Artist 'grateful' stolen pieces found
Artist 'grateful' stolen pieces found
Dozens of paintings and prints have been found, undamaged, in a street just a few blocks from where they were stolen last weekend.
Carla Green
Fall in international student numbers in Otago
Fall in international student numbers in Otago
International student numbers declined by 2% overall in Otago last year, even as numbers countrywide climbed 13%.
Used electric car market may be key: researchers
Used electric car market may be key: researchers
New Zealand may need to have a used electric car market before New Zealanders will start buying electric cars, university researchers say.
Students push fossil fuel issue
Students push fossil fuel issue
University of Otago academics are frustrated with the university following an announcement fossil fuel divestment will not be on next week's council agenda.
NZTA tests warning system for conditions
NZTA tests warning system for conditions
The NZ Transport Agency has seized on this week's snowy and icy weather to try out a new system of warning travellers about road conditions.
Flights disrupted as icy weather grips South
Flights disrupted as icy weather grips South
Thousands of passengers at Dunedin and Queenstown airports had their flights cancelled this morning as an icy blast hit the South. Snow has closed roads throughout the lower South Island, with drivers warned to take extreme care or delay travelling.
Van found minus art
Van found minus art
A stolen van full of artwork has been found empty by police, its owner says.
Veteran surprised at honour
Veteran surprised at honour
When Andrew Rooney showed up at Don Mackenzie's Dunedin house on Saturday, the 90 year old didn't know what was happening.
A master modeller
A master modeller
Kit McCready (64) has been working on model planes since he was a teenager.
Plea for return of artworks
Plea for return of artworks
All Orion Das cares about is getting his works of art back.
'Pretty abnormal month' around the country
'Pretty abnormal month' around the country
June was dominated by historically heavy precipitation and other extreme weather events in Dunedin and around the country, meteorologists say.
Student group feted
Student group feted
Katy Atkinson and Zara Taylor are no strangers to the world of cancer.
Artefacts endangered by erosion
Artefacts endangered by erosion
Historic Maori middens along the Otago Peninsula have been further uncovered by powerful waves this week and last, opening them up to possible damage, Heritage New Zealand says.
Student call for places on council
Student call for places on council
More than 400 submissions have been made pushing for the University of Otago Council to include two elected student representatives, the students' association says.
Volunteers gather to restore pa site
Volunteers gather to restore pa site
About 60 people showed up at the Huriawa Pa near Karitane yesterday for a ''working day'' to continue restoration of the historic site.
Cancer link with combined chemicals
Cancer link with combined chemicals
Certain chemicals that are ''ubiquitous'' in our everyday environment could be carcinogenic when found together, an international team of 174 researchers has found.
Polytechs consider 'new tertiary organisation'
Polytechs consider 'new tertiary organisation'
Aoraki Polytechnic and the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology may be forming a ''new tertiary organisation''.
MP impressed with RSA visit
MP impressed with RSA visit
A visit from Jo Goodhew to the Mosgiel RSA went ''extremely well'', volunteer Jocelyn Faul says.
Popular student bars to re-open
Popular student bars to re-open
Popular student bars Capone and Boogie Nites will re-open this Friday under new management, operator Sheldon Lye has confirmed.
'Rogue wave' sweeps dog from owner
'Rogue wave' sweeps dog from owner
Passers-by watched in horror as a ''rogue wave'' surged up to engulf a woman and her dog walking on St Clair beach yesterday.