Why does the university still hold the remains? Skull sparks questions
A skull has sparked controversy more than 90 years on from a grisly murder.
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Landlord made to retract letter to students under new tenancy laws
The letter asked tenants to indicate whether they would re-sign their flats by May 2.
Revealed: The new system replacing vaccine passes
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Covid-19: XE has arrived in NZ - what threat does it pose?
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University student takes on spiders and scarfies
Spiders have been constantly crawling through his window.
Special report: The tragic trend making ghosts of our glaciers
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Covid-19: Scientists track the path of NZ's Delta outbreak
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'We can only do so much': Dunedin students clean partying mess for memorial
More than 100 students tackled some of North Dunedin's most notorious party streets.
Urgent call for regulation on alcohol, cigarettes and vape products sold through delivery services
Without appropriate oversight, home deliveries had the potential to increase harm - study.
'Closing schools as a last resort is not flattening the curve', says epidemiologist
The best protection for immunocompromised children might be online learning.
Sasha Borissenko: How Dr Moana Jackson changed Pākehā hearts and minds
Remembering "a gentle giant, fierce advocate and great legal revolutionaries".
Dying wish: Covid dad pleaded for food for family from hospital bed
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'It needs to be increased': Winter Energy Payment not enough to keep Wellington homes warm through winter
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Live: As deaths rise, one million eligible Kiwis yet to be boosted
There were 12,882 community cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday.
'Greenwashing': Investment funds overstating commitment to environment
Otago research finds managers not 'walking the talk', clients could be choosing 'lemons'.
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"It's frightening to be honest, especially considering fertility and long-term problems."
'A big concern': Partying students warned to beware Long Covid
Police attended yet another large party on Dunedin's Castle St.
Otago Medical School's first wahine Māori dean shares her vision
She lives by one of her HB hapū of Nuhaka's whakataukī 'Te Wharerau o Te Tahinga.'
Measuring and reporting Covid-19 deaths - what you need to know
The number of deaths linked to the virus has climbed steadily since Omicron arrived.
University staff face redundancies as fewer students enrol
Domestic university enrolments are down 10 per cent across the board.
St Patrick's Day cemetery party upsets neighbour
Hundreds of students, many first-year at the Otago University, gather to get 'trolleyed'.
Are students safe? Sexual violence, bullying and harassment at top unis
Sexual harassment agencies have called for an independent body to be created.
Ten deaths, 18,514 new Covid cases, 939 people in hospital
This takes the death toll of publicly reported Covid-related deaths to 166.
Police break up out of control party of more than 100 people in Christchurch
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New study reveals even mild Covid infection may be bad for our brains
Loss of brain volume shown in the study was 'significant'.
Epidemiologist says Auckland's Omicron cases may have peaked
Michael Baker says he is "cautiously optimistic".
'Dangerous and reckless': Police slam student behaviour amid Covid
"They're continuing to spread [Covid], endangering themselves and others in the city."
Two arrests, one Covid positive, at 'pretty wild' Castle St party
Residents had promised there would be no party.