As winter sets in, the trail crew charged with looking after walks and community trails around Dunedin are keen to get more volunteers prepared to brave the cold.
The rate of strokes is due to rise by 40% by 2028, as both the country’s population and the proportion of elderly people increases, an Otago university researcher says.
The annual Octacan drive for the city's biggest foodbank brought in thousands of cans this year, staple foods spaghetti and baked beans being among the most popular items.
From racial discrimination and border control to the fall of the Berlin Wall, an upcoming university conference will examine a range of social and physical barriers people face.
China is beckoning an Otago Polytechnic student whose love of exotic designs led to her applying for a Prime Minister's Scholarship for Asia.
Greenwaste kerbside collection in Dunedin and a new landfill site for the city are up for discussion this year, as the city council embarks on a major review of its rubbish collection services.
Greenwaste kerbside collection in Dunedin and a new landfill site for the city are up for discussion this year, as the city council embarks on a major review of its rubbish collection services.
In 20 years, more than half of all deaths will be in people aged 85 years old and older - and the leading place of death would be in a rest-home, rather than in hospital, a Dunedin expert says.
The NZ Transport Agency is fed up with motorists hitting bollards on the cycleway near Queens Garden, and says the amount of maintenance work it has to do is causing delays.
A flash of brilliance has secured a pair of Otago physicists a $60,000 grant to develop an invention which will allow photographs and videos to be taken through solid objects.
Former Labour Cabinet Minister Pete Hodgson has officially stepped down from his role as CEO of the University of Otago's intellectual property commercialisation company to focus on the...
A Dunedin Airbnb host who had to call police when about 100 young teenagers held a boozy party on his property is mystified as to how they were able to use the site, and wants answers.
Families from around Otago gathered to watch the arrival of the All Blacks at Dunedin Airport yesterday, some travelling from as far afield as Balclutha.
Maori students at Otago will soon have the chance to experience life in indigenous communities in Australia, Canada and America, as the university finalises a new exchange programme.
A Dunedin woman diagnosed with brain tumours only months after being given the all-clear for breast cancer died earlier this week, leaving her partner devastated.
Helping prepare sea lions and penguins for operations and carrying out blood tests on them are just some of the skills budding vets get to put into practice at the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital.
Otago Polytechnic is partnering with Lance O’Sullivan to develop digital health qualifications for the iMoko app - allowing teachers and child care workers to help make long-distance diagnoses.
The University of Otago council has voted to increase its international student fees across a range of subjects for 2019.
The plight of students whose flat was so affected by black mould that it was even in their clothes is ''very common'' OUSA claims, but a group representing landlords is placing blame with tenants.
The University of Otago is standing by its decision not to release correspondence between communications staff regarding last month's disposal of student magazine Critic Te Arohi.
