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GPs and hospitals are bracing for a busy week ahead and GPs are moving to consulting at a distance.From today, where possible GPS are aiming to treat the bulk of their patients online or over the… Audio

6000 thousand tests have been done in New Zealand for Covid 19 since the first case entered the country from Iran on February 28th.Yesterday 1200 laboratory tests were carried out.The test are being… Audio

David Hayman - Professor of Infections Disease Ecology at Massey University - has looked for Ebola in bats, and worked on non-vaccine preventable rabies viruses, says Covid 19 is absolutely serious in… Audio

An epidemiologist says New Zealand can't afford to be complacent about its relatively low numbers of Covid-19 cases, and says he estimates - allowing for population size - that the country is running… Audio

It's time for Lately Book Club where we go exploring in the world of literature and invite you to come along. A new exhibition has just opened in the special collections Library at the University of… Audio, Gallery

A group of 51 secondary school students from all over NZ gathered last week in Dunedin for the annual Science Camp at Otago University. Mahina Walle, who lives on Little Barrier Island was among… Audio

When it comes to losing weight healthily, there's no one right diet for everyone and the best is the one you can stick with, says Otago University nutrition researcher Dr Melyssa Roy. She's the… Audio

Police are calling for anyone with video of a Dunedin flat party where a 19-year-old university student died to contact them.

Sophia Crestani died when hundreds of people tried to flee a party on… Video, Audio

Researchers have found that paua shells are at a big risk if there's continued ocean warming and lower pH levels. Audio

Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff is on his way to Wales in an attempt to dethrone Ffordd Pen Llech and reinstate Baldwin Street as the world's steepest street.  Audio

New Zealand's Otago University has implemented the latest stage of its Pacific strategy with the opening of a new office focussed on its Pasifika students and faculty. Audio

The Stratified Care Model for Management of Low Back Pain - or STarT Back, was developed at Keele University in the UK. It's a new model for getting on top of lower back pain which addresses patients… Audio

Canadian researcher, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, says they used Otago University's falls prevention exercises in a study on elderly patients. Audio

Why an Australian resource firm is fighting to mine fossils to produce animal feed. Audio

A survey has found some Kiwis are worried about tourists - mainly because of congestion, infrastructure and the environment.  Audio

Robyn Notman is the Head Curator of Pictorial Collections. She tells Simon Morris she's been delving into unknown territory for this exhibition of rare, interesting and beautiful artefacts and art. A… Audio, Gallery

Researchers have found out what made two of our famous birds flightless, but with this new discovery will scientists now try to reverse it? Audio

Otago University's Knox College has been the centre of allegations of sexual harassment and assault by four former female residents, according to the student magazine Critic. The College's Master… Audio