International Languages Week began in Dunedin yesterday with a display of books at the University of the Otago central library, and a student radio broadcast, devoted to German art and culture.
The latest in a series of kakapo deaths in southern New Zealand is "disappointing" but no cause for alarm, Kakapo Recovery programme organisers say.
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Gareth Morgan is confident he will reach his goal of raising $1 million by Christmas to eradicate mice from the Antipodes Islands.
Many older people could be subjected to subtle pressures to end their lives prematurely if voluntary euthanasia was made lawful in this country, Baroness Prof Ilora Finlay warned in Dunedin yesterday.
University of Otago research is shedding new light on why autism is more common among boys, and challenges the view an "extreme male brain" is the cause.
While many of us have been swept up in the Olympic Games, two University of Otago researchers have been exploring what in the brain drives competitive behaviour.
Plenty of humour awaits visitors at a touring show which opens at the Otago Museum today, focusing on the sounds people can generate, using only their own bodies.
Dunedin Gasworks Museum volunteer John Heaven is excited because the opening of a new supermarket next door means many more visitors are coming to the museum.
Only a bipartisan political agreement about how ACC will operate in future can ultimately restore the public's trust and confidence in the corporation, Dunedin ACC campaigner Dr Denise Powell says.
Associate Prof Craig Rodger finds it hard to take the smile off his face when he thinks of humans venturing to Mars, equipped with a ray gun and seeking signs of life.
A reminder of what life in Dunedin was like in the 19th century is taking shape with the construction of a replica wattle and daub cottage at the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.
New figures suggesting a high level of dissatisfaction with ACC decisions among some Otago claimants show the corporation has "a huge mountain to climb" to regain lost confidence , Dunedin ACC campaigner Dr Denise Powell says.
Approving a mooted Fiordland monorail could also trigger consent for a future Greenstone or Caples valley road monorail or gondola, under the Ngai Tahu Deed of Settlement.
A mass breast-feeding event at the Wall Street mall in Dunedin yesterday to mark World Breastfeeding Week went "very well" and helped raise community awareness, organisers said.
New Zealand risks becoming a "timid nation", but fears of the great outdoors should not be exaggerated, given hundreds of thousands of people have tramped there, largely without incident, Robin McNeill says.
The Otago Museum is likely to attract more overseas tourists, through its recognition by a US-based internet travel site, museum staff say.
People who have a "she'll be right" approach to farm safety are more likely to be injured in farm accidents, University of Otago researcher Kate Morgaine says.
Dunedin school pupil Ben Major has shed a surprising new light on anxieties over New Zealand's Marmite shortage.
Landcorp has suspended plans to plant a further 300ha of Douglas fir trees, but critics say a 189ha area already planted will spread wilding trees into the nearby Te Papanui Conservation Park.
University of Otago and Auckland University scientists joined forces in a joint presentation to Parliament yesterday, highlighting the cancer research undertaken in this country.