John Gibb

No-one was seriously hurt when a car with four occupants rolled over and left State Highway 94 about 10kms north of Te Anau this morning.

Archaeologists became more widely accepted in the investigation of war crimes after they found crucial evidence in mass graves in Bosnia, Sydney archaeologist Prof Richard Wright says.

Modern face and jaw surgery for road accident patients is based partly on principles established by innovative surgeons during World War 1, a Dunedin surgeon says.

Dunedin fashion designer Amber Bridgman yesterday became the latest city artist to have her work featured in the "contemporary designer case" at the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.

New University of Otago research suggests some patients are not receiving adequate information about their newly prescribed medicines.

The rapid growth in adventure tourism has brought economic benefits but the wellbeing of tourist guides is "often overlooked" and problems have arisen from burnout and turnover.

A planned survey on the health of New Zealand military veterans this year will be a "big step forward" towards ensuring they receive the health care they deserve.

Fossils in a lump of rock recovered by University of Otago paleontologists 30 years ago have brought them closer to finding the common ancestor of modern right and minke whales.

Letters written on a portable typewriter brought scores of Dunedin families the devastating news that their soldier loved ones had died in 1918, the final year of World War 1.

Our failure to live up to international obligations over legal aid support for ACC-related reviews and appeals is a "matter of intense embarrassment" for New Zealand.

Research by University of Otago scientists is improving understanding of the causes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and providing clues which could eventually help restore fertility in affected women.

New Zealand faces big challenges, including a "shocking decline'' in the state of our waterways, Environment Minister David Parker warned yesterday.

A long spell of warm weather may be leading to some fraught encounters between Otago people and growing numbers of white-tailed spiders in the South.

Claimant support group Acclaim Otago is "disappointed and frustrated" with the latest restructuring of ACC’s community liaison committees and will no longer take part.

Many public policy decisions are not made in accordance with facts and scientific evidence, and "impression management" by  vested interests often plays a big part,  author and...

Some genetic researchers who do not engage closely with local communities are harming relationships and sometimes adding to misunderstandings about ancient migration patterns in the Pacific.

Theatre director Andrew McKenzie is not worried that an earlier postponement of the show will "jinx" a play about late Otago All Black Keith Murdoch, which opens at the Globe Theatre this month.