The University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic are both offering strong pastoral support to Japanese students studying at the two Dunedin institutions after Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Dunedin resident Kim Spooner (20) gets to know her new kitten, Nahla, at Dunedin SPCA premises yesterday.
Waitati volunteer firefighter Bill Berends helps Dunedin boy Devon Loader (3) with a fire hose on Saturday during an open day at the Central Dunedin Fire Station to mark the Dunedin Fire Brigade's 150th anniversary.
Former Dunedin resident Russell Duff is "numbed and sickened" by television images showing extensive tsunami damage in plains north of Tokyo after Friday's massive earthquake near Japan.
University of Otago researcher Dr Paul Tankard has achieved a feat of long-distance literary detective work by tracking down a lost transcript of a television interview with celebrated British writer C. S. Lewis.
After what has been at times a tough and painful journey, mature student Carol Adams will have plenty to celebrate today when she graduates from Otago Polytechnic with a certificate in rural animal technology.
The Otago Settlers Museum could be completely closed for at least 18 months, with its 17 full-time employees remaining on staff.
Any big cuts Otago Polytechnic has to make in its student intake later this year are also an important issue for the wider Dunedin and Otago community, polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker says.
Unless our clean green image is reinforced by stronger conservation efforts, New Zealand risks being outcompeted by other attractive tourist destinations such as Norway, leading environmental scientist Emeritus Prof Sir Alan Mark warns.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
The University of Otago has extended its new student enrolment deadline until next Friday to allow Canterbury students affected by the earthquake to study at Otago this year.
A revolutionary new gel for healing wounds after sinus surgery has been successfully commercialised in a lucrative collaborative deal for the University of Otago.
In the aftermath of last week's earthquake, the University of Otago is taking several measures to support Canterbury and Lincoln University students who have been affected.
Dunedin and other southern people donated more than 17,000 packed lunches at the weekend to feed an army of volunteers carrying out Christchurch earthquake relief work.
The Fire Service has used The Star Home Show in Dunedin to promote the fire safety benefits of installing modern sprinkler systems in new houses.
A busy day weeding the dunes and planting pingao sand-binding vegetation at Victory Beach was had by Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust field manager David McFarlane
An imaginative new approach to DNA testing -using mineralised plaque found on ancient teeth - could provide unexpected insights into links between social groups in the early history of the Pacific.
Dr John Chambers, the former clinical leader of Dunedin Hospital's emergency department, found his skills much in demand when the 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch on Tuesday.
Tense final preparations are being made at the Otago Museum for the opening today of "Otago's Ocean", a display exploring stories of ocean life, from tidal zones to the deep sea.
The cooking fire caused only minor damage to a flat on Harrow St, Dunedin, but had highlighted the value of smoke alarms, Fire Service Senior Station Officer Robert Torrance said.