Heavy rain caused surface flooding in parts of southern Southland yesterday, particularly in Invercargill and Riverton, as paddocks were soaked and some roads closed.
The Otago Yacht Club’s sailing school has been revitalised by the arrival of a former Olympic coach, his Olympic gold-medallist wife and six new Open Skiffs.
University of Otago scientist Dr Khoon Lim is striving to create new human blood vessels through a form of 3-D printing, and is "stoked" to gain an Otago early career award.
Many of the senior school pupils taking part in a National Shakespeare Schools Production in Dunedin have been battling with anxieties arising from Covid-19 experiences, organisers say.
A big increase in kereru sightings has boosted Dunedin’s standing as the wildlife capital of New Zealand, City Sanctuary engagement facilitator Kimberley Collins says.
The Otago Seafarers’ Centre remains locked because of pandemic restrictions, but centre volunteers are busy creating care packages for visiting seamen and helping connect them with their families.
New Zealand should not consider itself a small, little-known country but should speak out more in its international interests, a University of Otago international relations specialist says.
New Zealand should implement a wastewater monitoring system to boost protection against hidden Covid-19 clusters and asymptomatic carriers, a University of Otago academic says.
Strong emotions were roused as several perspectives on compassion were offered during a discussion on the end of life choice referendum at the University of Otago yesterday.
More than 200 people took part, most of them online, in a symposium devoted to climate change, community and research in the creative arts, at the Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic at the...
University of Otago researchers are cautiously predicting that most voters will support the End of Life Choice Act in next month’s assisted dying referendum.
University of Otago researchers are cautiously predicting that most voters will support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 in next month’s assisted dying referendum.
Poet laureate David Eggleton and former Dunedin resident, poet and publisher Michael O’Leary (pictured) were among a group of poets who celebrated city visual artist John Francis in a poetry...