John Gibb

A stitch in time may save nine, but Dunedin embroiderers are keen to make even more than the usual savings these days, given the economic downturn.

The Otago Festival of the Arts has acquired a permanent office, marking a "coming of age" for the festival, organisers say.

About 100 keen shoppers were queuing for entry when The Warehouse opened its first smaller concept store in Mosgiel at 8.30am yesterday.

Parents and teachers have nothing to fear from a planned review of special education, and it is not a cost-cutting exercise, Associate Education Minister Heather Roy says.

Tertiary student leaders and the New Zealand Vice-chancellors Committee are concerned about the recent axing of three Government-funded tertiary student scholarships, in order to "save" $98 million.

The world food crisis will soon be in the spotlight at the University of Otago's latest Foreign Policy School.

The Otago Museum has scored an international coup by winning the right to host a major annual conference of Asia Pacific science and technology centres next year.

Prof Murray Tilyard has a new professorial post in general practice at the University of Otago's Dunedin School of Medicine.

Pharmacists are playing a key role in community efforts to counter swine flu and to help manage a host of other diseases, including diabetes, Dunedin pharmacist Hani Al-Salami says.

No decision can be made about a possible coroner's inquest into the Bain killings until further consultation takes place.

University of Otago chemistry graduate Nick White has gained a rare and prestigious scholarship - amounting to more than $70,000 a year - to undertake PhD study at Oxford University.

A University of Otago study exploring links between ageing and the risk of chronic disease is among a series of research projects boosted by $30.3 million in grants in the latest Health Research Council funding round.

More support should be offered for juries dealing with lengthy murder trials involving graphic crime-sc

Possible coroner's inquests into the Bain killings and the question of compensation for David Bain mean there may be more chapters to come in this "utterly absorbing" case, University of Otago Faculty of Law dean Prof Mark Henaghan says.

A proposed independent authority to examine miscarriages of justice is "worthy of serious consideration", University of Otago Faculty of Law Prof Mark Henaghan says.

The Otago Settlers Museum has acquired a "very fine watercolour" art work by Waikanae artist Eric Heath, depicting the museum's historic Ja class locomotive.

The high price paid by Otago soldiers during the First Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 is commemorated in a new exhibition at the Otago Settlers Museum.

Legal scholar Selene Mize, chemistry Associate Prof Allan Blackman and marketing specialist Dr Rob Aitken have gained the latest University of Otago teaching excellence awards.