Fulbright opportunity 'truly special'
Fulbright opportunity 'truly special'
Mixing displacement, distance, acceleration, speed and time has resulted in a former Dunedin physicist being awarded a prestigious Fulbright research award.
John Lewis
Southern singers come together for national choir
Southern singers come together for national choir
Eye-balling each other across the warm-up room at music competitions is how six Otago and Southland singers have come to recognise each other.
Hot salt water pool opens for season
Hot salt water pool opens for season
There could have been snow on the ground at St Clair and it still wouldn't have put Marilyn Haslemore off diving into the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool.
Mild weather brings kereru back early
Mild weather brings kereru back early
There is plenty of social nest-working going on among Dunedin's kereru population at the moment.
Sending a message with third march for change
Sending a message with third march for change
Business as usual is not good enough.
Pupils at forefront of climate action
Pupils at forefront of climate action
Decades from now, images of today's school pupils marching down busy urban streets to encourage the Government to address climate change, could well be seen as a defining moment in world history.
Administrator wins national award
Administrator wins national award
Tracey Fleet's last thought before entering a national administrator of the year award was: ''You've got to be in it to win it''.
Area pinpointed where city hills fire started
Area pinpointed where city hills fire started
Fire investigators have pinpointed the origin of a large suspicious scrub fire that tore across the hills above central Dunedin on Monday.
Thefts hamper efforts to move horses
Thefts hamper efforts to move horses
Property owners being evacuated during the fire on hills above Dunedin this week struggled to move their horses because parts from two floats had been stolen.
Last surviving trooper fulfils duty with donation
Last surviving trooper fulfils duty with donation
Trooper was his rank. But Alex Wilson says he also earned it as a nickname during World War 2.
Harry taking big steps forward
Harry taking big steps forward
There's no stopping Harry Finch now. The Abbotsford 4-year-old is walking with the use of a frame - just three months after major spinal surgery.
'Just don't do it,' mother pleads
'Just don't do it,' mother pleads
The mother of a University of Otago student killed riding a wheelie bin down Baldwin St in 2001 is devastated to hear young people are still doing it 18 years later.
Robocup national finals held
Robocup national finals held
Ramming opposition players up against walls, poking them with foreign objects, even driving over the top of them - it is behaviour that would likely see footballers sin-binned on a sports field.
Police criticise bin riders
Police criticise bin riders
Eighteen years after a student was killed while riding in a wheelie bin down a Dunedin street, police found young people at it again on Saturday.
Battery clean-up first stage
Battery clean-up first stage
Old furniture, countless spray paint cans, a 44-gallon drum and some unidentified objects were all hauled from the Harington Point Battery site on Saturday.
Principals back plan to cut vape flavours
Principals back plan to cut vape flavours
Concern about a new generation of people becoming addicted to nicotine has prompted Otago secondary school principals to back the Government's plan to ban most vape flavours.
Bladder scanner brings relief
Bladder scanner brings relief
Anyone who has had to sit in a waiting room, busting to go to the toilet while being asked to drink more water, will understand Steve Hall's plight.
Tips from a top storyteller
Tips from a top storyteller
Write what you know. That was one of the gems of advice award-winning children's author Jennifer Somervell passed on to pupils during a writing workshop at Port Chalmers School.
Statutory manager for school
Statutory manager for school
Employment and communication issues at Strath Taieri School have prompted the Ministry of Education to appoint a limited statutory manager.
Ludo bouncing back from maltreatment
Ludo bouncing back from maltreatment
Ludo was little more than skin and bones when he arrived at the Dunedin SPCA, leaving staff horrified.