Vaughan Elder

Student numbers at the University of Otago are expected to drop for the fourth year in a row.

A University of Otago professor says she would be willing to take a pay cut if it meant student fees were not increased.

A large vegetation fire close to the Dunedin suburb of Waldronville has been contained with the help of two helicopters with monsoon buckets.

The University of Otago's ban on pornography in residential colleges is being slammed as an attack on student freedom.

Queen's High School's new principal Di Carter (centre) is given a warm welcome at a powhiri in the school hall yesterday.

Some ''iconic'' Dunedin spots will be instantly recognisable in a Hollywood film being shot in the city in less than a week.

Construction has started on a ''more than $1 million'' revamp of the Captain Cook Tavern, with the return of the student bar now certain.

Swedish film We are the Best plays out like many ''coming of age'' films. But unlike most films that cover the awkward teenage years, the way the kids in this movie relate to each other comes off as genuine.

More students than ever are drinking in the shadows of Dunedin Botanic Gardens at night, leaving its staff to clean up the mess the morning after. Tertiary education reporter Vaughan Elder and photographer Gerard O'Brien ventured out to see what happens in the gardens after dark. 

Student opinion is split on whether rules in University of Otago residential colleges are too strict.

Patrolling the Dunedin Botanic Garden for vomit, empty bottles and broken glass is a daily activity for its staff, team leader Alan Matchett says.

Six workers at Silver Fern Farms' Silverstream lamb-processing plant near Mosgiel have been made redundant.

Hundreds of people watched two helicopters with monsoon buckets fight a raging vegetation fire in the Dunedin suburb of Waldronville yesterday evening.

A Hollywood studio is gearing up to shoot in Dunedin later this month, with hopefuls trying out for casting as extras at the Fortune Theatre yesterday.

University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne has sent a dire warning to the Government over New Zealand universities' performance in global rankings.

Fighting to preserve Dunedin's unique student culture and increasing the Otago University Students' Association's relevance are among the aims of newly-elected president Paul Hunt.

The Dunedin City Council has a fight on its hands over proposed changes to the city's alcohol laws, with more than 4000 supporting a campaign opposing them.