Press Release – Lincoln University

12 July 2019
Lincoln University post-doctoral researcher, Dr Helen Fitt, says tensions between e-scooter users and pedestrians are problematic and “not likely to go away”. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand First Party

Mark Patterson

List MP based in Clutha-Southland
12 July 2019
New Zealand First Welcomes Agreement on Disposal of Ouvea Premix Read more »

Press Release – Enterprise Dunedin

Dunedin-Shanghai MoU supports significant Alzheimer’s and psychosis research collaboration

(Dunedin – 12 July 2019) – Funding for a second major science and technology research collaboration between the University of Otago and a Shanghai tertiary institution Read more »

Press Release – Queenstown Lakes District Council

New cemetery fees incorporated into adoption of Cemeteries Handbook 2019

Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) Community and Services Committee has adopted the Cemeteries Handbook 2019, incorporating new cemetery fees consulted on as part of the Community Facilities Funding Policy (CFFP) review undertaken in December 2018. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Police

Police would like to advise members of the public of cordons that are in place in south Dunedin while Fire and Emergency and the New Zealand Defence Force respond to a chemical incident. Read more »

Press Release – Netball New Zealand

In a repeat final of last year’s age-group tournament, Wellington met Auckland but turned the table on their fellow northerners to net a 44-31 win for the Netball NZ U19 title in Invercargill on Thursday. Read more »

Article – RNZ

Wales v NZ: Battle for steepest street title set to be decided

The leader of a Welsh bid to snatch the title of world’s steepest street from Dunedin’s Baldwin Street is worried the lack of documents on the construction of the 1000-year-old road will thwart them. Read more »

Press Release – Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust

Calling all school bands, performers and young musicians aspiring to get out and gig in Dunedin, and gain insight into how the music business works – your time has come. Read more »

Press Release – Michael Laws

Today I have submitted against the application of the Queenstown Lakes District Council seeking a “right to polllute” in their latest resource management application to the Otago Regional Council. I have done so in my capacity as a Dunstan ward councillor of the ORC, and I’d briefly like to explain why. Read more »

Press Release – University of Canterbury

Like some confused migratory bird, a jumbo jet containing NASA’s flying observatory leaves its sunny home in the California desert every year to spend the winter in Christchurch, New Zealand. Read more »