Allison Rudd

Course fees have been increased for international students starting their studies at the University of Otago next year.

Access to Dunedin Hospital's emergency department may be restricted in a last-ditch attempt to reduce the number of people attending with non-urgent ailments.

Groups and individuals have been given more time to make submissions on whether Carisbrook should be registered as a historic place of outstanding significance.

Dunedin's tertiary institutions are not having significant difficulties attracting staff, despite research showing academics in this country are paid about 40% less than their Australian counterparts.

If New Zealand writer Tessa Duder's market research is anything to go by, her latest novel will be a winner.

A University of Otago student has come up with a new weapon in the war to keep homes warm and electricity bills down.

A New Zealand-led group racing to beat inhospitable elements and preserve four historic Antarctic exploration huts has embarked on its most ambitious project yet.

The maximum course fees tertiary institutions can charge domestic students are likely to rise next year.

The younger generation has happily discussed its screen-watching habits with University of Otago researcher Dr Martha Bell, but their parents have proved harder to pin down.

No need to panic.

Co-campfire leader Noel Walker leads more than 500 keas, cubs, scouts and leaders in a song at a centenary "virtual campfire" at Dunedin's Edgar Centre on Saturday night.

Eight Dunedin police officers headed south yesterday to bolster forces in Invercargill, where gang tensions have erupted.

An announcement that Broad Bay artist Simon Richardson has been approached to paint Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin's official portrait can only lead to one question: Will he be depicted nude?

The funeral process has changed much in recent years. Allison Rudd looks at various aspects of the ritual, including costs and alternatives.

Move over beagles, bulldogs and boxers. Today's most popular pooches are more likely to be designer dogs - crossbreds with inventive names like buggs, puggles, malteagles, bogles and pekepoos.

Just at the time it is needed most, the Dunedin City Council consumer electricity fund has run out.

Almost half of Dunedin households are suffering from "fuel poverty" as the cost of heating a home escalates, a University of Otago academic has found.