Vaughan Elder

The company taking over the former Hoyts cinema in the Octagon is about to spend ''millions'' refurbishing the building and is in no rush to reopen it, it says.

The Otago University Students' Association president has promised to fight to make student rights an election issue if chosen as president of the national students' association.

A visit to Otago by a group of New Zealand travel writers is expected to give a boost to tourism operators in the region.

A new approach to pest control involving introducing ''trojan females'' into animal populations could be a ''game-changer'', a University of Otago researcher says.

An app developed by a University of Otago lecturer allows budding surgeons to practise procedures on their iPhones rather than their patients.

An Otago Polytechnic student has developed an efficient cooking stove in the hope of reducing chronic health issues in the Pacific Islands.

Further tests have shown that University of Otago's arts building is not earthquake-prone, as was previously thought.

After holding top spot for eight years, the University of Otago did not receive the largest proportion of grant money from this year's $59 million Marsden Fund round.

A Mosgiel man has offered to donate a piece of land for a new pool as a way of giving something back to the community.

The University of Otago will meet AgResearch chief executive Tom Richardson in Dunedin today to explore options for future co-operation between the two institutions.

University of Otago researchers cooked up more than 27,000 pieces of meat as part of a record-setting investigation into the quality of red meat's palatability.

Oil would wash up on the shore of Taiaroa Head four days after a worst-case scenario deep-water spill off Otago, according to a modelling report released today.

The University of Otago plans to reduce the number of computers it provides on campus, expecting students to use their own devices instead.

Mosgiel and surrounds may still be Dunedin's fastest-growing area, but growth is slowing.

A retired United States Air Force officer is enjoying the quiet life in Henley, after receiving death threats for blowing the whistle on a multimillion-dollar scam.

Fighting for the public's right to access New Zealand's outdoors has earned two Dunedin residents a national award.

Forget  the Wallabies, the real Australian star visiting Dunedin is the self-described ''unusualist'' Raymond Crowe.

A University of Otago-led research team has made a ''surprise'' scientific breakthrough which could lead to a cure for infants born with brain damage.