John Gibb

Dunedin music student Lillian Gibbs says becoming the youngest person to join New Zealand’s premier national chamber choir, Voices New Zealand, is a "fantastic" outcome.

Christchurch visual artist Marian Maguire says creating her art often involves working on puzzles, and wrestling with questions but not having all the answers.

Visiting Malaysian forensic pathologist Faridah Mohd Nor enjoys crime scene television shows, but knows that real world forensic science is often more challenging.

A big submerged poplar tree which had threatened the safety of swimmers and downstream infrastructure was yesterday removed from the Clutha River at Albert Town.

The academic and socio-emotional development of many deaf children consistently lags behind their hearing peers and positive change is needed, Dunedin educator Denise Powell believes.

About 180 people, many from overseas, will converge on Dunedin this week for an international classics conference last held in the city about 2005.

New Zealand had taken "sensible" steps to counter the spread of coronavirus, a University of Otago biochemist said yesterday.

A Dunedin gathering aimed at boosting rural science education has again proved successful, but organisers aim to strengthen funding through corporate support.

Dunedin researchers have used 3000-year-old teeth to solve an ancient banana mystery linked to the last part of the planet to be settled by humans.

To mark a recent visit to Karitane by a big group of youngsters from Hastings, a street artist has painted a striking mural of a Karitane elder.

When the Puketeraki marae in Karitane recently hosted 130 people — including 110 from Hastings — organisers said the event was an incentive to put further recycling measures into action.

The imminent start of geotechnical testing on a site for the new Mosgiel pool is a ‘‘positive step’’ for the long-running project.

A geology field trip to Brighton yesterday showed the value of a Dunedin programme which is aimed at strengthening rural science education, organisers said.

Builder  Mark Spencer is "absolutely delighted" resource consent to add an accommodation lodge will further strengthen the Waitati Valley Equestrian Centre.

Te Anau couple George and Claire Bell recently lost everything in a devastating house fire - so their local community is rallying to support them.

Plenty of sunbeams were shining when the 66th annual Dunedin to Brighton Veteran Car Rally began at the Octagon at the weekend.

Former Dunedin to Brighton veteran car rally co-ordinator Boyd Wilkinson is keen for Dunedin’s traditional Festival Week to be revived.