Leading New Zealand arch-itect Ian Athfield yesterday praised Dunedin's wealth of heritage buildings but urged a rethink of aspects of the city's one-way-street system.
Proposals to develop a $200,000 conservatory at the Otago Museum's southern frontage have been put on hold pending the arrival of the museum's new director, Dr Ian Griffin.
Workplaces should provide more sun-protective gear, given generally poor levels of sun protection for outdoor workers and high skin cancer rates, University of Otago researchers say.
University of Otago is opening the doors of Dunedin campus buildings to the public on Saturday as part of the city's Heritage Festival.
Despite recent bombings at the Boston Marathon, terrorist acts have, overall, been rare in the United States since the 9/11 attacks, University of Otago Prof Kevin Clements says.
Lottery Health Research grants totalling $126,200 have boosted University of Otago researchers Angus Mackay and Prof Warren Tate's hopes of finding a diagnostic blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome, once called Tapanui flu.
The University of Otago is still ''clearly New Zealand's top-ranked university for research'', once all assessment measures used in the latest Performance-Based Research Fund evaluation are considered, Otago officials say.
The University of Otago Plaza at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin has featured in the latest New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Awards.
Making even small changes in diet and exercise habits will deliver huge benefits in improved health, a leading Canadian physical therapist, Prof Elizabeth Dean, says.
Anxieties surfaced again at the Otago Museum Trust Board yesterday over growing financial pressures and potential problems caused by deferring capital spending, including for gallery refurbishment.
A Univeristy of Otago human nutritionist, Prof Rosalind Gibson, has been awarded the 2013 Kellogg International Prize in Nutrition.
New Zealand should rethink the way it is tackling an ''embarrassing'' series of internationally poor public health outcomes, including a high rheumatic heart disease death rate, Prof Murray Thomson, of the University of Otago, says.
Key negotiations involving two major Chinese exhibitions with close links with the Otago Museum will take place in Shanghai, Dunedin's Chinese sister city, this week.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum has won the Museums Aotearoa Project Achievement Award - Significant Project for its recently-completed $37.5 million redevelopment.
University of Otago research that shows a northern hemisphere dwarf whale escaped extinction longer than previously thought also supports a theory that a still-surviving southern pygmy whale belongs to the same family.
The Otago Museum can play a major role by helping inspire visitors to learn more about the world around them, newly appointed director Dr Ian Griffin says.
The 50th anniversary of University of Otago pharmacy degree education marks an ''important milestone'' for the university and the Otago School of Pharmacy, school dean Prof Stephen Duffull says.
Changing the law elsewhere in the world to allow for voluntary euthanasia had not produced a huge avalanche of ''assisted dying'' cases, voluntary euthanasia advocate Pat Hubbard said in Dunedin yesterday.
The Otago Museum's new director is Dr Ian Griffin, a British-born professional astronomer, museum specialist and former Nasa head of public outreach.
Improved food labelling is needed to counter the adverse effect of ''hidden sugar'' on tooth decay, an oral science researcher says.
