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    Fan dancers (from left) Saffy Madison-Weatherall, 16, Hannah Hamilton, 16, Hikari Heath, 15,...

    Bringing blessings

    Dragon dancers followed a dragon ball in George St yesterday morning to bring blessings of good fortune for the year, before Chinese New Year celebrations.

    Watching young grow secret to youth

    Moyra Brown celebrates her 100th birthday at the Catholic Social Services Building in Dunedin...

    Watching young grow secret to youth

    Moyra Brown has watched a lot of people grow up over her 100 years — and it has kept her young at heart.

    Enjoyable, unique recital by pair

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    Enjoyable, unique recital by pair

    A reasonable-sized Sunday afternoon audience turned out yesterday for a recital in the Dunedin Town Hall entitled "Pipes and Reeds”.

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    Grants subcommittee reinstated

    Steve Walker. Photos: supplied

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    Grants subcommittee reinstated

    An axed decision-making group will return to handing out Dunedin’s grants after councillors narrowly agreed to resurrect it.

    Eyes front

    Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Eyes front

    A little owl watches for prey from the heart-shaped entrance to a hollowed silver birch tree on a farm near Waikouaiti.

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    Takeover could lead to instability: Powell

    Mercy Hospital. Photo: Gregor Richardson

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    Takeover could lead to instability: Powell

    A private equity takeover of Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital could lead to a period of instability at the top, a health commentator warns.

    ‘A place for people to sit and reflect’

    Suicide prevention advocate Nikki Cockburn  plants a suicide remembrance tree. Photo: Gregor...

    ‘A place for people to sit and reflect’

    A special tree for those who have lost loved ones by suicide has been planted in Mosgiel after the original broke in catastrophic winds last year.

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    Orchardist donates fruit as ‘way of helping the community’

    Helper Prue Frost (left), Bradford School principal Emma Knopp (centre) and Strode Road Orchard...

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    Orchardist donates fruit as ‘way of helping the community’

    The fruit is coming and so are the cheers.

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    City ‘sold out’ as university year gets going

    Nisha Patel (left) with daughter Hrithika Patel, 18, friend Riyanah Hathi, 17, and her mother...

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    City ‘sold out’ as university year gets going

    Motel rooms, toasters and restaurant seats were all in short supply in Dunedin over the weekend as the city was completely chocker.

    Opportunity to be ‘independent, free’

    Sailability volunteer Peter Dowden takes George Murray, 10, of Oamaru, for a sail at Broad Bay on...

    Opportunity to be ‘independent, free’

    For George Murray, no feeling compares to when he is out sailing on Otago Harbour.

    Colour, culture and vibrancy festival aims

    South Dunedin Street Art Trail organiser Hayden Raw displays a fundraising T-shirt outside the...

    Colour, culture and vibrancy festival aims

    South Dunedin will be buzzing with art for the next two months as the area’s first mural festival, called Ebb and Flow, officially gets under way.

    Obituary: dedicated to building the South

    Stew MacLeod relaxes on scaffolding surrounding the spire of Dunedin’s First Church during...

    Obituary: dedicated to building the South

    With an innate ability for machinery and engineering in the blood, Stew MacLeod had a hand in thousands of projects across Otago and New Zealand.

    Helping forge connections, relationships

    Friends and members of Enabling Love & Friendship gather last Thursday for a summer barbecue...

    Helping forge connections, relationships

    Sizzling sausages and sunny skies marked the start of the social calendar for Enabling Love & Friendship.

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    Vandervis’ concerns about ‘misused’ ballots rebuffed

    Lee Vandervis. Photo: Gregor Richardson (file)

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    Vandervis’ concerns about ‘misused’ ballots rebuffed

    Questions about the integrity of Dunedin’s election by one city councillor were rebuffed by the council’s chief executive.

    Fears as social programmes slashed at Otago prison

    Constructive activities for prisoners at the Otago Corrections Facility in Milton have declined...

    Fears as social programmes slashed at Otago prison

    Creative and social programmes for prisoners have fallen by two-thirds at the Otago Corrections Facility, sparking concerns for prisoners’ wellbeing and rehabilitation.

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    Connection one step closer after cycling trail

    Coastal Connection project co-ordinator Emily Cooper (centre) with some of the walkers, cyclists...

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    Connection one step closer after cycling trail

    The long and winding road has started, and it is headed this way.

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    Calculated move to get ahead in maths

    King’s High School student Conor Kerr won a 2025 NZQA scholarship in calculus at age 14. PHOTO:...

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    Calculated move to get ahead in maths

    Conor Kerr wishes life was as simple as calculus.

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    Firefighters set to ramp up strike action to twice a week

    Firefighters gather outside the Central Dunedin Fire Station yesterday as they again went on...

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    Firefighters set to ramp up strike action to twice a week

    After months of strikes and stalled discussions, the firefighters union is raising the pressure by walking off the job twice a week.

    Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

    Police say even the most experienced trampers can get into trouble. Photo: Getty Images

    Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

    Police are urging people to be better prepared when heading outdoors after a horror summer of large-scale back-country search operations and numerous fatalities.

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    Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

    Sophie Barker. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

    Dunedin's mayor has called on councillors to reflect on their conduct, as community satisfaction in their performance remains weak.
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      $400m airport to CBD cable car route revealed

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      ‘Accessibility’ of new setting draws thousands to event

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