Allison Rudd

Edwin Cameron confidently expects to live past 90. Old age is something he never takes for granted though, after coming close to dying of Aids 13 years ago.

Otago University Students Association president Harriet Geoghegan is celebrating.

New Zealanders who identify themselves as homosexual or bisexual, or who have had a same-sex encounter or relationship, tend to come from more disturbed backgrounds, a University of Otago researcher has found.

An introduction organised by a South Korean educational agent has resulted in Otago Polytechnic and Kookje College forging a partnership.

An academic award has been established at the University of Otago to remember Dunedin ecologist and conservationist Diane Campbell-Hunt.

Many New Zealanders are familiar with the traditional foods of countries such as China, India and Thailand. But what are the national foods of Brunei, Singapore or Sri Lanka?

Child, Youth and Family has admitted some teenagers under the age of 17 in its care are allowed to smoke.

Otago Polytechnic is heading for its best annual financial performance in almost 15 years.

University of Otago students will be asked to vote this month on sweeping changes for their student organisation.

The University of Otago is seeking a new academic and administrative head for its health sciences division in what will be the fifth change of senior academic staff in 18 months.

Dunedin police are paying for buses to try to stop partying Gardens Tavern patrons disturbing other residents in the North Dunedin student area this weekend.

Otago Polytechnic students are likely to be hit with hefty increases in fees and charges next year as the institution tries to claw back an anticipated drop in income.

The economic recession has been over officially for a year but Dunedin tertiary students are yet to benefit. Part-time work is still difficult to find and more students than ever are seeking emergency financial support.

Rebecca Alexander became a full-time tertiary student in February. Two months later she had to ask for an Otago Polytechnic Students Association foodbank parcel.

More than 90 years after an English soldier picked up a mud-splattered bible from a WW1 battlefield in Belgium and took it home with him, some international sleuthing has traced its New Zealand owner.