Grant Miller

A city councillor may think ideas that came out of the Great Dunedin Brainstorm were underwhelming, but a director of the group backing the event says it achieved its purpose.

An agency that promotes international education in Otago is working out how high school pupils from overseas can be encouraged to stay in the region to take up tertiary study.

The Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) will bank on improved commercial fortunes to end a series of deficits.

Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull says he has been overwhelmed by a surge of support since disclosing he is confronting an "ominous health challenge".

A legal challenge to the way students are selected for Otago’s medical school will not go ahead.

Reasons for being there varied, but the 155 people who went up and down the stairs at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday were united in stepping up for the cause.

A trust that runs a sexual health programme for secondary school pupils has agreed to give up its logo, allowing the New Dunedin Hospital to keep its design, which is strikingly similar.

Creating a shared path for cyclists and pedestrians to safely enjoy views of Otago Harbour and raising and widening Portobello Rd are proving to be popular moves.

Entrants in Dunedin’s Three Peaks Mountain Race well and truly earned some encouragement and they received it in the form of bagpipes music at the top of Mt Cargill.

Fears demolition activity for Dunedin’s new hospital may harm neighbouring heritage buildings could be largely allayed before the matter goes to a hearing.

Departing University of Otago vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne, who takes up a new job in Australia next year, says restructuring has set up the Dunedin institution well for the future.

The University of Otago’s new plan for its next wave of capital spending could become clearer next week.

The University of Otago has some big decisions to make about some big projects.

Megan Prentice will soon have a "positive place" where she can remember her best friend.

A year on from the death of a student at a Dunedin flat party, her parents say their drive to help make the area safer continues. Grant Miller reports.