The government has announced its plan to make New Zealand predator free by 2050.

An initial $28m will kick-start the ambitious conservation project, and MP Michael Woodhouse joins us now to talk about it.

Evidence that alcohol causes multiple types of cancer is outlined in a new opinion piece penned by a University of Otago academic.

It's a piece that's already attracting a lot of interest and feedback for its author Professor Jennie Connor and she joins us now to talk about it.

Members of the Otago Filipino Student Association are busily preparing for their first ever cultural night.

The student group wants to share their culture with the wider Dunedin community and club president King Feliciano joins us now to talk about it.

Warmer than average temperatures and a lack of rainfall are making for a mild winter - so far - in Dunedin.

The conditions have not allowed snow to settle as is typical at this time of year, and local weather forecaster Dave Stewart joins us now to discuss the situation.