John Gibb

Brendon Hurring’s life has just been transformed by a free community dental clinic and he is keen for others to be given the same chance.

Arts and culture provide key alternative views in a world where the ‘‘whole system needs to change’’, retired arts festival director Carla van Zon says.

The Mosgiel Memorial RSA club’s premises in Church St, and its new Spitfire restaurant, will reopen today.

Many first-year students heavily increase their drinking during Orientation Week, but research by former student Ben Riordan suggests cellphones can help encourage moderation.

You know you’re a keen fisherman when you’ve just heard the rooster crow at 5am on your first visit to the new $1million fishing jetty at Boiler Point.

The Dunedin Town Hall clock fell uncharacteristically quiet on Saturday as digital photography took place behind the scenes in the clock tower.

No-one was seriously hurt when a car went out of control on State Highway 8 and into the Clutha River near Millers Flat this morning, police say.

When Dr Carol Atmore graduates from the University of Otago today, she will be wearing the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland gown worn by her illustrious great-grandmother Emily Winifred Dickson...

Five years’ hard work will pay off for Syrian twins Dareen and Nadeen Saleem, when they graduate from the University of Otago today with bachelor of pharmacy degrees.

Pat Cross thought it would be a brief fill-in job when she began as the tea lady at Queen's High School, Dunedin, back in 1976.

Otago schools and clubs are being invited to take part in a deep ocean research expedition, through ship-to-shore video calls.

Dunedin resident Jamil Ahmed was born in Kuwait and his wife and two children were born, respectively, in three other countries but yesterday they all became New Zealand citizens.

Monique Elleboode, who has been a personal assistant to four Dunedin mayors, became a New Zealand citizen yesterday.

Researchers will be badly affected by a planned ‘‘drastic reduction’’ in Archives New Zealand reading room hours.

New Zealand faces significant economic challenges, including with continuing low interest rates and climate change issues, Dunedin academic Murat Ungor says.

The Otago Museum is continuing to far exceed Ministry of Education-funded targets for its Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom programme.