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On right course - innovative tub cleans up awards

Taking a bath has never been so exciting. The difference with this tub is, you're likely to come out dirtier than when you went in.
Fellowship reward for special needs efforts

Vicki Millar's ''unstinting support'' of pupils with special learning needs has earned her a $20,000 fellowship.

Bryants attended school from start

Bryants attended school from start

Craig Bryant was quick to put his hand up and admit he had done some things that ‘‘probably can’t be published’’ while he was a pupil at St Francis Xavier School.
'We're sorry' doesn't cut it when you need surgery

'We're sorry' doesn't cut it when you need surgery

Her treatment was botched and the handling of her subsequent complaint about that labelled ''unacceptable''.
More 'concerning incidents' at peninsula site

More 'concerning incidents' at peninsula site

More incidents of ''concern'' involving Fulton Hogan staff have been reported at the Peninsula Connection work site, but the DCC remains confident its contractor is taking the right steps.

Bryants attended school from start

Former St Francis Xavier School pupils Tony (left) and Craig, and present pupil Lucy, are three...

Bryants attended school from start

Craig Bryant was quick to put his hand up and admit he had done some things that ‘‘probably can’t be published’’ while he was a pupil at St Francis Xavier School.

'We're sorry' doesn't cut it when you need surgery

Dunedin bladder cancer patient Andrea Woodford holds a letter of apology sent to her by the...

'We're sorry' doesn't cut it when you need surgery

Her treatment was botched and the handling of her subsequent complaint about that labelled ''unacceptable''.

More 'concerning incidents' at peninsula site

More incidents of ''concern'' involving Fulton Hogan staff have been reported at the Peninsula Connection work site, but the DCC remains confident its contractor is taking the right steps.

Sex offender breached parole

Joshua Tucker (33) spent more than four years in prison for sexually abusing a girl. Photo: Rob Kidd

Sex offender breached parole

A Dunedin man who bombarded a 13-year-old girl with messages until she had sex with him breached his parole by accessing Facebook, a court has heard.

Otago discovery could point to better Alzheimer's treatment

Dr Taha says said the situation in New Zealand is a crisis and the country desperately needs more...

Otago discovery could point to better Alzheimer's treatment

A discovery led by University of Otago scientists could lead to better treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

$25m contract to complete Port Chalmers shared path

Funding has been approved for the final sections of the West Harbour shared pathway. Photo: ODT...

$25m contract to complete Port Chalmers shared path

A $25 million contract to complete the State Highway 88 shared path to Port Chalmers has been awarded and work is expected to start before Christmas, it has been confirmed.

On right course - innovative tub cleans up awards

Otago Polytechnic level 2 automotive mechanical engineering students (from left) Stoney Huntley,...

On right course - innovative tub cleans up awards

Taking a bath has never been so exciting. The difference with this tub is, you're likely to come out dirtier than when you went in.

What is it like to wait for a Southern DHB surgery?

Eighty-one-year-old Dunedin man Geoff was told to expect a two to eight-week wait in July. He is still waiting and putting up with extreme pain and has collapsed due to exhaustion.

Soon to be chocolate

Soon to be chocolate

Dunedin craft chocolate company Ocho this week took delivery of one of its largest orders - four tonnes of cocoa beans from Papua New Guinea.

Laws addresses claim he can be 'smug' and 'sneering'

Laws addresses claim he can be 'smug' and 'sneering'

Michael Laws had addressed another Otago Regional councillor's assertion he can be seen as "smug", "sneering" and "patronising to staff".

Alleged assault in Concord

Alleged assault in Concord

Emergency services were called to the Dunedin suburb of Concord yesterday (pictured) after a verbal argument became violent.

From Labour minister to ORC chairwoman

Former Labour Environment Minister Marian Hobbs is the new chairwoman of the Otago Regional Council, after Cr Michael Laws dropped out of the race in her favour.

Grooming guilty plea withdrawn

Grooming guilty plea withdrawn

A Mosgiel man who pleaded guilty to sexually grooming a 14-year-old girl online has now denied the charge at the eleventh hour.

Otago Uni to build $90m residential hall

An artist's impression of University of Otago's planned new 450-bed residential college on the...

Otago Uni to build $90m residential hall

The University of Otago is to build a new 450-bed, $90 million seven-storey residential college, to meet a forecast increase in student enrolments.

Brasch letters to editor compiled for book

University of Otago 2019 Printers in Residence Dr John Holmes and Marion Wassenaar at the university's Otakou Printing Press.

Fellowship reward for special needs efforts

Otago Girls' High School teacher Vicki Millar has won the 2019 Highgate Fellowship which will...

Fellowship reward for special needs efforts

Vicki Millar's ''unstinting support'' of pupils with special learning needs has earned her a $20,000 fellowship.

Concern at Macraes fossil fuel use

Operations at Macraes Mine require fossil fuel use in a way that could soon be seen as unsustainable, a hearings commissioner says.

Marine science staff cuts threaten research

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

Marine science staff cuts threaten research

An oceanographer from the University of Washington has halted plans for a multimillion-dollar research collaboration with the University of Otago after hearing of proposed cuts to marine science...

Macraes expansion permitted

Oceana Gold can go ahead with its expansion of the Coronation North pit at Macraes; pictured,...

Macraes expansion permitted

An expansion to the Macraes gold mine will allow an extra 2.8 million tonnes of ore to be extracted.

A big mother/duckling problem

Bird Rescue Dunedin founder Sue Cook with some of the 152 orphaned ducklings brought to her this...

A big mother/duckling problem

Spring has already brought 152 motherless ducklings to a Dunedin bird rescue organisation that is on the lookout for foster families for the fluffy foundlings.

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