Many people who have caught Covid-19 feel they have not received the healthcare needed to cope with the illness, preliminary results from a nationwide study show.
While some people still think milk comes from a supermarket, University of Otago researchers have created New Zealand’s first strontium isotope map, which can pinpoint the distinct geographical...
While Polish families are taking in Ukrainians by the millions as the Russian invasion continues in Europe, Dunedin’s Polish community is raising funds to send in support of the refugees.
Unregulated, on-demand home deliveries of junk food, alcohol, cigarettes and vaping products have come under fire in a new University of Otago study which calls for urgent government intervention.
While one in 10 elderly people are known to suffer physical, emotional or financial abuse in New Zealand, it is believed the problem remains largely undetected and could be far more widespread than...
Otago students are being forced to scrimp on food and other necessities to pay their heating bills, despite new healthy homes standards introduced to improve the energy efficiency of private rentals.
As people across the country wound their clocks back an hour at the weekend, many no doubt thought, "wouldn’t it be great to have daylight saving all year round".
Meteorologists are monitoring the possibility of "unseasonal snowfall" in the lower South Island late on Wednesday, as cold southwesterlies approach the region.
Meteorologists are monitoring the possibility of "unseasonal snowfall" in the lower South Island late on Wednesday, as cold southwesterlies approach the region.
Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins has confirmed he will stand for re-election at this year’s local body elections, and is looking forward to fierce competition for the top job.