More new exhibitions, more promotion and more available parking were among suggestions to boost attendance at the Otago Museum made by visitors in a recent survey.
More than 22,000 people, many of them rugby lovers, have flocked to "Hard on the Heels", an exhibition of New Zealand rugby photographs by Peter Bush, at the Otago Museum.
Ten dogs and Larry, a particularly friendly rat, are taking part in an innovative Otago Polytechnic programme designed to boost pet exercise and trim excess weight.
University of Otago microbiologist Dr Peter Fineran is having an unusually good month, having just gained two research awards, including a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, which comes with $800,000 in research funding.
Three wooden armchairs, elegantly crafted in the 19th century, have found their way back to their Dunedin home, after last September's major earthquake near Christchurch.
University of Otago students have won the President's Trophy for the best overall performance in national law student competitions, making it three in a row.
Retired University of Otago physicist Prof Richard Dowden has teamed up with Canadian palaeoanthropologist Prof Becky Sigmon in an international writing project which has overcome barriers of distance and culture.
New Zealand risks damaging its international "clean green" image unless it responds positively to a proposed new global law against "ecocide", international lawyer Polly Higgins says.
More than 60 emails from viewers poured in after a recent television documentary highlighted University of Otago research involving Pacific babies of US servicemen and efforts to trace family members.
Ever wondered why people are keen to visit the Antarctic, or if finding new biomarkers in blood could save lives by detecting colorectal cancer earlier?
The "over-hyping" of drug treatment benefits and denial of their hazards by pharmaceutical companies is contributing to a crisis in health care, Welsh-based psychiatrist Prof David Healy warned yesterday.
It's almost official - goldfish love Vegemite.
The latest University of Otago students may enjoy more electronic support than their peers in earlier generations, but often face greater pressures, university senior staff said yesterday.
Cellphone cameras could soon be used to gather evidence of environmentally damaging deeds in back-country Otago.
New Zealand increasingly appears to be a nation of "lapdogs rather than leaders" despite once having been seen as a social laboratory other nations admired, poet Brian Turner warns.
Daniel Garama has realised his dream of becoming a biochemist and his research on sea urchins could help develop a lucrative aquaculture export industry.
Conservation orders play a "crucial" role in protecting New Zealand rivers, but are under growing threat, Greens co-leader Dr Russel Norman warned in Dunedin this week.
The fate of Mayan civilisation highlights the importance of protecting our fragile environment, leading archaeologist Prof Norman Hammond says.
A conference focusing on how Christians should respond to a strident "New Atheism" movement will be held at the University of Otago next week.
Youngsters with spray cans are not the only ones producing graffiti, recent research at the Otago Settlers Museum shows.