The true colours of a historic Cobb and Co stage coach have come shining through, thanks to cleaning work being undertaken during the Otago Settlers Museum's $35 million redevelopment project.
Racist beliefs are totally undermined by the now widely-accepted theory that all modern humans have a common female ancestor who lived in Africa, visiting scientist Prof Rebecca Cann says.
University of Otago law students have won two contests in annual law student competitions in Australia, in the best overall outcome for Otago students in 19 years of participating in the event.
A university of Otago Japanese music group drummed up Asian cultural awareness at a special event for Macandrew Bay School pupils this week.
The Supreme Court has upheld a Mosgiel woman's ACC appeal in a strongly worded landmark decision concerning fitness for full-time work.
More than 700 students will sit an Australian-administered undergraduate medicine and health sciences admission test in Dunedin today.
The Otago Museum and the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum have signed an agreement involving a staff exchange programme.
The way Dunedin has developed its sister city links with Shanghai is a model for others to follow in fostering ties with China, New Zealand consul-general at Shanghai, Michael Swain, says.
A landmark Otago Museum exhibition which opened in Shanghai this week is a "fantastic achievement" and part of the "great international adventure" Dunedin is having with its Chinese sister city, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.
The biggest Otago Museum delegation sent abroad will attend the opening of a trail-blazing Otago exhibition in Dunedin's Chinese sister city, Shanghai, this week.
Chilly weather may have thinned the crowds, but many participants at a University of Otago student reorientation market found plenty to enjoy yesterday.
Otago Museum organisers plan to reduce some of the museum's activities and displays in a belt-tightening exercise, but are confident the quality of "visitor experience" will not be undermined.
Dunedin City Council committee has adjourned a resource consent hearing to seek more details, including the colour scheme, of a proposed 200-person retirement village in Wakari.
University of Otago law and politics graduate Rebecca Elvin has gained a Sir Peter Blake emerging leader award.
There are signs that communities are pulling together to face the challenges posed by the modern world, according to Associate Prof Pat Shannon, of the University of Otago.
An Otago Museum staff survey, conducted via internet, has highlighted continuing concern over pay issues, amid otherwise high levels of job satisfaction.
Otago residents are being invited to take part in the fifth annual Garden Bird Survey, which starts today.
United Kingdom Fairtrade Foundation director Harriet Lamb jokes that her message to Dunedin school pupils is simply to follow their "mad ideas".
Three University of Otago academic staff who aim to spark excitement in their respective students have won the University of Otago's latest annual Teaching Excellence Awards.
University of Otago graduate Tamsin Jones has been awarded a prestigious $US100,000 Frank Knox Memorial Scholarship to support two years of doctoral study at Harvard University, in the United States.
