International interest is growing in a mysterious ancient people, which University of Otago researcher Dr Nancy Beavan has been doggedly investigating for the past 10 years, with little previous funding.
The previously dark clouds parted above the Beverly Begg Observatory and dozens of Dunedin skygazers were unexpectedly able to see "the moon biting the sun" in a rare partial solar eclipse yesterday.
Many New Zealanders are not getting free prescriptions they are entitled to and the most vulnerable are likely to be hardest hit when prescription charges rise next year, University of Otago researchers warn.
Dunedin and Otago are poised to take organic gardening and farming "to the next level", University of Otago graduate Bart Acres says.
Two University of Otago medical students, Nicola Shaw and Kerry Short, have received $5000 scholarships to assist their travel to Nepal, Ecuador, Zambia, and Tanzania next year.
Irish economist Prof Cormac O Grada is cautiously optimistic famines will eventually be wiped out, barring resurgences of regional conflict.
The size of New Zealand's growing diabetes epidemic has often been underestimated, and its high costs could prove overwhelming, unless urgent action is taken, University of Otago researcher Dr Kirsten Coppell warns.
Dunedin people who miss seeing a partial solar eclipse in the city next Wednesday are in for a long wait for the next one.
Economic insecurity is likely to be a major factor in New Zealand's growing obesity epidemic, University of Otago economist Dr Trenton Smith believes.
ACC must change its approach to a controversial blanket consent form, given criticisms in a recent report and from a district court judge, Dunedin lawyer Peter Sara says.
Looming major water shortages in developing countries pose a potential threat to international peace and security, as well as to human health, Prof Stephen Luby, a water and health specialist, says.
The Otago Museum plans to build a small conservatory early next year to help overcome draughty conditions near the museum foyer.
Recent reports on a major privacy breach at ACC will help overcome problems with a controversial claimant consent form and restore fair play, Dunedin ACC campaigner Dr Denise Powell believes.
Bishop Terry Brown, a former Anglican Bishop in the Solomon Islands, is cautiously optimistic about prospects for "peace, reconciliation and good governance" after earlier ethnic tensions caused 200 deaths.
His earlier experiences as a physician have made University of Otago medical researcher Associate Prof John Reynolds vividly aware of the "devastating" damage strokes can cause.
Nearly 200 people have applied for a series of jobs which are being filled at the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum before the museum reopens early next month.
Workers from Vanuatu who undertake fruit picking in Central Otago under a seasonal employment scheme are contributing positively to their homeland and Otago, University of Otago researcher Rochelle-lee Bailey says.
The University of Otago was sometimes seen as a "lily-white" institution, but 1600 Maori students were now enrolled there, vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne said this week.
University of Otago researcher Dr Sarah Young is optimistic that innovative forms of immunotherapy will soon become new weapons against Otago-Southland's internationally high rates of colorectal cancer.
Researchers with strong University of Otago links have made "very exciting" progress in their efforts to develop the first effective oral vaccine to protect against tuberculosis (Tb).