Allison Rudd

War babies topic strikes chord

University of Otago research into mixed race World War 2 babies has struck a chord throughout the Pacific and beyond.

Dentist resigns position

Some members of Dunedin's dental fraternity have expressed surprise at allegations of financial irregularities against one of their own.

Study asks: Do dogs know how we feel?

University of Otago psychology researcher Associate Prof Ted Ruffman plays with black Labrador...

Study asks: Do dogs know how we feel?

Ask any dog owner whether their canine companion understands them and the answer will likely be yes.

Polytech national student body vote

The Otago Polytechnic Students' Association may withdraw from its national parent body and go it alone.

The St John ambulance service has denied a claim it took an hour to deliver an ambulance from its York Pl headquarters to a central Dunedin supermarket where a customer had fallen and badly broken her arm.

University makes plea for more funds

University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof Sir David Skegg has urged the Government to invest more in universities, saying New Zealand institutions are likely to lose high calibre staff and students to Australia if it does not.

More distance learners enrol at university

Enrolments in distance learning papers offered by the University of Otago are up 20% on the same time last year.

Otago Polytechnic offers midwifery course in North Island

Otago Polytechnic offers midwifery course in North Island

Otago Polytechnic has expanded its bachelor of midwifery programme across Cook Strait to pick up students left high and dry.

Fears students to bear brunt of Govt plans

Indications from Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce that university and polytechnic course fees may rise and access to student loans be tightened has a student leader worried.

Smoking banned outside campus buildings

University of Otago students use a measuring tape to discover how far from a university building...

Smoking banned outside campus buildings

The days of indulging in a quick cigarette in a sheltered doorway outside a lecture theatre or office will soon be a thing of the past for University of Otago students and staff.

Varsity buying, closing bar

The University of Otago is in the process of buying the Gardens Tavern and will close the popular student bar.

Mosgiel woman tasered by police

Taser stun guns have only been available to Southern district frontline police officers for a week but have already been used twice in two days.

Unsafe pressure-changes spur call to replace pipe

Dunedin City Council staff have recommended an underground water pipe in Outram be replaced soon to stop potentially dangerous pressure fluctuations.

Author succeeds with focus on dark side

Best-selling author Lee Child reflects on the crime novels which have made him an international...

Author succeeds with focus on dark side

Murder, mayhem, chaos and crime have made Lee Child rich and famous.

Family surprise over soldier's honour

Michael Don was only 1 and his younger brother was not born when their father, Sergeant Alastair Don, became one of the first two New Zealand soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.

Restructuring report unseen

Union officials have had no guarantees the University of Otago will release a confidential restructuring proposal report which could mean redundancies.

Otago Polytechnic left 'in a good place'

After eight years on the Otago Polytechnic council, including seven years as the council's chairman, Dunedin accountant Graham Crombie says he is disappointed but not surprised that he missed being chosen as one of the ministerial appointments to the restructured council.

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