Two men involved in a campaign to secure jobs for Dunedin's Hillside Workshops and associated businesses say a public meeting in the city next week should be supported, if only to keep the issue alive.
Mosgiel couple Alex and Freija Hoogendoorn's Valentine's Day dinner last night included most of the accepted traditions - good food, champagne, chocolates, flowers and candles.
The number of University of Otago students disciplined for criminal or nuisance offences continues to decline, but many more students are being caught out for plagiarism.
The cost of renting a Clutha District Council-owned unit could soon rise.
For Dauvit Broun, there is nothing like touching and reading a medieval document up to 1300 years old, or reading a later reprint of something first produced that long ago.
Relieved and thankful. That was the reaction yesterday from several former Otago residents who escaped unscathed as Cyclone Yasi, with winds of up to about 290kmh, failed to deliver the devastation expected in north Queensland.
One of the University of Otago School of Home Science's best-known graduates is returning to Dunedin today for events marking the department's centenary.
A prolific University of Otago researcher who is forging an international reputation for her work has won the Otago School of Medical Sciences' top award for 2010.
Enrolments at Otago Polytechnic are well up on the same period last year - so much so the institution may need to limit intakes later this year.
Former Dunedin man Damian Philippa and his family were last night holed up in a friend's hillside house in Cairns anticipating the onslaught of the worst Australian storm in almost a century.
Clarification of what quarrying may be carried out at the Saddle Hill quarry could be months away.
Mosgiel Taieri Community Board members are not keen for a foyer at the Mosgiel library to be transformed into an Otago Polytechnic-run community learning centre but have supported the polytechnic using an alternative space - the men's staff toilets.
When trainee dentists and therapists at the University of Otago dental school utter that memorable phrase "this won't hurt a bit", they really mean it.
Potential holiday home purchasers appear to be spoilt for choice in popular South Island holiday towns, with so many properties on the market it will realistically take several years to clear the listings.
Reading and writing have long been acknowledged as essential academic skills.
Since the student loan scheme was introduced almost a generation ago, more than 894,000 New Zealanders - just over one-fifth of New Zealand's population - have borrowed almost $14 billion. The money has enabled them to fund their tertiary studies - but how does having a student loan affect graduates in the real world of buying houses and cars, travelling overseas and raising families? Tertiary education reporter Allison Rudd investigates.
Having sucked up almost $14 billion in 19 years, the student loan scheme must be creating a negative impact on individuals and the New Zealand economy, University of Otago economics lecturer Associate Prof Paul Hansen said.
Over the years, secondhand book-seller Mike Hamblyn has found all sorts of unusual items in book purchases - banknotes, letters, photographs, negatives and even a piece of bacon rind doubling as a bookmark.
University of Otago dental school staff are welcoming the commissioning of equipment that puts Dunedin at the forefront of digital scanning technology.
It is a landmark property that dates to the era of ferries and grand yachts on Otago Harbour. Allison Rudd visits the former home of Charles Speight.
