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    Dunedin mayor-elect Sophie Barker with Class Act award recipients (clockwise from left) Kwan Yi...

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    PM tells award recipients‘ it’s about where you finish’

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is confident the future of Otago is in good hands after meeting the region’s top secondary school achievers.

    Flight nurses gather for seminar

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    Flight nurses gather for seminar

    Flight nurses from throughout New Zealand gather at the HeliOtago hangar as they begin a two-day seminar run by the College of Air and Surface Transport Nurses (Coastn) yesterday.

    Barker extends mayoral lead; no changes to councillors

    Sophie Barker. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Barker extends mayoral lead; no changes to councillors

    Dunedin mayor-elect Sophie Barker extended her margin over second-placed candidate Andrew Simms in final election results.

    Class Act 2025

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    Class Act 2025

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was in Dunedin yesterday to speak to 56 Otago Daily Times Class Act 2025 award recipients from 29 Otago secondary schools at the Dunedin Public Art...

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    Police not pursuing ‘treating’ complaint against new councillor

    Benedict Ong. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Police not pursuing ‘treating’ complaint against new councillor

    A complaint to police about new Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong will not be taken any further.

    $90m announced to support flood protection schemes

    Puerua River flood protection strengthening, south of Balclutha, under way last year. The...

    $90m announced to support flood protection schemes

    The government has poured millions of dollars into flood-protection schemes, including six in the Otago region.

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    Man guilty over shotgun incident

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    Man guilty over shotgun incident

    An Invercargill man who pointed a sawn-off shotgun at a pedestrian in Gore later stripped naked to prove to police he had nothing to hide.

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    Treasury criticised polytech plans

    Otago Polytechnic. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Treasury criticised polytech plans

    Reforms that shook up New Zealand’s polytechnics, resulting in job losses, lacked detail and were highly risky, the government’s financial watchdog says.

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    'Viper’s nest': Columba College calls in troubleshooter

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    'Viper’s nest': Columba College calls in troubleshooter

    Columba College has called in a top educational troubleshooter, but says there is no instability at the school.

    Albatross colony soars to record season

    A Royal Albatross/toroa plays up for the camera at Taiaroa Head. This was the most successful...

    Albatross colony soars to record season

    It has been a bumper season for toroa/northern royal albatross this season, as the last of the chicks has set off from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on new adventures.

    Neighbours at war: Woman's eye gashed in Caversham

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    Neighbours at war: Woman's eye gashed in Caversham

    A woman was left with a gash above her eye after neighbourly relations turned sour between two Caversham residents.

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    ‘Pike River’ premiere to fundraise for Playhouse

    Playhouse Theatre committee member Shannon Colbert holds a poster for the Pike River Dunedin...

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    ‘Pike River’ premiere to fundraise for Playhouse

    A celebrated Dunedin film-maker is giving back to the small city theatre where he got his start in the performing arts.

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    New councillor accused of breaking law

    On September 18, Dunedin City Council election candidate Benedict Ong prepares to give away...

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    New councillor accused of breaking law

    A new Dunedin city councillor and high-profile "paper boy" has been accused of breaching electoral law.

    'Incoming 2026': Baby on way for de Groot and wife

    'Incoming 2026': Baby on way for de Groot and wife

    Highlanders hero Ethan de Groot is preparing for his biggest test yet.

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    Claims lawyer incompetent thrown out

    Pierre Anglem, pictured here in 2022 at his sentencing for violently raping a woman. PHOTO: ODT...

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    Claims lawyer incompetent thrown out

    The Court of Appeal has shut down claims by a Dunedin sex attacker that his lawyer was incompetent and ruined his trial.

    Event offers students ‘lived experience’

    Friends of the University of Otago Medical School John Marrable (in wheelchair), Alan Jackson and...

    Event offers students ‘lived experience’

    For nearly 20 years, volunteers have told the University of Otago’s medical students their stories — and it has helped keep students at the cutting edge.

    Official results expected tomorrow

    PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Official results expected tomorrow

    Final results for the Dunedin City Council election are expected tomorrow.

    Full of stock for fundraiser

    Photo: Gregor Richardson

    Full of stock for fundraiser

    Dunedin Host Lions Club garage sale convener Jenni Mattingly holds a teddy bear amid boxes full of donated goods up for grabs at the club’s annual fundraiser.

    Time to jam

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Time to jam

    Pupils from 10 schools across Dunedin were in full ukulele mode at the Ōtepoti Dunedin Ukulele Jam at Taieri College yesterday.

    Strong winds on way for Dunedin, Southland

    Strong winds on way for Dunedin, Southland

    Another weather front bearing down on the South is set to bring strong winds to parts of Otago, including Dunedin, and Southland.
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