Student organisers are hoping a colourful International Cultural Concert, held at the Dunedin Town Hall this week, will become an annual fixture.
Tax changes affecting many ACC clients and attendant carers have meant a nightmare for families already burdened by looking after "catastrophically injured" people, Wellington lawyer John Miller says.
University of Otago scientists have gained four grants totalling more than $553,000 to investigate innovative therapies against Alzheimer's disease and to undertake other neurological research.
University of Otago researchers have been granted $9.9 million to develop new Star Trek-like testing devices which could revolutionise medical diagnosis and eventually generate a high-tech export industry valued at more than $2 billion.
New Zealanders were "living in an age of anxiety" about energy issues, Radio New Zealand host Kim Hill said yesterday.
Wind power will become the "new oil" in New Zealand, with smaller and smarter wind turbines countering threats posed by soaring oil prices, wind power specialist Geoff Henderson predicts.
Three months after having a stroke and being critically ill in Dunedin Hospital, University of Otago graduate John Kaye is enjoying good health again and is once more able to sharpen his ancient Greek language skills.
New Zealand must foster the next generation of young scientists and ensure they are supported by sound career structures, award-winning Wellington novelist and science writer Bernard Beckett says.
California-based biochemist Dr Jilly Evans remains strongly positive about life and about science careers for women but sometimes has mixed feelings about recommending such careers in New Zealand.
Science enthusiasts, put up your hands.
Liquid nitrogen with your ice cream, anyone?
Misinterpreted brain research is being used to justify damaging gender stereotypes, academic psychologist Dr Cordelia Fine warns.
Early intervention is crucial to safeguard children and to protect society from criminal psychopaths who have been damaged by a dysfunctional upbringing, clinical psychologist and author Nigel Latta said yesterday.
The Otago Settlers Museum plans to more than double the size of its popular "Walk Dunedin" guided walk programme, and is training more volunteer guides to provide the extra staff required.
A Discovery by University of Otago scientists of a previously unknown role for antibodies in enhancing the body's immune response could pave the way for improved vaccines.
A major New Zealand research expedition to the Ross Sea will shed new light on the area's unique ecosystem and deepen understanding of the Antarctic toothfish, Niwa scientist Dr Matt Pinkerton said.
The University of Otago and its two fellow South Island universities, Canterbury and Lincoln, have joined forces - backed by a $3 million grant - to boost technology-based innovation.
University of Otago scientist Dr Cushla McKinney is worried she may soon be forced to give up her research into genetic risk factors underlying rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes.
University of Otago doctoral student Damian Scarf has gained a joint Fulbright and New Zealand Government award valued about $30,000 to study pigeons in New York.
A Dunedin private book dealer says he will not now be selling overseas a long-lost journal of Edward Jerningham Wakefield, one of New Zealand's best-known early colonists.