Margot Taylor

A University of Otago "climate action" group says the institution has ''put its money where its mouth is'' after voting yesterday to exclude fossil fuels from its investment portfolio.

Among the lycra and sweat bands  that will be worn by a sea of people in Sunday's Dunedin Cadbury marathon, a group of University of Otago students will quite literally be dressed for action.

Educators from across Otago who filled the Dunedin Town Hall yesterday heard impassioned arguments against the Government's controversial ''bulk funding'' proposal.

A car has rolled after colliding with a truck on the Southern Motorway near the Saddle Hill on-ramp in Dunedin this afternoon.