John Gibb

Much upheaval seen in 60 years with stockbroker

After 60 years, Val Braumann considers the people of Forsyth Barr Ltd to be family. PHOTO: GREGOR...

Much upheaval seen in 60 years with stockbroker

Sharemarket crashes and recessions, huge changes in technology and a global pandemic — Val Braumann has seen and survived a great deal in her 60 years at Forsyth Barr.

New Centre for Law and Society

Otago Centre for Law and Society co-directors (from left) Dr Anna High (law), Prof Ben Schonthal ...

New Centre for Law and Society

A new Centre for Law and Society could help boost the University of Otago’s international reputation.

Scientists still warm on Dunedin volcano idea

This view from Mount Zion, on Mount Cargill’s northeast summit ridge, shows the complex structure...

Scientists still warm on Dunedin volcano idea

Scientists trying to unleash geothermal energy from deep under Dunedin have had a setback, but believe they still have a strong case for tapping into an extinct volcano.

Vaccination may be annual

Vaccination may be annual

The emergence of a more infectious mutation of coronavirus in Japan highlights the future reality of having to update anti-Covid-19 vaccines each year.

Couple ‘let free’ now visa granted

Patricia and Dorjee Tsering are now planning for the future. PHOTO: CHRISTINE O’CONNOR

Couple ‘let free’ now visa granted

A Dunedin couple’s stressful four-year battle with red tape seems over after the granting of a residency visa for a Tibetan spouse.

Protest over long-awaited living wage for bus drivers garners support

Dunedin bus passenger Umi Asaka (left), Unite Union organiser Sonja Mitchell and part-time bus...

Protest over long-awaited living wage for bus drivers garners support

A small group of Dunedin protesters seeking the belated payment of the living wage to the city’s Orbus bus drivers helped create plenty of noise last week.

Youngsters’ sleep quality after screen use study’s focus

Bedtime Electronic Devices (BED) study co-leaders Brad Brosnan and Shay-Ruby Wickhamdisplay...

Youngsters’ sleep quality after screen use study’s focus

Does streaming before dreaming result in youngsters having a worse sleep?

Roll-your-own tobacco warnings recommended

Roll-your-own tobacco warnings recommended

New pictorial warnings on tobacco pouches specifically aimed at New Zealand’s many roll-your-own smokers should be introduced, a study suggests.

Faith in sustainability targets

Environment Minister David Parker yesterday addressed a Dunedin conference on environmental...

Faith in sustainability targets

New Zealand’s success in countering Covid-19 has strengthened Environment Minister David Parker’s view that our environmental sustainability targets can also be achieved.

New publisher at University Press

New Otago University Press publisher Dr Sue Wootton (left) and retiring publisher Rachel Scott....

New publisher at University Press

Dunedin poet and prose writer Dr Sue Wootton has been appointed as the new publisher at Otago University Press.

Making a difference in learning that counts

Associate Prof Sarah Wakes, head of the University of Otago department of mathematics and...

Making a difference in learning that counts

Associate Prof Sarah Wakes has been appointed the University of Otago’s first female head of mathematics and statistics in the institution’s 150-year history.

Race Relations Week exemplary

New Zealand race relations commissioner Meng Foon speaks at Dunedin’s Araiteuru Marae last night....

Race Relations Week exemplary

Dunedin's extensive Race Relations Week programme provides a positive example that other New Zealand centres could take up in future.

Opportunity to think about flood protection

Attending a New Zealand Geotechnical Society conference in Dunedin yesterday are (from left) GNS...

Opportunity to think about flood protection

Any redevelopment of Forbury Park would offer a "huge opportunity" to strengthen South Dunedin’s overall defences against flooding, scientists say.

Chinese Garden documentary given to southern schools

Chinese Garden documentary given to southern schools

More than 400 copies of a video documentary linking the early Chinese settlement of Dunedin and the city’s later Chinese Garden are being sent to every school in Otago and Southland.

‘I got it wrong’: Foon apologises to police

Race relations commissioner Meng Foon yesterday admitted "I got it wrong" and apologised for a recent "incorrect" comment that police were racist.

Significant Archibald Baxter poetry find

University of Otago student Caitlin Duff (19) holds a book of poems by Dunedin conscientious...

Significant Archibald Baxter poetry find

A Dunedin student’s discovery and publication of poems by World War 1 conscientious objector Archibald Baxter is shedding new light on previous little-known parts of his life.

Glacier creatures examined

University of Otago geneticist Peter Dearden at his office in the university’s biochemistry...

Glacier creatures examined

Scientists are pondering the discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem of tiny creatures living in the ice high on South Island maritime glaciers.

Captain takes the helm at Poppa's

‘‘Captain Poppa’’, the new owner of Poppa’s Pizza in Albany St, Dunedin. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Captain takes the helm at Poppa's

The new owner of a long-running pizza parlour in the University of Otago campus area is keen to retain its strong sense of student history.

State of Careys Bay wharf worrying fishermen

Port Chalmers Fishermen’s Co-operative Society Ltd president Ant Smith with the Careys Bay wharf...

State of Careys Bay wharf worrying fishermen

Dunedin commercial fishermen are "totally anxious" about the need to maintain and upgrade the ageing Careys Bay Wharf.

Inclusive diversity celebrated during week

Taking part in a post-lunch discussion at a ‘‘Chai and Chat’’ event yesterday as part of Dunedin...

Inclusive diversity celebrated during week

Twice previously disrupted, most recently by Covid-19, Dunedin’s latest annual Race Relations Week continued yesterday with a "Chai and Chat" women’s event.

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