The Otago Settlers Museum has launched its redeveloped internet site to update the public while the museum is closed for a $35 million upgrade.
Wherever Auckland glass artist Luke Jacomb travels next on his creative journey, there is a good chance a rather special canoe will be coming with him, at least part of the way.
The Otago Regional Council is required by law to update its policy on overseeing dangerous dams, but it is still hampered by a lack of dam safety regulations.
Moth expert and museologist Brian Patrick is full of questions after his latest close encounter with one of New Zealand's most unusual moths - the southern South Island ghost moth.
A group of University of Otago medical students is campaigning to reduce the "ridiculously high" death and illness toll resulting from New Zealand's binge drinking culture.
The signing of a staff exchange agreement between the Otago Museum and Science Centre Singapore recently reflects the continuing positive effects of hosting an international science conference in Dunedin last year, museum officials say.
Otago regional councillor Duncan Butcher has spoken out about continuing problems with effluent being discharged from stock trucks in Central Otago.
Claimed delays over a further Environment Court hearing involving the proposed Project Hayes wind farm on the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago were highlighted at an Otago Regional Council meeting on Wednesday.
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Dunedin researchers are inviting snorers with a history of cardiovascular disease to participate in an international study which could shed new light on possible links between sleep apnoea and heart attack risks.
An Otago Regional Council committee yesterday recommended first priority be given to Water of Leith flood protection work, costing $38.3 million, within the mooted overall Leith-Lindsay flood protection scheme.
Proposed rating changes arising from the Otago Regional Council's Taieri flood and drainage review moved a step closer yesterday, with a council committee recommending their adoption, after a lively debate.
Although Germany's lethal E. coli outbreak seems far away, there is no room for complacency over the potential dangers posed by the same rare strain of bacteria in New Zealand, University of Otago Prof Kurt Krause warns.
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A carved gateway commissioned by the Otago Museum will become the focal point of a major display of Maori artefacts in Dunedin's Chinese sister city, Shanghai, next month.
More than half the 2000 seats initially available have been snapped up for this month's free public lecture by leading British chimpanzee specialist Dame Jane Goodall at the University of Otago.
A major report on adolescent health urges early moves to help at-risk children and to counter "an unacceptably high level" of poor outcomes among teenagers, including pregnancy, crime and mental health problems.
Extensive use of drama-linked teaching is contributing to the growing popularity of the Otago Settlers Museum's education programme, despite the museum having closed to the public in April.
An artwork by Bannockburn artist Odelle Morshuis has been given to the Dunedin Public Libraries to commemorate the centenary celebrations of the libraries in 2008.
There was a unified and impassioned cry of "fight the decision - save our school", from an estimated 1000 people who marched in protest up George St on Saturday, supporting Forbury School in South Dunedin.