AgResearch's decision to largely stick with plans to slash jobs at Invermay has just become an election issue, with Labour vowing to overturn the move if elected.
Staff at Invermay are set to learn their fate in the ''near future'', but AgResearch appeared confused yesterday about when exactly a ''final announcement'' will take place.
New football and rugby goalposts and a resurgence of the Eels have all contributed to unprecedented growth in sports participation at Taieri College.
Taieri farmer Philip Wilson narrowly missed having his ute crushed by a falling pine tree which downed power lines and cut power to neighbouring properties for 48 hours.
The University of Otago is concerned changes to earthquake-strengthening rules could add unnecessary costs to its already hefty $50 million seismic programme.
The Dunedin City Council's decision to adopt an ethical investment policy violated the Local Government Act, Cr Hilary Calvert says.
Surf life-savers fought massive waves in an action-packed rescue yesterday after a group of four big-wave surfers got into trouble off the Brighton coast.
The Dunedin City Council's decision to dump investments in fossil fuel extraction is being hailed as visionary, but opponents warn it will come at a cost to ratepayers.
Major changes at the University Oval could bring ''top tier'' cricket tests and day-night one-day internationals to Dunedin.
After burying the hatchet, the Notorious Mongrel Mob and Black Power are keen to take up a council contract and cut some of Dunedin's grass.
The level of oil and gas exploration scheduled off the Otago coast shows it is a matter of when, not if, commercial quantities are found, Dunedin City councillor Andrew Whiley says.
A government ministry has been accused of giving one-sided advice in favour of slashing jobs at AgResearch's Invermay campus.
Tuapeka Gold Print is committed to bucking the trend of job losses in Dunedin and aims to double the size of its business within a ''few years''.
Dunedin's night sky is ''stunningly beautiful'', but could be better if efforts were made to reduce light pollution, Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin says.
Otago Polytechnic has approved the design for a multimillion-dollar project to transform its campus.
The ''elusive'' goal of helping to create the ''perfect sock'' is serious business for a group of University of Otago researchers.
The long-running quiz show University Challenge is set to return after 25 years off the air and the University of Otago team is pulling out all the stops to take back the crown.
University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne censured a group of MPs when she spoke at a parliamentary select committee this week.
A university of Otago student will travel to Shanghai to examine the city's links with Dunedin after being chosen as a recipient of the Prime Minister's Scholarships for Asia.
The University of Otago has rejected suggestions of a conflict of interest over sponsoring the Highlanders after revelations the club's former chairman was on a three-person committee which approved the deal.
