Matthew Littlewood

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Association ends Starters Bar lease

The Otago University Students’ Association’s lease of Starters Bar has been terminated. PHOTO:...

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Association ends Starters Bar lease

The fate of a building that housed one of Dunedin’s last student bars is up in the air after Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) decided to let go of its lease.

Fair includes pupil’s unexpected insulator

Fair includes pupil’s unexpected insulator

The science of sleep, whether didymo could be used for insulation and how effectively pupils could cheat using artificial intelligence - all these ideas and more were raised at the Aurora Energy Otago Science and Technology fair.

Plans for building on wharf at Taieri Mouth

A Dunedin company plans to create a multipurpose building at Taieri Mouth. Proposal 1. IMAGES:...

Plans for building on wharf at Taieri Mouth

Plans to create a house and a multipurpose venue on a wharf with a pontoon at Taieri Mouth have been floated in a resource consent application.

Sacked vaccine-hesitant employee awarded $53K

The Otago University Students' Association has disaffiliated with the Elohim Bible Academy. Photo...

Sacked vaccine-hesitant employee awarded $53K

A vaccine-hesitant employee has been awarded more than $50,000 after being sacked by the University of Otago.

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Resident takes pothole matters into his own hands

An Otago Peninsula resident says he used 1.8 tonnes of gravel to solve a pothole problem. PHOTO:...

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Resident takes pothole matters into his own hands

A Dunedin resident frustrated by city council inaction has solved a pothole problem with 1.8 tonnes of his own gravel.

Medieval manuscripts ‘most amazing things’

Dr Christopher de Hamel peruses medieval manuscripts at Dunedin City Library during his visit to...

Medieval manuscripts ‘most amazing things’

Centuries-old manuscripts can still tell us much about art and life.

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Mixed response to RMA reform

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Mixed response to RMA reform

The most significant planning reform "in a generation" has passed in Parliament, but most of the region’s local government leaders say it will take a while to get their heads around the changes.

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Staff moving around Uni in $10m project

The University of Otago is planning to move operations staff to the Plaza Building. PHOTO: PETER...

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Staff moving around Uni in $10m project

University of Otago operations staff are moving to the Plaza Building next to Forsyth Barr Stadium as part of a $10 million project.

$50m pathway overcame 'remarkable' obstacles

The 5km section of shared path between St Leonards and Port Chalmers will open on August 26....

$50m pathway overcame 'remarkable' obstacles

It has been a long and winding road to completion, but the entirety of the $50 million, 10km State Highway 88 shared pathway is almost ready to open.

Pupils using their swedes

Perching on paramedic team leader Shayne Henry’s shoulders is Fletcher Rutherford, 6, proudly...

Pupils using their swedes

Two rural schools and the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust have received a major funding boost thanks to some enterprising farmers and growers.

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Dangers for NZ seen in cuts

University of Otago postgraduate geology student Jack Beagley says he is worried about the effect...

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Dangers for NZ seen in cuts

A postgraduate geology student says proposed cuts to the University of Otago’s geology department could limit New Zealand’s capacity to respond to natural disasters.

Fast hands on display at Rubik’s Cube bout

Adrien Auvray Matyn, 17, of Dunedin, competes in the Otepoti Dunedin winter World Cube...

Fast hands on display at Rubik’s Cube bout

In the time it takes you to read this story, the best Rubik’s Cube solvers could have completed a seriously twisted cube several times over.

Weekend of festivities celebrate independence

Attending Indian independence day celebrations held at the Otago University Union Hall yesterday...

Weekend of festivities celebrate independence

Members of Otago’s Indian and Pakistani communities celebrated their 77th anniversaries of independence from the United Kingdom.

Uni shelving academic centre project for two years

Uni shelving academic centre project for two years

The University of Otago council has decided to delay the multimillion-dollar Hakitekura Development Project for two years, given its current financial situation.

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Push to raise Queenstown's ranking

If Queenstown, currently designated tier two, became a tier-one urban environment it would join...

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'Jewel in crown’: Push to raise Queenstown's ranking

The Otago Regional Council will argue the case Queenstown should be considered a "top-tier city", leaving its larger southern cousin behind.

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Council discusses free fares on buses

Buses enter and leave the Dunedin bus hub in Great King St yesterday. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Council discusses free fares on buses

Providing free fares for bus services in Dunedin is among options being considered by the Otago Regional Council, but questions remain over how that would be paid for.

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Bus stop ‘shockingly dangerous’

Concerns have been raised about a bus stop placed on the new cycleway on State Highway 88 between...

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Bus stop ‘shockingly dangerous’

A Dunedin resident is worried a bus stop created on a shared footpath and cycleway is an accident risk, but Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says it was the safest option available.

Vital signs of progress at hospital site

Contractors work to install a large section of prefabricated steelwork on the new Dunedin...

Vital signs of progress at hospital site

After years of waiting, construction of the outpatient building of Dunedin’s new hospital can now be seen above ground, as the first structural steel column is in place.

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German department to be cut, uni confirms

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German department to be cut, uni confirms

It is "auf wiedersehen" to the German department, as the University of Otago confirms cuts to the languages programme.

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Downsizing would leave only ‘shell’

Gareth Jones asks the University of Otago to consider the ethical implications of redundancy....

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Downsizing would leave only ‘shell’

A major downsizing of the University of Otago’s science communication programme will make it a "shell" of its former self, at a time when it is crucially needed, critics say.

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