Brief movements helpful: study
Brief movements helpful: study
Getting out of your chair and moving around for two minutes every half hour provides important health benefits, University of Otago research suggests.
John Gibb
Whitebaiters urged to adhere to rules
Whitebaiters urged to adhere to rules
The Department of Conservation is urging whitebaiters to follow the rules when the whitebait season starts today.
Crash on Southern Motorway
Crash on Southern Motorway
One person received minor injuries and several other people were unhurt after a crash on Dunedin's Southern Motorway tonight.
Event marks garden's 10th anniversary
Event marks garden's 10th anniversary
Songs were sung in Maori and Chinese at the Dunedin Chinese Garden yesterday in the first of a series of cultural events to mark the garden's 10th anniversary.
Creative city display refreshed
Creative city display refreshed
Guest curator Michael Findlay has updated a ``Creative Dunedin'' display at the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, including updated TV clips and a new video from musical artists.
Astronomer in Dresden to watch Mars from Dunedin
Astronomer in Dresden to watch Mars from Dunedin
When the 35cm telescope at Beverly-Begg Observatory in Dunedin is trained on Mars tonight, there will be one unusual difference.
Otago breast cancer researcher gains grant
Otago breast cancer researcher gains grant
University of Otago researcher Heather Cunliffe has been granted $133,263 to investigate ways to halt the spread of cancer in women with breast cancer, and to improve patient survival.
ACC 'gagging clause' worries
ACC 'gagging clause' worries
Concern about an ACC ''gagging clause'' highlights the need for greater focus on human rights and oversight by a commissioner, Dunedin lawyer and researcher Warren Forster says.
Starlings putting on spectacular massed displays
Starlings putting on spectacular massed displays
Massed gatherings of starlings on power lines in Shiel Hill and later formation flying displays made ''spectacular viewing'', Birds NZ Otago representative Mary Thompson says.
Southern war hero remembered
Southern war hero remembered
Victoria Cross recipient Sergeant Dick Travis, who died 100 years ago today, was the Otago Regiment's ''greatest individual soldier'' of World War 1, and a man of paradoxes.
Volunteer service makes most of strike time
Volunteer service makes most of strike time
Striking Inland Revenue workers and PSA members Deborah Graham (left) and Gaynor McEllwain pitch in to help at the Otago Community Hospice, Dunedin, yesterday afternoon.
Dunedin solar eclipse 'magnet for tourism'
Dunedin solar eclipse 'magnet for tourism'
A rare chance to observe a total solar eclipse from Dunedin on July 22, 2028, could prove a big money-spinner for the city, Otago Museum director and astronomer Dr Ian Griffin says.
Top awards for Otago houses
Top awards for Dunedin, Millbrook houses
Homes in Dunedin and Queenstown have won supreme awards in the latest Southern Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition.
Driver killed in Stuart St crash named
Driver killed in Stuart St crash named
Dunedin police have named the driver who died after his car crashed in upper Stuart St a week ago.
It’s the fort that counts
It’s the fort that counts
Youngsters Emerenziana Tuia (6, on top of playhouse), Aleiyah Gielen (6, left), Innocence Stevenson (9, centre) and Amaiyah Tanuvasa (7) welcome a castle-shaped playhouse given on Thursday to...
ACC support group worries it is on ‘outer’
ACC support group worries it is on ‘outer’
ACC claimant support group Acclaim Otago is concerned that it may have "put itself on the outer" through its stand over a "gagging clause", linked to a new advisory panel.
Forty years of Dr Marjorie Barclay Trust marked
Forty years of Dr Marjorie Barclay Trust marked
Forty years after the death of Dunedin philanthropist and former radiologist Dr Marjorie Barclay, the charitable trust bearing her name has made grants of more than $6.5 million, mainly to Otago organisations.
Scholarships awarded for Antarctic research
Scholarships awarded for Antarctic research
University of Otago geology students Michael Bollen and Sheng Fan have gained national scholarships to support their Antarctic research.
Museum's science outreach flourishes
Museum's science outreach flourishes
A record surge in science outreach activity is boosting the Otago Museum's reputation as the country's "go-to place" for science communication, a museum official says.
Otago researchers question 'mummy' study
Otago researchers question 'mummy' study
A University of Otago-led research team has taken issue with the ethics and scientific analysis of a study into a much-publicised alien-like "mummy", found in a Chilean desert.