Fiona Ellis

The Government’s decision not to raise the student intake at the University of Otago Medical School amid a nationwide doctor shortage has been called "counter-intuitive".

No design is in place for the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building, and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand (HNZ) has struggled to offer a timeline for when one will be delivered.

New fans and old hands came together to enjoy trains, boats and other miniature machines on display in Dunedin at the weekend.

Three newly recruited bus drivers have resigned amid increasing abuse from passengers as Dunedin buses continue to show "teething problems" in the return to a full timetable.

The future of a controversial data centre near Clyde is uncertain following the collapse of the United Kingdom-based company behind the project, Lake Parime Ltd, due to a "crypto winter".

Applying for one of the 10 slots for non-British students at Oxford Medical School was a last-minute move for Dunedin’s Anna Hutchens.

Cutting 12 psychogeriatric beds from the new Dunedin hospital is "incredibly short-sighted", an Otago aged-care provider says.

Dunedin is set to return to a full bus service next week after more than six months on a reduced timetable, but the Otago Regional Council has warned there may be "teething issues".

As more than half a million Covid-19 vaccines are set to expire, a University of Otago epidemiologist has described the lack of uptake among those eligible for a booster as "disappointing".

Dunedin's Labour MPs have been accused of a "deafening silence" in their lack of pushback against $90 million worth of design cuts to the city’s new hospital.

Consultation has begun as the University of Otago considers changing its Māori name as part of a bid to modernise the brand of the 154-year-old institution.