A multimillion-dollar upgrade of three University of Otago chemistry laboratories will bolster student and visitor numbers to the department, head of chemistry department Lyall Hanton says.
A significant decline in the number of frogs around the world is one of the greatest conservation challenges the world has faced, a University of Otago zoology professor says.
Alomst 100 years ago, Joan Ellis (96) waved to the Queen Mother from a London footpath.
Work on several multimillion-dollar building projects at the University of Otago has ground to a halt or fallen behind schedule.
The sound of 150 mooing Friesians broke the Momona air yesterday morning, signalling the start of Gypsy Day for one local sharemilker.
Research showing a 25% spike in homelessness in New Zealand since 2006 mirrors the homelessness situation in Dunedin, Family Works Presbyterian Support Otago says.
The sporting prowess of members of the South Island Filipino community will be put to the test at a sports tournament in Dunedin this weekend.
Dunedin's Water of Leith could be home to thousands of smolt by the end of the year thanks to the Dunedin Community Salmon Trust's breeding programme.
The opening of a 24-hour study centre will give some University of Otago students a much needed chance to cram before exams.
A tribe of larger-than-life clay figures will take up residence in the gardens of Glenfalloch, in Dunedin, today.
A Nasa super pressure balloon was on track to pass south of New Zealand early this morning, completing its first circumnavigation of the globe since being launched from Wanaka Airport on May 18.
Department of Conservation rangers hand fed the northern royal albatross chick which hatched at Taiaroa Head in January.
The Otago Polytechnic is set to replace its bachelor of design (interiors) and diploma in architectural draughting qualifications with a blanket architectural studies degree.
A total of 470 Dunedin primary school pupils took part in a safari-themed sports event for 5 to 7-year-olds at Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday.
Dunedin's "dire'' housing situation is forcing some at-risk youth to engage in prostitution to get a place to sleep, or to sleep rough in cars, a Methodist Mission survey has revealed.
The 2016 Budget is nothing but a Band-Aid on the growing wound that is New Zealand's child poverty problem, a Dunedin group says.
University of Otago students lined up for free flu vaccinations at a temporary clinic on campus yesterday.
Staff cuts to the Otago Polytechnic's School of Architecture Building and Engineering were "absolutely'' necessary despite a recent increase to the school's roll, the acting head of school says.
Otago Polytechnic carpentry student Megan Roberts spends her days surrounded by 22 males, but it is her ability rather than her gender which makes her stand out, her tutor says.
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