An Otago Polytechnic professor who has received international acclaim for contributing to a book on Champagne says the story behind the wine variety is every bit as important as the taste.
Aoraki Polytechnic is reviewing its business model as it grapples with falling student numbers, but remains committed to its Dunedin campus.
Otago University Students' Association president Francisco Hernandez will be stepping down at the end of the year and is considering a bid for a Dunedin City Council seat.
The proportion of staff employed as lecturers at New Zealand universities dropped by a third over the space of a decade and an increasing focus on research was partly behind the change, a report has found.
Alcohol is the cause of more than one in 20 deaths of New Zealanders aged under 80 and a major cause of breast cancer, University of Otago research has found.
Dunedin's neurosurgery research unit is looking at differences in how the brain ''rewards'' eating, in the hope it leads to new weight-loss treatments for obese people.
A Mosgiel apprentice joiner is ''stoked'' after being awarded a medallion of excellence at a world championship for young apprentices.
The Dunedin City Council is to improve safety at a rail crossing on Dunedin's harbourside walk and cycleway after investigating concerns about the crossing's safety.
Beer connoisseurs and gourmets will get a chance to sample the best Dunedin has to offer at the inaugural Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival being held in September.
The University of Otago is refusing to respond to criticism from a top lecturer that it neglects teaching, but many of his comments have been backed by the union representing academics.
The University of Otago has voted to use a points system to allow students to keep track of their overall academic performance.
A trip across the border into war-ravaged Syria gave a University of Otago professor a first-hand glimpse of some of the difficulties the disjointed opposition there is facing.
A decision to reduce the amount of fluoride added to Dunedin's drinking water is a case of councillors ''running scared'' in the face of immense pressure from anti-fluoride campaigners, Prof Murray Thomson says.
A comparison of New Zealand universities shows the University of Otago is not the only institution facing flat enrolments.
The University of Otago has established a prize to honour the memory of a senior lecturer killed while cycling to work.
A campaign highlighting the potentially deadly consequences of throwing one punch was filmed in Dunedin yesterday.
Three South Island teams tested their mettle during the ''Triple Be-Header'' roller derby tournament held at the Lion Foundation Arena in Dunedin on Saturday night.
Cradling Sophie Flack on her first birthday yesterday are (from left) her mother Natasha Flack (28), grandmother Debra Sparks (50), both of Dunedin, great-grandmother Judith Archer (72) and great-great-grandmother Iris Montier (94), both from the Waikato.
Residents against the installation of a cellphone tower at Brighton will try to stop contractors getting to the site this morning. Construction of the tower is scheduled to begin today.
The University of Otago and the ''traditional university experience'' is not under threat from the rapid growth of free online education, vice-chancellor Prof Harlene Hayne says.
