Take care to avoid holiday injury: ACC
Take care to avoid holiday injury: ACC
New Zealanders injuring themselves over the Christmas period may be as much part of the festivities as a beer and a barbecue on the beach.
Hamish MacLean
Otago Uni appoints acting vice-chancellor
Otago Uni appoints acting vice-chancellor
Professor Helen Nicholson has been appointed Otago University's acting vice-chancellor as the search continues to replace outgoing Prof Harlene Hayne.
Wader bird population put under pressure
Wader bird population put under pressure
Royal spoonbills and other wading birds could find less room to roost in Otago Harbour’s margins as roads and cycleways progressively pave over habitat.
Fatal crash disrupts traffic on Dunedin’s Northern Motorway
Fatal crash disrupts traffic on Dunedin’s Northern Motorway
Traffic backs up on the Northern Motorway at the scene of a fatal crash north of Dunedin yesterday morning.
Latest cancellation: no formal graduations this year
Latest cancellation: no formal graduations this year
More than 3000 graduands have had their graduation ceremonies cancelled after a threat of violence spoiled December plans in Dunedin.
Police speak with man who rode horse in CBD
Police speak with man who rode horse in CBD
Dunedin police spoke to a man who rode his horse through the Octagon on Saturday afternoon.
More graduations abandoned over threat
More graduations abandoned over threat
The University of Otago has cancelled all of this week's graduation ceremonies and parades following a security threat last week.
Life threatening injuries after wheelchair crash
Life threatening injuries after wheelchair crash
A Dunedin man in a wheelchair suffered life-threatening head injuries when he lost control of his wheelchair and crashed at the weekend.
Heat pump thought to be cause of fire that destroyed house
Heat pump thought to be cause of fire that destroyed house
A fire that destroyed a vacant house in Gore is believed to have been sparked by an unmaintained heat pump.
Internal Affairs kept watch over ORC
Internal Affairs kept watch over ORC
The Department of Internal Affairs tuned in to watch as a fractured Otago Regional Council rolled its chairwoman Marian Hobbs earlier this year.
City’s carbon footprint overstated
City’s carbon footprint overstated
A recalculation of Dunedin’s carbon footprint shows the estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation and stationary energy sectors in the city have been inflated.
18 ascent-descent run wins Crush the Cargill title
18 ascent-descent run wins Crush the Cargill title
The bar has been raised a little higher at Mt Cargill after a race record was set at Crush the Cargill over the weekend.
Tumultuous ORC period caught attention of DIA
Tumultuous ORC period caught attention of DIA
The Department of Internal Affairs turned its eye to the turmoil that toppled former Otago Regional Council chairwoman Marian Hobbs earlier this year — but no investigation was launched.
Massive yellow-eyed penguin decline on Stewart Is
Massive yellow-eyed penguin decline on Stewart Is
Crashing yellow-eyed penguin numbers at Stewart Island are heartbreaking, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust’s science adviser says.
Advocate always up for challenge
Advocate always up for challenge
For nearly three decades, Dunedin’s Sue Maturin has fought to protect the South’s native biodiversity.
Earlier effect subsides
Earlier effect subsides
A moderate to strong marine heatwave around New Zealand subsided before summer started. But there could well be more marine heatwaves through the summer months.
Stewart Island hoiho numbers plummet
Stewart Island hoiho numbers plummet
Yellow-eyed penguin numbers have crashed in Stewart Island/Rakiura raising concerns about what is happening to the rare birds when they are at sea.
Otago students hold impromptu graduation ceremony
Otago students hold impromptu graduation ceremony
The Morrisons spent 45 hours in transit and two weeks in isolation after travelling from the Western Pacific island of Guam to see their son Cory graduate today, and even though the official ceremony was postponed, some of the graduands held their own.
Taking sea lion’s share of the track
Taking sea lion’s share of the track
A female yearling sea lion dozes on a walking track at Lawyers Head yesterday afternoon under the watchful eye of New Zealand Sea Lion Trust chairwoman Jordana Whyte.
Delay in powering on streetlights in west of city
Delay in powering on streetlights in west of city
Swathes of Dunedin were left in the dark on Monday after a delay in turning on the streetlights in part of the city.