Harmonious council plan creates council disharmony
Harmonious council plan creates council disharmony
Otago regional councillors are at odds over a plan to build a more harmonious relationship with council management.
Hamish MacLean
ORC head at odds with chairman
ORC head at odds with chairman
Otago Regional Council chief executive Sarah Gardner has questioned why some are calling for a pause in the Government’s massive water reform.
Saliva testing year overdue, geneticist says
Saliva testing year overdue, geneticist says
Saliva testing should have been used when people boarded flights to travel home before lockdown, University of Otago geneticist Prof Neil Gemmell says.
Pause on water requested
Pause on water requested
Otago and Southland councils have asked the Government to slow its massive water reform programme.
Appetite for knowledge drives new dean
Appetite for knowledge drives new dean
The new dean of the University of Otago’s School of Biomedical Sciences might forever be known as the scientist who went to Scotland to look for the Loch Ness monster.
Covid case contacts isolating across Otago
Covid case contacts isolating across Otago
There are at least 120 contacts of Covid cases isolating in the South Island as the reach of the Delta outbreak grows, including a number throughout Otago.
Landfill contamination fears at lagoon’s edge
Landfill contamination fears at lagoon’s edge
Fears have been raised that an old landfill is contaminating a Waikouaiti lagoon.
Mandatory masks 'historic moment for New Zealand'
Mandatory masks 'historic moment for New Zealand'
Mandatory mask wearing is here to stay, a top epidemiologist says, as New Zealanders mask up in the country’s first outbreak of the Delta variant.
Exhibits and tailored events help attract 326,354 visitors to Otago Museum
Exhibits and tailored events help attract 326,354 visitors to Otago Museum
A fashion exhibition, pyjama party and after-dark events for the student-aged crowd have helped keep Otago Museum’s visitor numbers up.
Otago Museum looking at te reo Maori name change
Otago Museum looking at te reo Maori name change
A te reo Maori name change could be on the cards for Otago Museum.
Many return while window still open
Many return while window still open
Lucy Liebergreen is betting this will not be a three-day lockdown.
Difficult time for grieving families as funerals put off
Difficult time for grieving families as funerals put off
Funerals in Dunedin have been postponed.
Urban possum control work needed - study
Urban possum control work needed - study
Dunedin backyards are home to possums.
Tokyo was just the start - Fairweather
Tokyo was just the start - Fairweather
After two weeks in MIQ, Olympic swimming finalist and NZ record-holder Erika Fairweather is back home in Dunedin and setting her sights on Paris in 2024.
Parking proposal dropped, Whiley frustrated
Parking proposal dropped, Whiley frustrated
Using the footprint of a demolished parking building as temporary free parking for Dunedin Hospital staff has been taken off the table.
Dunedin man found safe
Dunedin man found safe
Police have confirmed a 74-year-old man missing in Dunedin has been found safe.
Details lacking on former land fill sites
Details lacking on former land fill sites
There could be more than 173 former landfill sites in Otago and up to 75 uninvestigated sites could be holding hazardous waste.
Former elite athletes to be studied
Former elite athletes to be studied
The need for New Zealand to look after the health and wellbeing of its past Olympians is set to be underlined by a University of Otago study involving former elite athletes.
Research aims to help conservation
Research aims to help conservation
Moving New Zealand’s most precious endangered animals into new environments is a risky business.
Quake strengthening starts
Quake strengthening starts
The Salvation Army’s Family Store in Princes St will have its roof removed in the coming weeks as earthquake-strengthening of the building starts.