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    Dunedin football fans (from left) Matthew Holdridge, Aaron Burgess, Justin Flaws and Warren...

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    World Cup trumps parents’ birthdays

    The Fifa World Cup in the United States, or his parents’ 80th birthday celebrations in England?

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    Engineer surprised by achievement

    Go Bus diesel technician Lily Davies has become the first woman in New Zealand to complete the...

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    Engineer surprised by achievement

    Lily Davies always had an uncanny knack of knowing the right spanners to hand to her dad when he was fixing the family car or his tractor.

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    Patent pending for biotech tool

    Lynette Brownfield. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Patent pending for biotech tool

    As the effects of global warming increase, Otago researchers have come up with a biotech ‘‘tool’’ that will help certain plants survive harsh environmental conditions such as drought, salinity,...

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    CPB helpful, but govt departments ‘waste of time’

    A cyclist heads down a squeezed cycle lane in Castle St yesterday as nearby workers and...

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    CPB helpful, but govt departments ‘waste of time’

    A Dunedin company which discovered entry to its business was changed massively overnight, continues to juggle things but says hospital contractor CPB has owned its errors and is willing to put its...

    Garden in focus for competition

    PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

    Garden in focus for competition

    University of Otago postgraduate student Joy Maymay practises her photography skills at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.

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    Builder estimated to owe $6 million

    Graeme Sneddon. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Builder estimated to owe $6 million

    The estimated debt owed by a failed Dunedin builder has skyrocketed sevenfold to more than $6 million.

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    Doing the hard yards to meet camp costs

    Musselburgh Primary School principal Rob Taylor is training for two half-marathons in a bid to...

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    Doing the hard yards to meet camp costs

    Having his pupils miss an ‘‘epic school camp trip’’ due to the cost of living was not an option for one Dunedin primary school principal, so he decided to raise the money himself.

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    ‘Not ready’ to report alleged sexual abuse

    Robert Scott. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    ‘Not ready’ to report alleged sexual abuse

    A woman who claims she was pushed against the wall by a Dunedin businessman did not report it at the time, despite speaking to police soon after.

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    Failed Dunedin startup’s creditors out $2.2m

    Winely co-founders Jacob Manning and Abbe Hyde. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Failed Dunedin startup’s creditors out $2.2m

    A former employee of a failed Dunedin wine startup hopes its founders will never run a business again as the company leaves creditors nearly $2.2 million out of pocket.

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    Big fans of wind farm bake cake

    Lee Stream School pupils (from left) Ted Chapman, 10, Florence Harris, 8, Gus Nichol, 7, and Jack...

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    Big fans of wind farm bake cake

    A group of Dunedin primary school pupils made a cake adorned with hand-crafted chocolate wind turbines in honour of their favourite wind farm turning 15 years old.

    Former Waikouaiti paralympian still going the distance

    Former Waikouaiti paralympian still going the distance

    For the second year in a row, Evan Clulee exceeded his goals in the nationwide Heart Foundation MyMarathon fundraiser.

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    'You're hurting me': Jury sees videos of Dunedin businessman's alleged abuse

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    'You're hurting me': Jury sees videos of Dunedin businessman's alleged abuse

    A jury has been shown footage of a Dunedin businessman on top of a woman in bed while she says ‘‘I can’t breathe’’.

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    Man attacked partner, stole bike after ‘bizarre’ outburst vs owner

    Family violence is up but the number of people being prosecuted for the crimes is "disturbingly"...

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    Man attacked partner, stole bike after ‘bizarre’ outburst vs owner

    A Dunedin man attacked his partner twice on the same day, assaults which bookended a ‘‘bizarre’’ bike theft, a court has heard.

    Deployment longtime ‘aspiration’

    Royal New Zealand Navy Lieutenant Chris Wise in the Golan Heights, Syria, as part of Operation...

    Deployment longtime ‘aspiration’

    A Dunedin man is spending his days in a historically hotly contested zone between Syria and Israel, ducking missiles in bunkers and monitoring both sides for truce breaches.

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    Dunedin man with history of violence back before the court

    Dunedin District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Dunedin man with history of violence back before the court

    A Dunedin man who nearly made history as one of the nation’s first third-strike offenders is back before the court.

    Starting at the bottom

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOS

    Starting at the bottom

    Contractors at the site of the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building work on a steel reinforcing cage that goes into the ground as part of the piling process. 

    Advice on quitting encouraged for smoke packs

    An example of health information messages on the inside of cigarette packages mandated in Canada....

    Advice on quitting encouraged for smoke packs

    Government policymakers are being urged to follow Canada and Australia by putting inserts in packs of cigarettes showing New Zealanders how to quit smoking.

    Readying for rugby clash

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    Readying for rugby clash

    Otago Boys’ High School students perform a haka before the annual interschool First XV game against Southland Boys’ High School at Littlebourne yesterday.

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    More non-compliant student flats identified

    Student flats in North Dunedin. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    More non-compliant student flats identified

    More properties in the student quarter have been identified as potentially breaching Healthy Homes legislation.

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    More changes planned for playground - but what about the dinosaur?

    Marlow Park destination playground upgrade project lead Dr Glen Hazelton. PHOTOS: STEPHEN...

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    More changes planned for playground - but what about the dinosaur?

    Plans to turn Dunedin's Marlow Park into a destination include the removal of several longstanding features, but it's the fate of a 60-year-old concrete dinosaur that has got people fired up.
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