John Gibb

Citycare Ltd contractors have continued to work, including at the corner of Ashmore St and Taieri Rd, Dunedin, after a burst water main, about 6pm, initially reduced water supplies to Wakari Hospital.

Dunedin writer Dr Lynley Hood is optimistic that a recently launched national petition will help remove e-scooters from footpaths and better protect pedestrians.

University of Otago scientists have received an inaugural $3million Marsden Fund Council Award to investigate genetic links to metabolic diseases, including diabetes and gout, in the Pacific.

Fifteen Christchurch-based University of Otago medical students have "exercised very poor judgement'', breached trust and engaged in academic misconduct over overseas elective placements.

Chris Baldi, of Saddle Hill, prepares to drive off in his 1962 Chevrolet Corvette at the start of the Otago Vintage Car Club's annual Taieri Tour on Saturday morning.

Despite planning for retirement, Port Chalmers businesswoman and writer Julie Fawcett felt shock and guilt when she stopped working full time.

Dunedin's latest and 12th central city Barnes Dance crossing was installed at the intersection of Frederick and Great King Sts on Thursday.

Prof Hallie Buckley has been awarded a more than $100,000 research fellowship to help shed new light on the lives of forgotten colonial settlers.

Big delays before a woman was first elected to Parliament have become an ''embarrassing and hushed footnote'' to New Zealand's proud history in women's suffrage, an academic says.