Holiday makers delight in our coastal locales
Holiday makers delight in our coastal locales
Holidaymakers from Dunedin and further afield have flocked to many small coastal communities north of the city.
John Gibb
Christmas with dolphins an 'amazing experience'
Christmas with dolphins an 'amazing experience'
Otago Museum science presentation co-ordinator Amadeo Enriquez Ballestero was back at work today, but was still revelling in the "amazing experience" of body boarding with dolphins on Christmas Day.
Q&A: Confessions of a Lego enthusiast
Q&A: Confessions of a Lego enthusiast
Dunedin Lego enthusiast Jacqui Hay chairs the Otago Lego Users Group and answered questions from reporter John Gibb about her life history and Lego passion.
Wider access to cannabis favoured
Wider access to cannabis favoured
Prof Paul Smith, of the University of Otago Medical School, welcomes government moves to provide easier access to medicinal cannabis for pain relief in terminally ill patients.
Residents revolted by reek of rotting krill
Residents revolted by reek of rotting krill
Neighbours were asking questions yesterday about pungent sulphur-like smells that continued to emanate from a rotting blanket of white krill at the Andersons Bay Inlet.
Blues an afternoon delight
Blues an afternoon delight
The Generators, comprising blues musicians Oscar LaDell, on harmonica, and his father, Leo LaDell, on acoustic guitar, perform at Iona Church, Port Chalmers, yesterday.
Marine lab at Portobello roomier and much better
Marine lab at Portobello roomier and much better
A new teaching laboratory at the University of Otago’s recently redeveloped Portobello marine laboratory complex is bigger, brighter and much better for marine science teaching than its predecessor.
Eighth annual RSA lunch leaves everyone satisfied
Eighth annual RSA lunch leaves everyone satisfied
About 110 people enjoyed a Christmas lunch at the Mosgiel Memorial RSA yesterday, jointly organised by the East Taieri Church and the RSA.
Cruise ship visitors make Castle opening ‘great success’
Cruise ship visitors make Castle opening ‘great success’
About 1000 people swarmed in to Larnach Castle yesterday, most of them from two cruise ships visiting Dunedin.
A ‘special day’ despite having to milk the cows
A ‘special day’ despite having to milk the cows
The cows didn’t know it was Christmas but they might have twigged it was no ordinary day. Kilmog farmer David Robinson said having to milk the cows was no problem and did not stop yesterday being a "special day".
Anemone free to wander
Anemone free to wander
A leatherjacket fish casts a wary eye on a nearby wandering sea anemone at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre at Portobello.
Otago academics receive Fulbright awards
Otago academics receive Fulbright awards
Two senior University of Otago academics, Profs Neil Gemmell and Tony Merriman, have received Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Awards to undertake research in the United States next year.
A night at the museum
A night at the museum
The first pre-Christmas teddy bear sleepover at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum was such a success it is likely to double in size next year.
New papers keep summer school mix appealing
New papers keep summer school mix appealing
Fifteen new papers are being offered at the latest University of Otago Summer School, which has attracted about 1700 student enrolments.
Guidelines on 'googling' by doctors 'needed'
Guidelines on 'googling' by doctors 'needed'
If doctors glean information about their clients via the internet, that could well be ''ethically problematic'', but some related insights could better protect the patient, a Dunedin doctor says.
Allowance for cannabis use hailed
Allowance for cannabis use hailed
People with a prescription will be able to pick up medicinal cannabis from a pharmacy under legislation introduced yesterday.
Ritchie among 23 promoted to professor
Ritchie among 23 promoted to professor
Dunedin composer Associate Prof Anthony Ritchie is one of 23 University of Otago academics promoted to professor across its Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington campuses.
Slipping the hook of fish and game career
Slipping the hook of fish and game career
Otago Fish and Game Council chief executive Niall Watson will spend some more time fishing and much less time in an office when he retires early next year.
No grizzling on a night at the museum
No grizzling on a night at the museum
Too many bears have created a good sort of headache at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.
Brighton house fire
Brighton house fire
Firefighters using breathing apparatus last night quickly extinguished a house fire which began in a garage at this Pearse St, Brighton, property.