Grant Miller

A legal challenge to the way students are selected for Otago’s medical school will not go ahead.

Reasons for being there varied, but the 155 people who went up and down the stairs at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday were united in stepping up for the cause.

A trust that runs a sexual health programme for secondary school pupils has agreed to give up its logo, allowing the New Dunedin Hospital to keep its design, which is strikingly similar.

Creating a shared path for cyclists and pedestrians to safely enjoy views of Otago Harbour and raising and widening Portobello Rd are proving to be popular moves.

Entrants in Dunedin’s Three Peaks Mountain Race well and truly earned some encouragement and they received it in the form of bagpipes music at the top of Mt Cargill.

Fears demolition activity for Dunedin’s new hospital may harm neighbouring heritage buildings could be largely allayed before the matter goes to a hearing.

Departing University of Otago vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne, who takes up a new job in Australia next year, says restructuring has set up the Dunedin institution well for the future.

The University of Otago’s new plan for its next wave of capital spending could become clearer next week.

The University of Otago has some big decisions to make about some big projects.

Megan Prentice will soon have a "positive place" where she can remember her best friend.

A year on from the death of a student at a Dunedin flat party, her parents say their drive to help make the area safer continues. Grant Miller reports.

Legalising cannabis is the most effective way of containing damage associated with the drug, University of Otago students have been told.

 The University of Otago looks set to bin a document that suggested changes to the way students from minority backgrounds are given priority in selection to its medical school.

A game  on a Sunday afternoon during school holidays — and with the Ranfurly Shield at stake — could draw quite a crowd.

If The Opportunities Party (Top) candidate Ben Peters was momentarily backed by National’s Michael Woodhouse for the Dunedin electorate, it is no longer the case.