All 32 residents and 10 staff from the Glendale Retirement Home celebrated the end of the Covid-19 lockdown with a ‘‘we made it’’ lunch at a South Dunedin restaurant yesterday.
Tyne Grant, of Dunedin, is sweaty but cheerful, pedalling an exercycle at the Otago Museum’s hot and humid Tropical Forest yesterday, as part of a science outreach programme.
After earlier "shock" uncertainty about berthing, skipper Steve Kafka is delighted that his yacht Evohe can continue its nearly quarter-century of home-port operations from Dunedin.
Kaden Williamson (11), of Tahuna Normal Intermediate School, helps with a water sample during water and bird monitoring work at the upper Tomahawk Lagoon, Dunedin.
One person affected in a small chemical spill incident at an Invercargill fish market received only minor injuries and did not need hospital treatment.
Firefighters have clarified that there was no blaze at the University of Otago Central Library in Dunedin today, but they did deal with smoke coming from a generator.
A Dunedin researcher has helped find a way to avoid the dilemma of academics flying to international conferences on global warming adding to the problem.
Launching the University of Otago’s online MBA degree in China is likely to double the degree’s overall intake and generate $2.8 million in extra income.