Road tankers are being employed from outside Otago to deliver petrol and diesel supplies to Dunedin service stations as contingency plans to address low stocks swing into gear, fuel companies say.
Fledgling politician John Minto will be in Dunedin today and will attend several events to switch voters on to the policies of the Hone Harawira-led Mana Party.
A mammoth clean-up of the student quarter in North Dunedin is about to begin as part of the annual mass scarfie migration home.
Exam-hungry students are able to appease any study-induced appetites with free breakfasts this week at the Otago University Students Association's student support centre in Ethel Benjamin Pl.
Student numbers at the University of Otago have dropped for the first time in five years, partly as a result of an introduced enrolment limitation system for all the university's undergraduate degrees.
New cabs may be available in Dunedin soon, as a fledgling venture steps in to replace Otago Taxis that ceased business last week owing thousands of dollars.
South Dunedin cyclists look set to be the guinea pigs for when the Dunedin City Council rolls out its first network of urban trails as part of a wider cycling strategy.
New Zealand taxi companies - including two Otago firms - owe about $500,000 to an Auckland business, the company says.
Dunedin is ranked one of the worst places in New Zealand for road accidents that result in death and serious injury, and the statistics may drive a new safety-oriented transport strategy from the Dunedin City Council.
The time of the year when students queue for the best seats "in the house" has returned.
University of Otago students may consider protesting if domestic course fees are hiked for next year, although student association president Logan Edgar says he is unsure whether any move would match the disruptive scale of recent Auckland demonstrations.
Two men dragged the three occupants from the wreckage of a Cessna that crashed at the Arrowtown golf course yesterday and tried desperately, but in vain, to resuscitate the unconscious pilot.
Writers from University of Otago student magazine Critic won several awards at the recent Aotearoa Student Press Association awards in Wellington.
The University of Otago has deleted the bachelor of tourism from its roster of conferred degrees, and the qualification will revert to a major subject in the bachelor of commerce degree.
A cutback of about $80 million in funding for transport projects has been forecast by a Otago Regional Council committee at a meeting yesterday to consider spending priorities for the next three years.
Scarfie politician Logan Edgar was re-elected president of the Otago University Students Association in a landslide victory yesterday.
A team delegation from the Otago University Debating Society is preparing arguments for the World University Debating Championships in the Philippines, later this year.
University of Otago council members have unanimously voted against a proposed statutory change which would have delegated some of their governance powers to academic staff.
Prospective students at the University of Otago are to receive information explaining the context and history behind a once-controversial campus code of conduct.
Graduands of Maori and Pacific Island descent will have their customary right to wear korowai and ceremonial cloaks at graduation formally recognised by the University of Otago.
