of Otago has scheduled more graduation ceremonies in Dunedin this year, including two on some days, because of the temporary closure of its traditional Dunedin Town Hall venue.
A University of Otago archaeologist is calling for urgent action to save Moriori tree carvings on the Chatham Islands, warning their rapid destruction was "an international conservation crisis".
It is more than 60 years since Olympic gold medallist Yvette Williams left Dunedin for Auckland, but her home city now has a permanent reminder of her.
Otago Polytechnic is about to consult staff and students on a plan to replace the traditional two-semester tertiary study year with three trimesters.
Tertiary Education Union national president Dr Sandra Grey says she "can't see the point" of Otago Polytechnic introducing three teaching terms a year.
Otago Polytechnic may not find out until May whether it can exceed its 2011 roll.
Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker says he "may have misread the sentiments of staff" over the University of Otago's decision to change the name of the Bill Robertson Library.