La vie en rose
La vie en rose
Heritage Roses Otago convener Fran Rawling (left) and group member Jean Grace discuss a rose, named Rote Max Graf, while pruning during a working bee at Dunedin’s Northern Cemetery yesterday.
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Lockdowns inspire virtual reality tour of museum
Lockdowns inspire virtual reality tour of museum
The Covid-19 lockdowns have inspired the creation of an innovative virtual reality tour of the country’s oldest anatomy museum.
Father’s Day move positive for planting
Father’s Day move positive for planting
Sunny weather and a switch to Father’s Day proved positive for the annual Trees for Families planting event in Dunedin yesterday morning.
Holden fan ‘as long as I tread on this earth’
Holden fan ‘as long as I tread on this earth’
The Dunedin dealership signs are about to come down, but Kay Andrews will remain a Holden enthusiast "as long as I tread on this earth".
Breast cancer lingerie launched
Breast cancer lingerie launched
Dunedin friends Andrea Samson and Lucy Warren have launched "Touched by Pink", a social enterprise to provide more lingerie options for breast cancer survivors.
Inquiry into suspicious car fire
Inquiry into suspicious car fire
Police are investigating after a car was extensively damaged in a suspicious fire in the city at the weekend.
Coroner to look at death
Coroner to look at death
The police serious crash unit has investigated a fatal car crash in Oamaru on Saturday night, and the death will be referred to the coroner.
Dunedin car fire deliberately lit, investigator says
Dunedin car fire deliberately lit, investigator says
A late model Toyota car parked in Burns St, Dunedin, was extensively damaged in a deliberately-lit fire late last night.
Need cited for cordon flexibility
Need cited for cordon flexibility
Policy makers should consider flexibility to meet human needs, including retrieving pets and memorabilia, when planning post-earthquake cordons, Otago researchers say.
Student’s legal thinking takes prize
Student’s legal thinking takes prize
University of Otago law student Jacobi Kohu-Morris is delighted to have won this year’s national Kaupapa Maori Moot competition.
Electric truck collecting uni waste
Electric truck collecting uni waste
A new electric truck will soon start removing recycling waste from the University of Otago’s Dunedin campus, saving about 125 litres of diesel a day.
Machine new way to recycle
Machine new way to recycle
One of New Zealand’s first reverse vending machines for recycling cans and plastic bottles began operating on the University of Otago campus yesterday.
Lack of bowel condition drug compromising patients
Lack of bowel condition drug compromising patients
New Zealand is falling further behind Australia and other developed countries over access to up-to-date medications to treat inflammatory bowel disease, Dunedin gastroenterologist Michael Schultz...
Insurance for museum at $20 million
Insurance for museum at $20 million
The Otago Museum collections are not "badly underinsured", despite being covered for only $20 million of their estimated overall $250 million value.
Quirky exit part of office memories
Quirky exit part of office memories
Few academics can boast they have an office with its own secret crawl space and a tiny door.
Conservation of engraved trees welcomed
Conservation of engraved trees welcomed
Many "win-win" benefits are expected to flow from a collaborative digital recording and conservation project involving rare engraved Moriori trees at Otago Museum.
No ceremony, but Renee's still celebrating
No ceremony, but Renee's still celebrating
Renee Bond’s sense of humour has survived bouts of serious illness during her studies and has also helped her accept she cannot graduate in person from the University of Otago.
Pair win scholarships
Pair win scholarships
University of Otago postgraduate students Holly Still and Taylor Hamlin have gained two of Antarctica New Zealand’s four national doctoral scholarships this year, to support Antarctic research.
Quest on for recovery funding
Quest on for recovery funding
Two streams of Covid-19 recovery funding have been identified which might help the Otago Museum’s quest for government funding.
Hanging on for a good clean
Hanging on for a good clean
Abseiling window cleaner Nick Beadle works yesterday on sixth-floor windows on the Dunbar St side of ASB House in Cumberland St, Dunedin.