They may look stunningly beautiful, but any time an Aurora Australis paints our skies, there is the potential for it to knock out our power grids and other high-tech infrastructure.
An allegedly intoxicated motorcyclist rode up and down a Dunedin street without a helmet on before hitting a power pole and knocking himself out.
A woman was charged with causing damage at a Dunedin motel after a six-hour drinking session with a couple of men went bad.
Two 50-year-olds, a man and a woman, were arrested after complaints from other motorists about their behaviour behind the wheel of the same vehicle yesterday.
A "long and dusty road" lies ahead for North Otago farmers as drought conditions look set to continue for months, not weeks, a long-term weather forecaster has warned.
Robert Patman’s "fearless" ability to educate both politicians and the public, about issues relating to international relations, has been recognised with a prestigious national award.
Secondary school teachers in Dunedin and Queenstown are holding union meetings today about the government’s attempt to reintroduce charter schools in New Zealand.
Being a 76-year-old graduand, Noel O’Malley reckons there is a strong possibility he will start at the front of the University of Otago graduation parade today and finish at the back.
While HIV diagnoses appear to be on the rise in New Zealand, researchers say the numbers are still lower than the 2016-20 annual average.
"I think I’ve surprised a lot of people because if you met me five or six years ago, you definitely wouldn’t have expected to see me here."
New research shows an "alarming" rise in colorectal cancer rates in younger New Zealanders, and researchers are now calling for a lowering of the bowel cancer screening age.
Continuing financial troubles and a failure to keep up with digital learning technologies has prompted the University of Otago to propose major changes in one of its departments.
The "helplessness" of watching his 2-week-old son struggling to breathe and having nowhere to turn for help is part of the inspiration behind Mike Saegers seeking fast-track approval to build a new $300m hospital in Wānaka.
Nurses will be rallying in Dunedin and Invercargill tomorrow, calling on the Government to increase funding to health in Budget 2024, to resolve the staffing crisis.
Police used vehicle tracking GPS to hunt down a Christchurch trio who allegedly broke into a tourist bus near Palmerston and stole goods valued up to $30,000.
When Tait Francis found out he had been selected to conduct research at Nasa, there was no countdown — he just launched straight out of his chair.
An open letter to Otago University, signed by lecturers, teaching and research fellows and postgraduate students, calls for the institution to "disclose and divest from any economic ties to the apartheid state of Israel".
Threats of vigilante justice have prompted Dunedin police to call for calm, following claims a man was filming children and "flashed" a gun while trying to abduct a child from a Mosgiel park recently.
Weather conditions in April have been described as "fairly mundane" for the southern regions, with the exception of an atmospheric river that brought "high-impact weather" in the second week.
Concern about how easy it is for postgraduate students to isolate themselves "to an extreme level", has prompted the OUSA to create a new support programme to combat loneliness.
