Dunedin

Defeated Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has cleared out his office.

Gardening, mowing lawns and walking on the beach were a few ways nervous council candidates in Dunedin passed the time as they waited for votes to be tallied up.

Koffie Fugah, of the Kadodo drum and dance school, shows how it is done at a West African drum and dance workshop in Mosgiel on Saturday.

The University of Otago wants to open the door to artificial intelligence, but a group of academics would rather keep it closed.

Another venture for tourists to view mammals on the Otago Peninsula will be the 12th permitted tourism operator working in the area as a monitoring plan is developed to measure activity.

They say good design, is "thinking made visual".