Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce has admitted there was no ''robust and accepted methodology'' behind shifting Invermay jobs, Labour's MP for Dunedin North David Clark says.
A website for promoting traditional Maori food was chosen as the best concept in a Maori business competition for University of Otago students.
New measures to catch tardy overseas student loan borrowers are working, despite arrears passing half a billion dollars in the last year, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says.
The future looks bright for Otago Polytechnic, as student numbers are forecast to grow by 6% next year - its third year of growth in a row.
A lack of funding means a 36-year-old University of Otago drug-monitoring programme will shut at the end of this month, with the loss of five jobs.
The decision to drop charges against former Pike River Coal boss Peter Whittall would not have been taken ''lightly'', a University of Otago law professor says.
The University of Otago is disappointed about a ruling it unjustifiably dismissed a staff member, but ''very pleased'' bullying allegations against a senior manager were not upheld.
Government documents show AgResearch ''misled'' ministers about a report which recommended growing Invermay, former Dunedin North MP Pete Hodgson says.
The University of Otago participated in more than 100 research contracts with AgResearch worth an average of $75,000 between 2002 and 2012.
Delays at two busy Mosgiel sets of traffic lights have prompted the New Zealand Transport Association and council to act.
The Dunedin City Council says cars being forced to drive over the centre line on Hagart Alexander Dr is not a major concern.
An angry Waikouaiti local says residents were lied to about a plan to cut down trees next to the community's beach.
The head of AgResearch says an economic report criticising its case for slashing jobs at Invermay was ''narrow'' and ''subjective''.
A Dunedin businessman is ''gobsmacked'' after the Otago Regional Council charged him $500 in late fees, even though he sent his rates payments before the due date.
Independent analysis of AgResearch's $100 million restructuring plan has ''blown apart'' the case for slashing jobs at Invermay, local politicians say.
The chief of the company which found holes in AgResearch's case for cutting jobs at Invermay has fired back at comments by Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce questioning its independence and the quality of its work.
The Government is beginning to question its support for AgResearch's plan to slash jobs at Invermay, former Dunedin North MP Pete Hodgson says.
Agresearch could reverse its plan to shift about 80 jobs from Invermay if enough staff refuse to move, Beef and Lamb New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen says.
The director of the University of Otago's marketing and communications division has been accused of bullying and being responsible for a ''toxic'' environment in the division.
A University of Otago senior manager has denied accusations of bullying and says the former staff member suing the university for unfair dismissal was ''very rude'' to other staff.
