New study shows much-maligned birds were able to build vocabularies ranging from 26 to 58 words.

An expatriate Kiwi writer who has lived in half a dozen countries says New Zealand culture is uniquely hostile towards women. Katherine

The police officer who was knocked unconscious by a rich-lister's son in an alcohol-fuelled attack was also attacked by a young man five years ago.

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

A new study investigating intriguing links between mental illness and heart disease risk is among $1.5 million in grants announced today.

Advertisements are being placed at supermarkets by people wanting to live in cars seeking "driveway and shower" arrangements.

Flying drones close enough to southern right whales to catch some of the bugs they blow out will help tell scientists more about the effects climate change is having on the planet.

Three inexperienced surfers are counting their lucky starfish after getting caught in a rip and being sucked out to sea yesterday.

Labour's new emergency housing promise is a vast improvement on its last effort.

How do you stop cows burping? Or override Parkinson's disease? Jamie Morton celebrates 10 top pieces of Kiwi science and innovation.

University of Otago student asked: Can you do my assignment?

Dentistry students at the University of Otago have got something to smile about - the course has been ranked the 12th best dentistry course in the world.

Five arrests as Otago University's Orientation Week turns feral.

Buzzword has been cited as a major reason for problem drinking.

Univerity of Otago dentistry students were forced to re-sit their last exam without being told why, after 98 unmarked scripts were stolen from the Clocktower building.

She says science isn't there to back up University of Otago's ban on e-cigarettes.

University of Otago staff who avoided campus on the day of gun threat will have their annual leave deducted.

University of Otago domestic students face a 3 per cent increase on "already huge" tuition fees for next year, meaning more than $900 more per year for some courses.

Police are warning students and staff to be vigilant as Otago University opens for ''business as usual'' following online threat.

University of Otago researchers joined almost 200 scientists from around the world to head out to take marine samples as part of the second Ocean Sampling Day yesterday.

Researchers have linked an ancient marine dolphin fossil, found in Waitaki, with an endangered dolphin that lives in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.

The creator of a Facebook ''party'' themed on a harassed Dunedin woman says the event is intended to be ''harmless'' fun.

Two of Dunedin's biggest student bars have shut suddenly, and their owner has pointed to Dunedin's ''utterly conservative'' councillors as the cause.

University of Otago PhD researcher Hazem Zohny has warned about myths and "hype" involving so-called "smart" drugs.

An NZ-born former banker who refused to pay child support, claiming he was broke, has been berated by a judge for jet-setting around Europe.

Otago University researchers have come out on top in health awards scooping up more than $1.8 million in funding for research.

A national television programme about Dunedin student drinking culture was criticised at a University of Otago council meeting yesterday.

A woman who complained about drunk and disorderly Dunedin students says she's been harassed in person and online since appearing on TV.