John Gibb

The British and New Zealand love affair with tea drinking might never have happened except for an obscure botanical disaster in Sri Lanka, botanist Paul Guy said yesterday.

Most candidates for the Dunedin mayoralty and city council yesterday strongly supported pedestrian safety concerns over e-scooter use on city footpaths.

A man allegedly involved in a serious assault is in custody after a manhunt in a Dunedin suburb this afternoon.

Native trees will make better long term carbon sinks than simply planting pine trees to counter climate change, Associate Prof Janice Lord says.

Hannah Pirie, the Dunedin Botanic Garden geographic and arboretum curator, moves topsoil in Lovelock Ave yesterday, the day of the spring equinox.

Indian-born Logan Park High School international prefect Lokesh Menariya holds a plate of pakoras, spicy Indian vegetarian delicacies that proved popular at the school's International Food Festival...

The Mosgiel Memorial RSA bowling club will be sold by tender to an undisclosed buyer, and the club's governance will be restructured and new elections held.

About 50 people attended a''fantastic'' genealogy anniversary event in Dunedin at the weekend, organisers said.

Police are investigating a report an envelope containing an unknown powder has recently delivered to a Mosgiel property.

Three fire appliances backed by a helicopter with a monsoon bucket have swiftly extinguished a lakeside fire which was burning near homes in the Queenstown suburb of Kelvin Heights this evening.

Jack Manning has been narrowly elected as next year's Otago University Students Association president and is keen to boost support for student mental health.

A leading Dunedin veterinarian Dr Helen Beattie and international urban designer Skye Duncan were yesterday honoured as distinguished former Columba College pupils.

A St Kilda fire appliance reached a South Dunedin house fire more swiftly than usual on Thursday, because firefighters were fitting a smoke alarm in a nearby street.

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A lucrative new antiviral drug industry could be among the spinoffs arising from a record $38.5million in grants to University of Otago researchers, announced this week.