Drive-through jabs just what doctor ordered
Drive-through jabs just what doctor ordered
“Can I get my drink and fries up-sized with that?” may seem to be an unusual request from a patient visiting their doctor.
John Lewis
Intruders ransack historic priory
Intruders ransack historic priory
Catholic Diocese of Dunedin staff are devastated after intruders smashed a wooden door at St Dominic’s Priory on Monday and ransacked parts of the Historic Places category 1 building.
Appeal to delay wage increase
Appeal to delay wage increase
About 20 Otago businesses have already succumbed to the Covid-19 lockdown and the Otago Chamber of Commerce believes more could be pushed over the edge if the minimum wage increase goes ahead.
Custody change must be in child’s interest
Custody change must be in child’s interest
Separated parents are being urged to put aside their conflicts and make decisions that are in the best interests of their children when it comes to custody-sharing arrangements during the lockdown.
MetService hits pause on Otago weather radar
MetService hits pause on Otago weather radar
MetService has halted construction of its $2.8 million weather radar in Otago as a result of Covid-19 and the country going into lockdown.
Gibbons new polytechnic chief executive
Gibbons new polytechnic chief executive
Otago Polytechnic is in “good hands” after appointing Megan Gibbons as the organisation’s new chief executive.
Pupil adjusting, but misses her friends
Pupil adjusting, but misses her friends
Giving children motivation to do school work at home can be a bit like opening Pandora’s box.
Different kind of shots judged
Different kind of shots judged
A photo of a dead possum driving a car is in the running to win an award in John McGlashan College’s annual Toby Hope Hunting Competition.
Teddy bear hunt in city streets
Teddy bear hunt in city streets
If you go down your street today, you may be in for a surprise.
Taking care is sometimes beyond words
Taking care is sometimes beyond words
Taking your work home with you is one thing, but making your work home is going above and beyond the call of duty.
Lecturer, students turn hands to sanitiser
Lecturer, students turn hands to sanitiser
Sitting on his hands was not an option for University of Otago pharmaceutical sciences senior lecturer Dr Shyamal Das.
Families encouraged to structure the days
Families encouraged to structure the days
‘‘Routines are reassuring for young people.’’ That's the message Otago principals are sharing with parents as they prepare to go into lockdown with their children.
School ensures pupils continue to have learning options offline
School ensures pupils continue to have learning options offline
While many schools are able to supply class work for pupils to do online at home, other low-decile schools are having to create paper-based educational activities because their pupils do not have...
Non-urgent dental services cancelled
Non-urgent dental services cancelled
All non-essential and elective dental services at University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry clinics, including those provided at the Dunedin Dental School, are being cancelled.
Hospitality hot spots like ‘ghost towns’
Hospitality hot spots like ‘ghost towns’
Cafe, restaurant and bar owners say some hospitality hot spots across Otago are looking like "ghost towns" and some businesses are taking financial hits of more than 90% amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Student Health staff to screen all patients
Student Health staff to screen all patients
From today, Student Health at the University of Otago will change the way it provides patient care in a bid to reduce the risk of staff and students being exposed to Covid-19.
Door always open for newcomers to Dunedin
Door always open for newcomers to Dunedin
Cook Islands elder Kopumaki (Kopu) Rouvi began his life in the tiniest and most remote of villages in the Cook Islands, and never guessed that some day his life would have a far-reaching impact.
Families set up healthy colony
Families set up healthy colony
Wanaka professional athlete Braden Currie and wife Sally have created a colony of coronavirus-free families which can ride out the pandemic together, as the Covid-19 response gathers momentum in...
Plenty to keep up interests
Plenty to keep up interests
While it is still early days for those in self-isolation amid the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the people locking themselves from the rest of the world have so far managed to avoid the battle with...
School’s sanitiser solution: if you can’t buy it, make it
School’s sanitiser solution: if you can’t buy it, make it
After being unable to source a constant supply of sanitiser, Bayfield High School pupils have taken the matter into their own hands and started using the school’s chemistry laboratory to make their...