Dunedin

The Government has announced it will invest up to $35 million in a University of Otago-led genomics alliance.

Fears last month's flooding could have killed tuatara at Dunedin's Orokonui Ecosanctuary have proved unfounded after researchers found them alive and well in their burrows.

Dressed in national attire, children (from left) Ayesha Ahmad (7), Izza Ahmad (8), Romaisa Rahat (9) and Hashim Bacha (4) take part in a social function at the University of Otago campus to mark...

Otago Museum conservator Lisa Yeats has been selected to attend a high-powered textiles conservation workshop in Beijing.

Changes in payments to Otago regional councillors provide a "workable solution" to long-debated "rural inequities" over travel by rural councillors, council chairman Stephen Woodhead says.

After a screaming match with his former partner, Joel Thomas Blunsdon went looking for trouble.

Mosgiel's Code Club has helped smash the world record for the most children coding in one day.

A suggestion from Fish & Game New Zealand anglers can land up to  six fish a day is forcing the fishery "down a really dark road", Otago councillor Ian Cole says.

Work to install the long-awaited Baldwin St toilet in North Rd late last year pushed the price of the facility $77,300 over budget.

A local government representative will keep his job despite being convicted of assaulting a woman following a trip to the pub.

The Dunedin City Council is reminding people to continue boiling water ahead of test results which could result in the all clear being given later today.

University of Otago students are being offered free vaccinations after mumps cases were confirmed at the university.

The developer behind Dunedin’s latest five-star hotel bid faces fresh challenges as he fights for consent to build the controversial project in Moray Pl.

Operatunity members (from left) Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, John Cameron, Karl Perigo, Hamish McGregor and Susan Boland perform in Last Night of the Proms at Mosgiel Coronation Hall yesterday.

A Henley resident is challenging Otago Regional Council staff to leave the helicopter grounded and set foot in the sodden township  and talk to residents before suggesting solutions.

A proposal to limit freedom camping in Dunedin to self-contained vehicles has received strong public backing.