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Luxon defends GP funding despite push back

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon defended his government’s investment in primary healthcare during a visit to Wānaka yesterday.
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Muir relives the good old days

Dame Lois Muir is never afraid to speak her mind.

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Vote divided as 8.9% rates rise approved for Dunedin

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Vote divided as 8.9% rates rise approved for Dunedin

Dunedin councillors lamented a missed opportunity for financial discipline as an 8.9% rates rise was approved.
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Departing cancer specialist cites 'worsening working environment'

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Departing cancer specialist cites 'worsening working environment'

A leading blood cancer specialist who is quitting Dunedin says the South’s medical laboratory service is in disarray and the consequences could be deadly.
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Supermarket in hot water over mould on shelves

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Supermarket in hot water over mould on shelves

After recovering from a rat infestation, the Woolworths supermarket in Andersons Bay Rd is again under the microscope for "bloody disgusting" black mould on shelves, and MPI is investigating.

ODT quiz: June 27
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Roof fall survivor choosing life over rugby
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The secret diary of ... Police Commissioner Richard Chambers
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Man traps, threatens to shoot escort

dunedin

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Two more senior staff resign from city council

Two more senior Dunedin City Council staff have resigned from the organisation.

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Rules-based order ‘more important’ than ever

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Rules-based order ‘more important’ than ever

The co-ordinator of the 60th Otago Foreign Policy School says the ‘‘rules’’ New Zealand once understood are more ‘‘at threat’’ and yet ‘‘more important’’ than in decades.
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Man became ‘money mule’ in fraud ring

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Man became ‘money mule’ in fraud ring

A Dunedin man became a ‘‘money mule’’, attempting to launder more than $50,000 for an international fraud ring, after one online message.
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Data to aid ‘informed’ merger talks

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Data to aid ‘informed’ merger talks

Analysis estimated to cost $60,000 is expected to bring focus to talks about reshaping local government in Otago.

regions

Pristine conditions on opening day at Cardrona

Cardrona turned on a bluebird day for the opening of its alpine resort, two weeks after originally planned.

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Santana given tight deadline for requests

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Santana given tight deadline for requests

Santana Minerals has been asked to consider building larger fenced pest exclusion areas to keep lizards alive and to bring back a document it rubbished at a hearing earlier this month.
Rates rise cut after ‘searing testimony’

Rates rise cut after ‘searing testimony’

A 9.9% average rates rise is locked in for the Queenstown Lakes district after councillors unanimously approved the 2026-27 annual plan on Thursday.
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Photographer reaches new heights, audiences in 2026

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Photographer reaches new heights, audiences in 2026

Oamaru photographer Emma Paton has had quite the year.

National

Lines crews are out patching up faults, after stormy weather did widespread damage to power lines...

Clean-up, repairs underway after Wellington storm

Wild weather is forecast to ease after battering much of central New Zealand on Friday, but many are still without power and the town of Martinborough is cut off.

Soldier who threatened to kill officer demoted, named

Soldier who threatened to kill officer demoted, named

A soldier who threatened to kill an army captain and called him a bitch during a late-night confrontation has lost his name suppression and his rank.
Warning after $180k student loan debt arrest

Warning after doctor arrested over $180k student loan debt

A lawyer is warning people not to put their "head in the sand" when it comes to paying off a student loan while overseas.
'Just terrible': Ram raiders target Christchurch businesses

'Just terrible': Ram raiders target Christchurch businesses

Businesses across Christchurch are cleaning up after a spate of ram raids this week.

sport

France's Ousmane Dembele celebrates his hat-trick against Norway in Boston. Photo: Reuters

Dembele scores hat-trick as France knock 5 past Norway

It was supposed to be the Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe show when France met Norway in their final Group I match this morning, with both teams already qualified for the knockout stage.

England back in match after Black Caps leave door ajar

England back in match after Black Caps leave door ajar

England roared back into contention on the second day of the third and deciding test against New Zealand with Ben Duckett's rapid century helping his side to 223-2 after four wickets for returning...
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Three key match-ups

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Three key match-ups

Netball writer Kayla Hodge identifies three key match-ups between the Southern Steel and Northern Mystics.
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Frew hopes to repeat history for beloved Steel

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Frew hopes to repeat history for beloved Steel

Wendy Frew doesn’t need to look far for inspiration.

Food & Wine

Two-bite wonders
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Best whisky might be aged in Antarctica
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Moroccan-inspired carrot salad
Canned and frozen fruit and vegetables option in tight times

Business

Christchurch’s One NZ Stadium is bringing big dollars to the local economy. PHOTO: CHRISTCHURCH...

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Stadium generates $21m into local economy

Christchurch’s new stadium has got away to a flying start after injecting $21 million into the local economy in the first 60 days.

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New ownership for craft brewery

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New ownership for craft brewery

Craft brewing crosswinds have failed to deter a business group from buying Christchurch’s Volstead craft beer bar and brewery.
Truckies told no to heavier loads

Truckies told no to heavier loads

The Transport Minister has told truck drivers he won't grant their wish to carry heavier loads, saying it would wreck roads and cost too much to fix.
Fuel prices 'heading in the right direction'

Fuel prices 'heading in the right direction'

Diesel prices have fallen below $2 a litre in some parts of the country, and some Wellington motorists buying 91 are paying less than $2.70.

Rural Life

Bull Taimate V15 sold for the top price of $168,000 at the Taimate Angus bull sale in Marlborough...

Southern bull buyers bid six figures

Southern bull buyers bid $100,000 or more to help make history at an Angus auction.

Tasty mousetraps wrap South’s bull sale season

Tasty mousetraps wrap South’s bull sale season

In the Edi-bull series, Shawn McAvinue asks the people serving food at bull sales in the South to share the recipe.
Three square meals a day on the kale

Three square meals a day on the kale

In a new winter series, Shawn McAvinue asks farmers five questions about their winter crop.
Winning snapshots

Winning snapshots

A merino sheep photography competition in Central Otago helped raise nearly $7000 for charity.

Life & style

A protest sign at last weekend’s rally raises the suspicion that American culture wars have...

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Their wars here

Those alarmed by a new front in the culture wars tell Tom McKinlay it looks like a US import.

Humanity’s forgotten hero

Humanity’s forgotten hero

He sailed with Captain Cook and was friends with Goethe.
Help for kelp

Help for kelp

A global review of kelp conservation efforts has found the strongest restoration programmes are built on unlikely partnerships.
Sweet-toothed singing cousins

Sweet-toothed singing cousins

There’s a reason our honeyeaters sing from a similar song sheet.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

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Secret snippet
Obituary: Eric Officer, piano tuner

World

A man with a Venezuelan flag-themed backpack walks amid rubble of collapsed buildings after...

Death toll from Venezuela quakes nears 1000

Desperate Venezuelans and rescue teams race to find survivors trapped under rubble as the death toll from twin earthquakes nears 1,000 and frustrations mount over limited resources and help from...

US strikes Iran after oil tanker hit by drone

US strikes Iran after oil tanker hit by drone

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The US military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, further straining the fragile peace deal agreed last week between the two...
Japan braces for double storms, torrential rains shut down parts of Taiwan

Japan braces for double storms, torrential rains shut down parts of Taiwan

Japan was grappling with transport disruptions on Friday while bracing for more torrential rain and risks from two approaching tropical storms.
Europe's heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change

Europe's heatwave 'virtually impossible' without climate change

The record-breaking heatwave engulfing Western Europe would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, scientists say.

Opinion

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A strange type of progress

The highly contentious Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill now going through Parliament has some parallels with an earlier piece of unpopular coalition work.

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

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Cartoonist’s view — Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo
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Robustly criticising feedback

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Robustly criticising feedback

The already infamous Biometric Capability Upgrade is a debacle on several fronts.
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The secret diary of ... Police Commissioner Richard Chambers

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The secret diary of ... Police Commissioner Richard Chambers

Steve Braunias looks at what Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has been up to this week . . .

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