Uni staff payouts of $1m
Uni staff payouts of $1m
Otago University will pay more than $1 million to humanities staff whose jobs are being cut, but one department has managed to avoid job losses.
Margot Taylor
Tenacity passed down from father to son
Tenacity passed down from father to son
Dunedin man Matani Schaaf always planned to finish university "way before" his children started, but today he will graduate in the same ceremony as one of his four sons.
Hall of residence marked out
Hall of residence marked out
Otago Polytechnic’s $20million hall of residence is starting to take shape.
Tuatara population bolstered
Tuatara population bolstered
Orokonui Ecosanctuary’s population of endangered native species has been bolstered by the arrival of 17 young tuatara.
Just looking for company
Just looking for company
An elephant seal that's been basking on the inner city banks of the Water of Leith is looking for company - but in all the wrong places, Doc says.
It's all in the family for this doctor of law
It's all in the family for this doctor of law
More than 30 years after graduating from the University of Otago for the first time, leading family law specialist Fiona Mackenzie is about to do it all over again.
Testing 3-year-olds revealing
Testing 3-year-olds revealing
Tests on the brains of 3-year-olds can reveal who is likely to become part of the minority of adults to use the biggest share of social services, a Dunedin study shows.
Disabled children test water sports
Disabled children test water sports
Physical disabilities were no barrier for seven Dunedin children who took to the water yesterday.
Smuggled gecko at home in museum
Smuggled gecko at home in museum
A jewelled gecko, which was kidnapped from its home on the Dunedin Peninsula and smuggled into Germany, has returned to Dunedin.
'Nothing off-limits': 45 new Maori doctors
'Nothing off-limits': 45 new Maori doctors
The largest number of Maori medical graduands in New Zealand’s history will graduate from the University of Otago today.
Relief in sight with trial toilet
Relief in sight with trial toilet
The Dunedin City Council has announced it will install a $90,000 toilet on a trial basis across the road from Baldwin St before Christmas.
City shows it can
City shows it can
Thousands of cans, worth about $50,000, left pantries across Dunedin last night.
Festival planners go back to nature
Festival planners go back to nature
The organisers of the Wild Dunedin festival let the sand squelch between their toes during a meeting against a very natural backdrop yesterday.
Fur seal makes itself at home
Fur seal makes itself at home
A wandering seal paid an early morning visit to an Andersons Bay home yesterday.
Caring school caretaker says adios
Caring school caretaker says adios
After 26 years of ''taking care'' of Anderson's Bay School, Miguel Rodriguez can be forgiven for getting emotional when he talks about leaving.
Soccer challenge
Soccer challenge
University staff, students and members of the public try wheelchair slalom and soccer and seated volleyball during an event to mark the UN's International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Dentistry students to learn online
Dentistry students to learn online
University of Otago School of Dentistry students will be able to learn how to do everything from root canals to orthodontic work with the click of a mouse next year.
Tourists shaken by road rage
Tourists shaken by road rage
A German couple were left shaken and upset after allegedly being threatened by a man wielding a screwdriver during a road-rage incident in Dunedin yesterday.
Moulting seal lays up for a while
Moulting seal lays up for a while
Members of the public got a rare glimpse of an elephant seal on Monday evening.
Queen's principal resigns
Queen's principal handing over role to deputy
Queen's High School principal Di Carter has announced her resignation after two years at the helm of the girls' school.