Meth supply ‘disrupted’
Meth supply ‘disrupted’
The supply of methamphetamine into Dunedin and Invercargill has been "significantly disrupted" after police arrested five people as part of Operation Leith.
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Study targets drug-resistant infections
Study targets drug-resistant infections
A silent pandemic of drug-resistant infections has become a threat to global public health in the past 25 years, as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites continue to evolve.
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Research into metabolic diseases under way
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Research into metabolic diseases under way
A search for genetics that can treat and prevent gout and other metabolic diseases in Maori and Pacific people is under way, after an Otago researcher received a $1.2million grant from the Health...
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Core work to aid warming insights
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Core work to aid warming insights
To the layman, they just look like big tubes of mud.
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Despair over literacy skills
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Despair over literacy skills
A worrying decline in reading and writing skills at the University of Otago has been largely attributed to the overuse of technology in schools and could take "generations" to repair.
Watch: Clearing unstable rocks above highway
More heavy rain set to delay SH6 reopening
Incredible video from NZTA shows abseiling workers clearing loose and unstable rocks from high above SH6 in Westland. More rain is set for the area from today.
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$40,000 boost for prostate cancer project
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$40,000 boost for prostate cancer project
A new blood test for improved diagnosis and management of prostate cancer may only be a few years away, after an emerging Otago researcher received a major funding boost.
More support for paramedics urged
More support for paramedics urged
Researchers are calling on organisations that employ first responders to provide more support for paramedics who attend suicide callouts.
Gearing up to zap competition in Germany
Gearing up to zap competition in Germany
Since Kent Marshall was a boy, he has been dismantling, fixing and rebuilding all kinds of electrical equipment - even the family oven - all without electrocuting himself.
Traffic moving again after crash at Frankton
Traffic moving again after crash at Frankton
Vehicles are moving freely again after a two-vehicle crash near Frankton caused major traffic jams in the greater Queenstown area this evening.
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Birthplace now woman’s rest-home
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Birthplace now woman’s rest-home
After Judy Walters was born at Dunedin’s Salvation Army Maternity Home, she was wheeled out in a pram.
$3m funding boosts children’s study
$3m funding boosts children’s study
An interdisciplinary longitudinal study testing to see if children’s self-regulation and academic skills can be fostered using the Kia Tīmata Pai (Best Start) programme, will be able to continue...
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Deep-fake video of prof pushes potentially dangerous advice
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Deep-fake video of prof pushes potentially dangerous advice
An online video featuring one of the world’s most respected endocrinologists giving advice about treating type-2 diabetes has been revealed as a potentially dangerous scam.
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Only ‘a few spits’ forecast for city as rain front passes
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Only ‘a few spits’ forecast for city as rain front passes
While more heavy rain warnings are being scattered about Southland, Fiordland and South Otago over the next two days, most of it will miss Dunedin.
Advice to give babies vitamin D after resurgence of rickets
Advice to give babies vitamin D after resurgence of rickets
Otago researchers are urging parents of newborns to give their babies vitamin D supplements after a new survey found a resurgence in the number of rickets cases being notified in New Zealand.
Orange rain warning for lower South Island
Orange rain warning for lower South Island
An Orange weather warning has been issued as a heavy rain-bearing front threatens to cause surface flooding and slips.
Heavy rain warning for parts of South
Heavy rain warning for parts of South
Whoever is doing the rain dance, could you please stop now. More heavy rain is expected to hit the southern regions on Friday.
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Otago fan wants to complete collection
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Otago fan wants to complete collection
Dylan Booth will never forget his 5th birthday.
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Wettest October for parts of South
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Wettest October for parts of South
Bucketloads of Niwa rainfall records have been toppled around Otago and Southland, following torrential rain and flooding in early October.
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Expats fear election result
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Expats fear election result
Otago and Southland-based Americans fear the US could descend into ‘‘chaos’’ or even ‘‘civil war’’, depending on the results of the country’s 60th presidential election.