The ''exceptional'' actions of St Clair Surf Life Saving Club members in reviving a 72-year-old man last month have been recognised by the national surf lifesaving body, with the club given the rescue of the month award.
The University of Otago plans to build a new ''state-of-the-art'' childcare centre on Castle St next year.
A University of Otago PhD candidate researching arms control in outer space was ''blown away'' when asked to spend two months at Cambridge University to study the topic further.
A Dunedin company has been charged over a workplace safety incident in which a man's hand was cut off earlier this year.
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has praised the University of Otago for changing its promotion policy to make it easier for staff involved in entrepreneurial research to move up the ranks.
A stolen briefcase containing the private information of 500 research staff from tertiary institutions, including more than 140 staff from the University of Otago, will likely never be recovered, the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) says.
A Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) report praising the educational and financial performance of Otago Polytechnic is an important ''vote of confidence'' for the institution, the polytechnic's chief executive, Phil Ker, says.
Prime Minister John Key took some time out from his busy schedule to brush up on his golf game at the Otago Golf Club at Balmacewen, Dunedin, yesterday.
The Government says it has no plans to introduce a tax on soft drinks and fatty foods, despite a University of Otago study showing such a move could improve people's health.
The head coach at the St Clair Surf Life Saving Club in Dunedin praised the "exceptional" actions of fellow club members after they revived a 72-year-old-man who had collapsed at the water's edge on Wednesday evening.
The University of Otago could be prevented from building on a $5.5 million piece of land it bought in Christchurch, as the Government intends to buy the site for part of the rebuilding after last year's earthquakes.
Waikouaiti residents fear a proposal by the Dunedin City Council to fell a pine plantation next to the town's beach will leave them vulnerable to coastal erosion and being battered by wind and sand.
The University of Otago plans to make its Dunedin campus smoke-free from the beginning of 2014.
A spike in the number of University of Otago students seeking food parcels and looking for work shows ''too many'' are struggling financially, Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) president-elect Francisco Hernandez says.
Otago Polytechnic predicts student numbers will increase by 5% next year, as the institution continues to buck a trend of falling enrolments and cuts at polytechnics around the country.
The Dunedin City Council says it will go back to the Waikouaiti community next year to discuss what should be done with a pine plantation next to the town's beach, after locals expressed opposition to a plan to fell the trees.
The Kingston Flyer's owner yesterday put the business up for sale, on the same day he suspended operations because of safety concerns over the historic steam locomotive's boiler.
Staff at BP petrol terminals around the country have undergone extra training to ensure an incident where petrol was contaminated with water at a terminal in Dunedin last month is not repeated.
New Zealand needs to ''wake up'' and tackle child poverty if it wants to seriously improve the health of the country's most vulnerable children, a University of Otago researcher says after working on a report examining child health being released today.
The director of fashion label NOM*d, Margarita Robertson, was recognised for her role in invigorating Dunedin's fashion scene with an honorary degree from Otago Polytechnic yesterday.