John Lewis

Salmonella Dub to headline inaugural Fortune Festival

Salmonella Dub to headline inaugural Fortune Festival

Salmonella Dub, with Tiki Taane and Laughton Kora, are the headline act among a "who’s who" of New Zealand music which has been announced to perform at the inaugural Fortune Festival in Dunedin next April.

Mercurial vocals supremely testing

Singers Luke Butson and Lara Davidson are already in training for their marathon lead roles in...

Mercurial vocals supremely testing

Keeping up with Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s voice is, for most musical vocalists, something akin to running a marathon in a deep sea diving suit.

Trust’s support more targeted

Otago Community Trust chairman Diccon Sim and trust chief executive Barbara Bridger. PHOTO:...

Trust’s support more targeted

Otago Community Trust funding decisions will be categorised under four new funding pillars, as of April 1 next year, when a new five-year strategic plan is introduced.

Heavy rain expected for parts of South

A week of wild weather comes amid warnings that marine heatwave conditions currently enveloping...

Heavy rain expected for parts of South

Heavy rain is forecast for parts of the South from tomorrow including Southland, Fiordland and Westland.

Board women do well: research

Board women do well: research

Are women directors just "tokens", appointed to meet corporate board gender expectations or rulings by regulatory bodies?

Museum vaccination policies anticipated

Museum vaccination policies anticipated

It may be early next month before Dunedin public pools, libraries and museums will be able to say whether staff and visitors will need to be double vaccinated to gain entry.

Festival to be held on University Oval

Celebrating the launch of the Fortune Festival are Dunedin Venues Management Ltd event operations...

Festival to be held on University Oval

Following a "drought" of major events in the South, Dunedin’s fortunes are changing.

Dunedin scientist setting parameters for Titan probe

The Dragonfly drone will explore dozens of locations across Titan, sampling and measuring the...

Dunedin scientist setting parameters for Titan probe

Life and its building blocks is no longer just about birds and bees — it turns out a Dragonfly is also involved now.

Highly cited NZ scientist honoured

University of California San Diego researcher Prof Rob Knight has been named a highly cited...

Highly cited NZ scientist honoured

A Dunedin-born scientist has been singled out on a list of scientists that includes 24 Nobel Laureates.

$25,000 for anxiety research

Dr Olivia Harrison has won a 2021 L'Oreal/UNESCO For Women in Science fellowship. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

$25,000 for anxiety research

Continuing her recent awards sweep, University of Otago psychology researcher Dr Olivia Harrison has been awarded a 2021 L’Oreal/Unesco Fellowship for women in science.

Winning ways merit reward

The year 7 and 8 teams event was won by John McGlashan College team 8 pupils (from left) Luke...

Winning ways merit reward

Winning a national title is a great time to ask your parents for something you have always wanted.

Artist puts parts of past into creativity

Otago Polytechnic art student Dillon Waddell with his latest artwork, which is on display at the...

Artist puts parts of past into creativity

Avant-garde art, it is not. But ground-breaking, it most certainly is.

Garden haven created for Daffodil House residents

Mitre 10 Mega Dunedin and Mitre 10 Mosgiel group chief executive officer Neil Finn-House and...

Garden haven created for Daffodil House residents

They say gardening is cheaper than therapy.

Medals awarded to South’s ‘local heroes’

Medals awarded to South’s ‘local heroes’

Creating innovative garments for amputees and founding a world-first eating disorder service are among the achievements in the Southern region which have been recognised in the Kiwibank Local Hero...

Calls to improve pancreatic cancer care

Calls to improve pancreatic cancer care

On average, there are only 92 days between diagnosis and death when it comes to pancreatic cancer.

Lasers at cutting edge of technology

University of Otago department of physics and Dodd-Walls Centre of Photonics and Quantum...

Lasers at cutting edge of technology

Physics, photonics and quantum technologies sound like pretty heavy topics for most people to absorb.

Award for housing research ‘humbling’

University of Otago (Wellington) housing and health research programme leader Distinguished Prof...

Award for housing research ‘humbling’

Two decades of ground-breaking research on the impact of housing interventions on residents’ health and wellbeing has won an Otago researcher and her team New Zealand’s top research award.

Psych ward smokefree policies ignored

Psych ward smokefree policies ignored

A belief mental health service users will be more aggressive and violent if they are not allowed to smoke is prompting staff on many psychiatric wards to ignore hospital smokefree policies.

‘Extraordinary amount’ collected for food bank

St Vincent de Paul centre and pastoral co-ordinator Sarah Strang with some of the food collected...

‘Extraordinary amount’ collected for food bank

Food, glorious food.

Company has market licked

Puppy, the yellow Labrador, enjoys a banana-flavoured ice-cream treat, made by new Dunedin...

Company has market licked

Oh my dog. Bacon-flavoured ice cream, made especially for canines - who would have thought.

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