Gecko recovering from leg injury
Gecko recovering from leg injury
Manawa, the Otago Museum’s popular globe-trotting jewelled gecko, is recovering well, after being treated for an apparent leg sprain.
John Gibb
Time for a joint effort
Time for a joint effort
Osteoarthritis costs the country about $3billion a year, Dunedin researcher Prof Haxby Abbott — who directs the University of Otago Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research — points out.
Appropriate care with international initiative
Appropriate care with international initiative
Precautions will be taken against coronavirus when University of Otago staff undertake a series of recently funded projects which aim to extend international health science links.
Exhibition hailed as big success, despite shortfall
Exhibition hailed as big success, despite shortfall
A big-budget James Cameron exhibition cost the Otago Museum about $50,000 to put on.
Bringing space science to life for kids
Bringing space science to life for kids
This is not a case of an alien stole my homework, but an alien helped me to do it.
Relay ‘a magical experience’
Relay ‘a magical experience’
John Reynolds is getting ready for the Cancer Society’s annual 24-hour Relay for Life.
New NZ citizen fairly familiar with city
New NZ citizen fairly familiar with city
After becoming a New Zealand citizen yesterday, Donald Harry will not require the most intense of familiarisation courses about Dunedin.
Otago's leading role in Tb-diabetes trial
Otago's leading role in Tb-diabetes trial
Dunedin researchers are playing a lead role in a $8.5 million project to conduct the world’s first trial seeking to prevent tuberculosis in people with diabetes.
Surf’s up for Outram pupils getting out and about
Surf’s up for Outram pupils getting out and about
Outram School years 7 and 8 pupils dash out of the surf at St Clair Beach after an hour-long learn-to-surf session, with supplied wetsuits, about 2pm yesterday.
Oyster fever as season opens
Oyster fever as season opens
Dunedin's Best Cafe owner Jessica Marks faces a "feeding frenzy" of customer demand and is taking nothing for granted as her fourth Bluff oyster season begins.
Tree fires as wind gusts in Southland
Tree fires as wind gusts in Southland
Volunteer fire crews have tackled three tree fires - two apparently caused by contact with power lines - as winds gusted above 30kmh in parts of Southland. More gales were forecast overnight.
Otago Museum’s former liaison officer new curator Maori
Otago Museum’s former liaison officer new curator Maori
Former Otago Museum-based regional museums liaison officer Dr Gerard O’Regan has been appointed as the museum’s new curator Maori.
Museum following Ministry of Health guidelines
Museum following Ministry of Health guidelines
Many questions were raised about how the Otago Museum would deal with potential coronavirus risk issues, at a meeting of the museum’s governing board this week.
Govt decision ‘not in line with WHO’
Govt decision ‘not in line with WHO’
After the Government yesterday declined any exemption to a coronavirus travel ban for students from China, a University of Otago medical adviser said WHO opposed such extensive travel restrictions.
Mum and son: hearing-impaired pupils would thrive together
Mum and son: hearing-impaired pupils would thrive together
Dunedin resident Beca Harper and her son Oliver are backing a new report which suggests changes in deaf education, starting with a co-enrolment trial.
Gun control, peace theory part of legacy
Gun control, peace theory part of legacy
As he nears retirement, Emeritus Prof Kevin Clements is keen for the New Zealand Government to speak out more about global climate change and peacemaking issues.
Pupils cross swords in high school drama
Pupils cross swords in high school drama
Yes, at the moment you can actually learn a good deal about medieval sword fighting at Otago Girls’ High School.
Support group to sell building
Support group to sell building
CCS Disability Action Otago plans to sell its Great King St premises this week, and will later move into leased and refurbished rooms in Portsmouth Dr.
Otago academic fears ‘massive’ impact
Otago academic fears ‘massive’ impact
A failure to prevent coronavirus establishing itself in New Zealand would be a "major failing of our public health services and infection control", a public health medicine specialist says.
Getting used to life without a vehicle
Getting used to life without a vehicle
Getting by without a car was initially a "hellish" experience, Dunedin woman Patricia Clark said yesterday.