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Otago University Archery Club president Charlie Boocock-Yee removes arrows from the club’s new...

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Archers hit fundraising target for wall repairs

Sitting on the toilet and hearing a thud on the wall next to their head was becoming ‘‘a little disconcerting’’ for women in the changing rooms at the University of Otago’s Clubs and Societies Centre.

Group banned from George St McDonald's

The five youths have been trespassed from McDonald's in George St. Photo: Google Maps

Group banned from George St McDonald's

Five youths have been banned from a Dunedin fast-food restaurant for two years due to their behaviour, police say.

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Core may hold sea level rise answers

University of Siena (Italy) researcher Luca Zurli (left) and Federal Institute for Geosciences...

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Core may hold sea level rise answers

An Antarctic sediment core, providing an environmental record stretching back about 17 million years, may hold answers to how long we have before coastal areas become inundated by rising sea levels.

Reinstalled camera to monitor speed next month

Reinstalled camera to monitor speed next month

The recently reinstalled average-speed safety camera in Allanton-Waihola Rd, State Highway 1.

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Playground icon to go the way of the dinosaur?

A face-lift or a meteorite may be coming the way of Marlow Park’s dinosaur slide, as councillors...

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Playground icon to go the way of the dinosaur?

Dunedin councillors spoke ‘‘in defence of the dinosaur’’ as they considered plans to replace or refurbish one of Marlow Park’s most illustrious occupants.

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Youths flaunt car stealing exploits

A screenshot from a TikTok account featuring a youth stealing cars and damaging them across...

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Youths flaunt car stealing exploits

Youths stealing up to six cars a night in Dunedin have boasted of their exploits in TikTok videos showing cars speeding at 200kmh and fleeing police.

Youths back stealing cars soon after arrests: police

Youths back stealing cars soon after arrests: police

Some of the youths arrested over a spree of car thefts in Dunedin at the weekend were back at it again days later, police say.

Remains of missing 'kind-hearted fella' found

Murray Wakefield is shown on his boat in this 2018 photo. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Remains of missing 'kind-hearted fella' found at Portobello

Human skeletal remains located on the Portobello coastline have been identified as those of a "kind-hearted fella" who went missing nearby in May last year.

Firefighters work to make scene safe

Firefighters work to make scene safe

Firefighters work on freeing a car jammed into the traffic island in Princes St yesterday.

For the children

Tayla Galletly (left), of Dunedin Hospital’s children’s ward, receives a gift of a new PlayStation 5 for the ward from Images of the Past Dunedin representative Lorraine Clark at the ...

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Gum disease remedy studied

University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry periodontal health and disease researcher Prof Dawn...

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Gum disease remedy studied

A University of Otago researcher is working with the world’s number one-ranked dental school to study the ability of a new mānuka oil nanoparticle gel to treat gum disease.

Ponzi scheme fraudster declined parole

Barry Kloogh says he has written six manuscripts while serving his prison sentence. PHOTO: GERARD...

Ponzi scheme fraudster declined parole

A Dunedin Ponzi scheme fraudster, who ripped off investors for more than $15 million, has told the Parole Board he is ‘‘a good budgeter’’.

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Up the wipers: Winter Warriors near top of enterprise league

Trying out their Winter Warriors windscreen concoction are Taieri College students (from left)...

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Up the wipers: Winter Warriors near top of enterprise league

These Warriors are doing just as well as their league counterparts.

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Bride takes bridle path to wedding

Bride Courtney Henry, on her horse Denver, with husband Reuben Henry and godparents
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Bride takes bridle path to wedding

Courtney Henry made a more unforgettable than usual entrance to her wedding on Saturday.

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Limiting voting rights ‘slap in the face’ for iwi

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Limiting voting rights ‘slap in the face’ for iwi

Limiting voting rights on council committees to elected members has been described as a ‘‘slap in the face’’ for local iwi.

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Drug could double survival time: prof

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Drug could double survival time: prof

A newly tested drug for treating pancreatic cancer could double the survival time of sufferers, a University of Otago oncologist says.

Crews arrive to find house fire ‘well-involved’

A firefighter is sprayed down after attending a house fire in Mosgiel yesterday.

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Aim to get poor land back to earlier state

Eddie Roxburgh gets ready to plant a flax at Karitane yesterday. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

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Aim to get poor land back to earlier state

A slice of nature is being laid out in Karitane — driven by personal experiences from living further south.

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Speed limit set to be lowered despite wishes of submitters

Kuri Bush residents (from left) Anette Seifert, Keryn Jenkins, Tony Reeder, David Fisher, John...

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Speed limit set to be lowered despite wishes of submitters

A speed reduction on a stretch of coastal Dunedin road is one step closer to being approved, despite most submissions backing the status quo.

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For sale — but with a wee catch

Planner Conrad Anderson is hoping someone will remove the historic house at 56 Cargill St rather...

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For sale — but with a wee catch

The house of Dunedin’s first secondary school rector has sat, long forgotten, below a central city street, and now someone has the chance to breathe new life into it.

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