Secret is never to look back: centenarian
Secret is never to look back: centenarian
Dunedin centenarian Cynthia Dwan does not know the secret to living a long life but believes a single glass of wine every night does not hurt.
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‘Positive’ numbers for forest
‘Positive’ numbers for forest
The temporary closure of the Otago Museum’s Discovery World Tropical Forest, after more than 20 years, came after "positive" attendance figures which highlighted the facility’s continuing popularity.
Sartorial skill earns scholarship
Sartorial skill earns scholarship
A Logan Park High School pupil found her extra work creating fashion garments while studying for NCEA had some real benefits.
Esplanade repairs linger on
Esplanade repairs linger on
Further delays stalling the reopening of a section of the Esplanade at St Clair is "a niggle" but the project will be great for the area when completed, a Dunedin business owner says.
Warm, dry and easy to find
Warm, dry and easy to find
Swazi New Zealand label owner Davey Hughes, of Levin, models the new LandSAR jackets worn by personnel at Read Marine in Dunedin yesterday.
Cambridge stint changed physicist’s life
Cambridge stint changed physicist’s life
Leading physicist and University of Otago deputy vice-chancellor Prof Richard Blaikie still clearly remembers the moment in 1988 when he was given the news that changed his life.
Protest over PE school cuts
Protest over PE school cuts
Hundreds of protesters marched through the University of Otago campus yesterday to express their anger at a plan to cut staff and papers at the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise...
Flush water systems - Council
Boil water notice lifted
The DCC has lifted its boil water notice after the third straight day of clear tests but says residents must flush their water systems before drinking from the tap.
$35m for Otago-led project
Otago Uni genomics alliance gets up to $35 million
The Government has announced it will invest up to $35 million in a University of Otago-led genomics alliance.
Protest over cuts to PE School
Protest over cuts to PE School
About 1000 people have gathered in the campus area to protest cuts to the University of Otago's School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences.
Orokonui tuatara alive and well after downpour
Orokonui tuatara alive and well after downpour
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.
Otago man caught up in Barcelona attack
Otago man caught up in Barcelona attack
Otago man Eion Willis says he was barricaded in a Barcelona shop for hours after a "terror" attack in the Spanish city.
Pakistan’s 70th birthday marked
Pakistan’s 70th birthday marked
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...
Beijing trip for conservator
Beijing trip for conservator
Otago Museum conservator Lisa Yeats has been selected to attend a high-powered textiles conservation workshop in Beijing.
Rural councillors win extra payment
Rural councillors win extra payment
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.
Assaulting stranger ‘outrageous’
Assaulting stranger ‘outrageous’
After a screaming match with his former partner, Joel Thomas Blunsdon went looking for trouble.
Young coders help break world record
Young coders help break world record
Mosgiel's Code Club has helped smash the world record for the most children coding in one day.
Fish proposal sparks debate
Landing 6 fish per day proposal sparks debate
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.
Baldwin St toilet drain on budget
Baldwin St toilet drain on budget
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.
Board member convicted of assault
Board member convicted of assault
A local government representative will keep his job despite being convicted of assaulting a woman following a trip to the pub.