Ravensbourne Rd reopens after fatal crash
Ravensbourne Rd reopens after fatal crash
Ravensbourne Rd (SH88) has reopened after an early-morning crash, in which one person died and two suffered moderate injuries.
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Wait now two years for dental treatment
Wait now two years for dental treatment
Parents joining the Dunedin dental school’s queue may have to wait up to two years for treatment because of a Covid-19 double whammy.
Hayne agrees to meeting over med school admissions
Hayne agrees to meeting over med school admissions
The University of Otago’s vice-chancellor has agreed to meet students who are seeking answers about possible changes to selection processes for the medical school.
'Trust has been eroded': Meeting to discuss med school admissions
'Trust has been eroded': Meeting to discuss med school admissions
University of Otago senior leaders have agreed to meet with students who requested urgent discussions about the way students are selected for medical school.
High Court challenge to admissions scheme
High Court challenge to admissions scheme
A legal challenge to the way the University of Otago selects students for its medical programme has made it to the High Court.
Med school legal challenge: Plaintiff's name suppressed
Med school legal challenge: Plaintiff's name suppressed
The man taking on the University of Otago over its admissions process for medical school will have his identity kept secret until further notice.
Uni vows to fight legal challenge
Uni vows to fight legal challenge
The University of Otago is set to face court action over the way minority groups are given priority for entry into its medical school.
Med school admissions policy to be challenged in court
Med school admissions policy to be challenged in court
The way Otago University selects students for its medicine programme is set to be challenged in court.
Examinations likely to return to campus in semester two
Examinations likely to return to campus in semester two
Most students at the University of Otago appear set to have their semester two examinations on campus, rather than online, if the region is in Alert Level 1 next month.
Festival going ahead with modifications
Festival going ahead with modifications
The importance of an international cultural carnival at the University of Otago may well have been reinforced by this year’s coronavirus challenges.
Affirmative pathways backed
Affirmative pathways backed
A doctor and senior academic who was one of only two Maori men to get into the Otago Medical School’s 1959 intake wonders if recent action to boost admissions from minority groups has been a little...
Physicians’ group condemns cap idea
Physicians’ group condemns cap idea
The idea of caps on students entering the Otago Medical School through equity pathways has "deeply disturbed" a physicians’ advocacy group.
Student bar hours extended
Student bar hours extended
Student drinking establishment Starters Bar will be able to stay open until 3am several nights a week, in a move characterised as a special Dunedin trial.
Group 'deeply disturbed' by proposal limiting equity pathways
Group 'deeply disturbed' by proposal limiting equity pathways
The idea of capping the number of students entering the Otago Medical School through equity pathways has "deeply disturbed" a physicians advocacy group.
Boozy wrong-way drive ends in licence suspension
Boozy wrong-way drive ends in licence suspension
A motorist who travelled the wrong way on a one-way street in Dunedin last night failed an alcohol breath test.
Van driven into South Dunedin shop front
Van driven into South Dunedin shop front
A vacant shop in South Dunedin was damaged when a motorist drove through the front of the building last night.
Canadian city hit by Dunedin company's ticketing chaos
Canadian city hit by Dunedin company's ticketing chaos
A Dunedin ticketing firm's troubles have stretched to Canada and a council there is offering out-of-pocket customers compensation.
Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it, till a vaccine is found
Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it, till a vaccine is found
A senior University of Otago academic’s hair could be difficult to manage until a credible vaccine is found for Covid-19.
Otago academic cutting off barbers until vaccine found
Otago academic cutting off barbers until vaccine found
A senior University of Otago academic's hair could be difficult to manage until a credible vaccine is found for Covid-19.
Relief as refunds begin for cancelled school trips
Relief as refunds begin for cancelled school trips
Refunds are coming for Otago families left in the lurch when school trips overseas were cancelled and the travel company organising them collapsed.