NZ would benefit by becoming more involved in an international initiative which educates school pupils about climate change, a University of Otago PhD student says.
Kaikorai Valley College urban concept farm manager Nicola Rushbrook holds Barnevelder heritage chicken Myrtle during a visit to the farm by participants in a day-long Enviroschools hui.
A 28-year-old man is facing five charges, including assaulting police, after he was spotted speeding and tailgating in a roadworks area in Portobello Rd, Dunedin.
A 28-year-old man faces five charges, including assaulting police, after police received a complaint of a car speeding and tailgating in a road works area of Portobello Rd, Dunedin.
Dunedin biochemistry graduate Jennifer Palmer has been awarded a Cambridge-Rutherford Memorial PhD Scholarship to study at Cambridge University in England.
Dunedin forensic anthropology researcher Jade De La Paz aims to strengthen the science used to identify crime victims and missing persons from skeletal remains.
Chronic fatigue syndrome has still not been well recognised by New Zealand health professionals or social agencies, Emeritus Prof Warren Tate said yesterday.
A team of Dunedin scientists is keen to drill two 500m-deep exploration wells into the 11million-year-old Dunedin Volcano in a hunt for crucial geothermal energy.
A man seriously injured when he fell 40m down a cliff in darkness near Queenstown early yesterday was fortunate to land in blackberries, one of his rescuers says.
Three helicopters with monsoon buckets were last night fighting a 10ha fire in rugged country at Danseys Pass, and trying to prevent the blaze from reaching a forestry area.