New Zealand needs to ''wake up'' and tackle child poverty if it wants to seriously improve the health of the country's most vulnerable children, a University of Otago researcher says after working on a report examining child health being released today.
The director of fashion label NOM*d, Margarita Robertson, was recognised for her role in invigorating Dunedin's fashion scene with an honorary degree from Otago Polytechnic yesterday.
New homes in some Dunedin coastal areas will have to be built higher off the ground under new rules to protect against an increased risk of flooding from rising sea levels.
The amount of insurance the University of Otago can recover from the rebuilding of its Christchurch campus could depend on a court case due to start next week, the university's director of financial services, Grant McKenzie, says.
New evidence has come to light in the case of the Brighton weka but, although some of the pieces are coming together, the mystery of how the weka reached the area is no closer to being solved.
The University of Otago has developed a strategy to increase the academic success of Pacific people at the university.
A survey of New Zealand postgraduate students has found that 40% are thinking of giving up studying because their eligibility for the student allowance is being stripped away next year.
The threat caused by the rising sea level means new homes in some coastal areas of Dunedin will have to be built up to 1.2m higher off the ground to reduce the risk of being flooded.
Police are investigating the theft of a briefcase containing private information on almost 500 research staff from tertiary institutions, including more than 140 staff from the University of Otago.
New Zealand's oldest English bound book will be displayed for the first time at a University of Otago exhibition next month.
The Otago University Students' Association has revealed plans to spend more than $2 million renovating its Recreation Centre and main office on campus.
The Department of Conservation in Dunedin has a weka mystery on its hands.
the University of Otago's divisions have responded to a call to find cuts as the university faces a tight budget, vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne says.
Changes at Knox College have continued with confirmation of the appointment of a new master at the residential college.
Student numbers at the University of Otago have taken another hit, with total enrolments for the year now expected to be 1.9% down on last year.
The University of Otago is facing a tight financial situation next year, with Government policy, flat enrolments and increased costs beginning to bite at the institution's finances.
Dunedin's Caledonian Society celebrated 150 years of keeping the city's Scottish heritage alive at the Highland Games yesterday.
Aoraki Polytechnic's chief executive Kay Nelson has resigned as the institution faces falling student numbers and two years of deficits.
The next stage of the Otago Peninsula cycleway is closer to being built after the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) approved more than $2 million for the project.
Contractors working on an $11.3 million earthquake-strengthening and extension project at Dunedin's Knox College are in a race against time to get it finished before students return next year.
