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    Climate activist Adam Currie (centre left) leaves the Dunedin District Court with supporters...

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    Night in custody result of an error

    An unfortunate typo left a Dunedin protester in a police cell for the night before he was cleared of wrongdoing by a judge.

    Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

    Highland dancers (from left) Eleanor McKay Vercoe, 10, Lara Mills, 8, Elise Cookson, 7, and Lucy...

    Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

    While many of us will be blissfully sleeping in this weekend, hundreds of Highland and National dancers will be flinging themselves across a stage to the skirl of bagpipes.

    Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

    Green Island prop Aifala Taelega was left with a nasty wound after he was stomped in the head...

    Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

    The family of a Dunedin club rugby player who was stomped on during a match feel like they have been kicked in the face.

    Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

    Mark Henaghan. File photo: Linda Robertson

    Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

    A Dunedin secondary school was likely right to not go to police after having $365,000 misappropriated by a staff member, a legal expert says.

    Some towns’ air quality still poor

    Photo: ODT files

    Some towns’ air quality still poor

    While some areas of Otago still face winter air quality exceedances, more than 70% of days across monitored sites during 2024 were classified as "Good".

    Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

    Heriot Row was cordoned off this afternoon while negotiations between police and a man behaving...

    Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

    A standoff with police in central Dunedin this afternoon ended in a man's arrest.

    Seated scooters on city streets

    Photo: Gerard O'Brien

    Seated scooters on city streets

    More Flamingos have flocked to Dunedin, as seated electric scooters, like the one seen here, join the city’s fleet.

    Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

    Port Otago tug Arihi tows fellow tug Otago from Dunedin to Port Chalmers yesterday, in...

    Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

    For more than two decades the tug boat Otago has been a familiar sight, plying the Otago Harbour channel with large ships in tow.

    Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

    Tree branches down on Doon St in Waverley after strong winds hit Dunedin overnight. Photo: Gregor...

    Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

    An electricity outage on Otago Peninsula is taking longer than expected to resolve after wild winds cut power to hundreds of people.

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    Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

    "Buy heaps now, somebody else can pay later — brilliant!" — Cr Lee Vandervis. File photo: Gregor...

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    Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

    City councillors have been accused by one of their own of saddling future Dunedin’s ratepayers with almost $100 million of debt.

    ‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

    PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

    ‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

    A policeman talks to a group of secondary school pupils at the corner of Princes and Dowling Sts following an incident at the Great King St bus hub yesterday.

    MetService issues gale warnings for much of the South

    A light dusting of snow turns Naseby streets white yesterday. PHOTO: NASEBY FOREST RECREATION...

    MetService issues gale warnings for much of the South

    Forget about wearing a hat today — you are likely to lose it.

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    40 years of service enough for sergeant

    Retiring Dunedin Sergeant Chris George, 61, outside the Dunedin District Court yesterday. PHOTO:...

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    40 years of service enough for sergeant

    From "good old-fashioned dust-ups" to prosecuting criminals in court, retiring sergeant Chris George has done it all.

    Honorary degrees awarded

    Emeritus Prof Dave Gerrard is one of four leading medical graduates of the Otago Medical School...

    Honorary degrees awarded

    It has probably been a long time since David Gerrard felt like a fish out of water.

    Student pub still wanted: referendum

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    Student pub still wanted: referendum

    A new student pub gets a big tick, but a boycott on products with ties to the Israeli government proved less favourable among the student populace.

    Green coming soon

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Green coming soon

    St Clair School’s new field has been fenced off as it nears completion.

    Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students

    Vietnam War veteran Lox Kellas (left) and former Blackcap Ken Rutherford stand in front of the...

    Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students

    A Vietnam War veteran and a former Blackcap have been honoured by their secondary school in Dunedin.

    Obituary: a life with three full courses

    Food academic Nancy Carr. Photo: supplied

    Obituary: a life with three full courses

    In an era when a woman’s place in the world was seen to be at the heart of a household, Nancy Joy Carr smashed those perceptions.

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    Dunedin residents facing 10.7% rates rise

    Sandy Graham. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Dunedin residents facing 10.7% rates rise

    Dunedin residents face a rates rise of 10.7% and councillors have been warned planned capital spending is so high it could be a struggle to deliver everything.

    ‘Damaging’ gales to buffet South

    ‘Damaging’ gales to buffet South

    MetService has upgraded its wind watch to a warning for Dunedin and the lower South Island from 3pm today, forecasting severe gale southwesterlies gusting to 130km/h in exposed places.
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    • Enjoying the "special vibe" at Stuart St cafe 'Maggies' is new owner Boban "Bobby" Sokolov, who...

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      New owner set on keeping Maggies’ ‘soul’

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      Historic pub ready for loving ‘revival’

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      Toddler's inquest: half-brother engages lawyer

    • Portobello School pupil Ivy Larkins, 12, and her mother Emily Larkins are wondering where Ivy...

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      Peninsula left out of school zone

    • Former Dunedin ultra-distance runner Damian Watson nears the finish line of the Wild Horse 200 in...

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      Runner ‘chuffed’ with record

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