A fire protection upgrade in the Otago Museum basement will help protect visitors and staff as well as safeguarding collections in the event of a fire.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation's modified statement of intent has done nothing to mitigate ''major concerns'' over likely future airport expansion, Wanaka Stakeholders Group say.
Many people shifting to rural areas because of urban housing shortages are striking problems because of inadequate mental health services, Andre McLachlan says.
University of Otago scientists today made a tantalising announcement, that next week, near Loch Ness, they will reveal the findings of an international study into Nessie's existence or otherwise.
It may not be MacGyver in action, but there will be plenty of smart improvisation when Otago Polytechnic students fly to a remote island in Vanuatu next month.
Contemporary dancers Jake Callender and Sophie McClean perform with other members of the Otago Dance Association Performance Troupe in the atrium at the Otago Museum yesterday afternoon.
Hundreds of households in East Otago, from Palmerston to 20kms south at Puketeraki, were without power for about 60 to 90 minutes yesterday after a fault at a Palmerston substation at 7pm.
Researcher Charlotte Patterson hopes a powerful new pest management tool will help protect Otago Peninsula against reinvasion once possums are largely eliminated there.