A summer of hard work has paid off for a group of University of Otago law students who will soon represent the Pacific region at an international moot court competition in Taipei.
Seven-year-old Makana Duncan is the youngest member of the Hawaiian Kaua'i branch of Friendship Force International and already on her second trip to New Zealand.
The complexities of the human brain were on show at Brain Day, at the University of Otago on Saturday.
A last-minute bid which raised the price $1000 was all it took for Richelle Williams to become the owner of the Otago Community Hospice charity house on Saturday.
A German television star filming on a yellow-eyed penguin reserve on Otago Peninsula hopes to be able to raise awareness and funds back home for the endangered species.
It might have been late arriving in Dunedin, but that did not dim the enthusiasm of more than 200 passengers who caught a rare commuter train from Waitati yesterday.
Changes to the Otago Regional Council's water plan have brought in a "good" number of submissions from the public.
Response to a proposal to eradicate possums from Otago Peninsula has been mostly positive in a survey as a series of meetings on the topic are held for residents.
Lake Hayes residents are being warned possible solutions to the lake's algal bloom problem could be costly, with no guarantee of success.
It is important the Otago Regional Council makes sure any "tinkering" with the Resource Management Act is in the best interests of the Otago region, councillors say.
A former Dunedin man is looking after one of England's oldest gardens. Rebecca Fox reports.
Many of the Otago Regional Council's new bus services are "booming" but some, including the new city loop service, are "doomed" because of low passenger numbers.
Otago Regional Council's decision to contribute to funding Otago Stadium is not being consulted on in its upcoming long-term planning consultation, but that did not stop the issue becoming a debating point yesterday.
Despite facing some major projects in coming years, the Otago Regional Council has managed to keep its proposed general rate increase for 2009-10 to 1%.
There will be plenty of noise at the Taieri Airport Wings and Wheels Event tomorrow as aircraft and vehicles of all types and uses go on display, in the air and on the ground.
The Otago Stadium project got a $52.5 million shot in the arm yesterday after an 11th-hour decision by the Government.
Nearly 2000 surveys have gone out to residents on Otago Peninsula seeking their views on a possum eradication programme for the area.
February brought cool and wet conditions on Otago's east coast and, in some cases, near-record rainfall.
Four skippers, including at least two from Dunedin, are being investigated for refusing to take an observer on board during the Ministry of Fisheries Hector's dolphin programme.
The Otago Regional Council's proposed office block at Steamer Basin is in "limbo" after a challenge by Cr Doug Brown for more public consultation before a tender for the project is accepted.
