Otago University Students Association president-elect Jo Moore was "gutted" and experienced a "huge shock" when told yesterday she had been disqualified for the 2009 association presidency.
Jo Moore, former president-elect of the Otago University Students Association, yesterday gathered about 100 signatures from students for a petition challenging her recent disqualification as a candidate during the recent presidential election.
Introducing civics classes into New Zealand schools would benefit society by giving young people a clearer idea how they could contribute, Dunedin Green list MP Metiria Turei said yesterday.
A world-leading cardiovascular researcher, Prof Mark Richards, who has helped pioneer advances in identifying heart attack-related risk factors, has received the University of Otago's highest research honour.
After helping save dozens of people threatened by fire over the years, some of Dunedin's old fire engines are in need of rescue themselves.
A South Otago dairy farm contaminant discharge case highlighted the need for careful construction of farm effluent ponds, including lining them as a precaution, Environment Court Judge Jeff Smith said in Dunedin.
The University of Otago's newest teaching and learning facility, the $9.6 million Hunter Centre, was officially opened yesterday by vice-chancellor Prof David Skegg.
A discovery by University of Otago scientists could result in new treatments for infertility.
Better job security is needed if more bright young people are to be persuaded to take up careers in science, University of Otago scientist Associate Prof Allan Blackman says.
New Zealand is ideally placed to rethink the "huge" international hysteria surrounding drug prohibition, and to take a more rational approach to drug use, retired Canadian judge Jerry Paradis says.
An Internet site launched by Otago and Southland business people helps taxpayers check if they are entitled to any of the millions of dollars in unclaimed tax refunds owed to Otago taxpayers, organisers say.
Yesterday was a "red letter day" for the long-awaited Otago Settlers Museum redevelopment project, with a "sod-turning ceremony" marking the start of the $8.6 million first stage.
New tax laws affecting many ACC clients and carers could have "serious consequences", including costing ACC millions of dollars more each year, a Dunedin ACC campaigner, Denise Powell, warns.
Dunedin ACC campaigner Denise Powell is calling for a ministerial inquiry to resolve problems with apparent double payments for tax in some ACC reimbursement cases.
Otago Museum representatives have rejected the latest moves by Te Papa to exercise increased control over more than 350 Oldman collection artefacts which have been held in the South for decades.
University of Otago student Darnell Kennedy is striving to develop a new method to track down violent offenders through distinctive bacteria left in bite marks on skin.
Construction of the $8.6 million first stage of the long-awaited Otago Settlers Museum redevelopment project will begin next month.
Moves to stage an Otago-wide careers month next May are gathering momentum, after a meeting hosted by the Community Trust of Otago in Dunedin yesterday.
Kidney disease poses a serious threat to the health of New Zealanders, leading United States kidney researcher Prof Jeff Sands says.
University of Otago graduate Jono Paulin will fly to Boston next month to study using exercise to counter chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
