Matthew Littlewood

The University of Otago has slipped slightly on a major international ranking table, and lags behind its main rival Auckland.

Fears a deadly mosquito-borne virus could reach New Zealand have led the government to call for a wide-ranging response plan.

Plans to fast-track a proposed new workers’ accommodation complex in Queenstown have hit rocky ground.

A carbon farming business has been fined for damaging large swathes of native bush and wetlands in the Waitaki district.

The University of Otago says upcoming cuts to the Marsden Fund could compromise world-leading research at the institution.

Thousands of jobs have been saved in Southland, as a deal securing the future of the Tiwai Point aluminum smelter for the next 20 years has been reached.

More than $5million is set aside for a business case towards a third medical school at the University of Waikato in the Budget, despite critics suggesting it is on shaky ground.

Some university students feel changes to the "fees-free" scheme could put people off starting tertiary education.

There are two stories of growth in the South— rapid growth, or barely any growth at all.

All bar one Dunedin City councillor have voted in favour of asking the government to create special visas for Palestinian refugees.

Plans for a third medical school based at the University of Waikato appear to be on shaky ground.

It is not just a trick of the light.

A group of Highlanders players had more reason than usual to brush up on the rugby rule book.