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    Scaffolder Max McKenzie hams up a variation of air guitar after assembling the stage in the...

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    New Year’s Eve event in two parts

    A high-energy party has been forecast for New Year’s Eve in Dunedin and organisers are hopeful the weather will co-operate.

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    Proof arguing can be productive

    University of Otago mooting team members Campbell Kidd and Abby Bowmar after winning the New...

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    Proof arguing can be productive

    Campbell Kidd and Abby Bowmar love to argue.

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    Teenagers tried to carjack taxi: officer

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    Teenagers tried to carjack taxi: officer

    Two teenagers who allegedly punched and hit a Port Chalmers taxi driver with a glass bottle on Christmas Day were trying to bring open alcohol into the vehicle, police say.

    Aim to ensure wife’s life ‘was not a waste’

    Dunedin man Sam Weepers has started a petition to change the Dunedin cath lab’s operating hours...

    Aim to ensure wife’s life ‘was not a waste’

    A Dunedin widower making sure his wife’s life "was not a waste" has started a petition to Parliament to open Dunedin Hospital’s catheterisation laboratory around the clock.

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    Aim to slow deterioration as we age

    Members of the University of Otago (Christchurch) Canterbury Health and Ageing Life Course ...

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    Aim to slow deterioration as we age

    Most of us have heard of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study and the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Reporter John Lewis takes a closer look at a...

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    Best weather set for South, rain to dampen festivities

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    Best weather set for South, rain to dampen festivities

    Invercargill usually gets a bad rap for its weather, but if MetService’s forecasts are correct, the country’s southern-most city may be the place to be on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day if you...

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    First sea lion pup of breeding season born

    Tui, the 6-year-old sea lion, with her pup — the first to be born in Dunedin this season (this...

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    First sea lion pup of breeding season born

    Just two weeks after scaring the living daylights out of a Bedford St family by taking shelter on their front doorstep, Tui the sea lion has given birth to Dunedin’s first pup of the season.

    String of motorbike crashes on Dunedin roads

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    String of motorbike crashes on Dunedin roads

    Two teenage brothers driving around the neighbourhood on their dirt bikes found themselves getting blood taken by police after one crashed into a parked car.

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    Sandcastle strategy a ‘winner’ for family

    Aramoana cribbies (from left) William Davis, 10, James Glover, 13, Mark Glover, Liam Glover, 11,...

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    Sandcastle strategy a ‘winner’ for family

    For one large Dunedin extended family, a lazy holiday breakfast in an Aramoana crib was spent devising a strategy on how to create a show-stopping sand structure.

    ‘Unafraid’ cartoonist dies aged 84

    A Garrick Tremain self-portrait.

    ‘Unafraid’ cartoonist dies aged 84

    Former Otago Daily Times cartoonist Garrick Tremain has died, aged 84.

    Father and son fillet their catch

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    Father and son fillet their catch

    The master, Lindsay Keith, supervises his apprentice and son, Alex, as they fillet fish following a successful morning’s fishing on Saturday.

    Flatmates involved in alleged assault over dog's behaviour

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    Flatmates involved in alleged assault over dog's behaviour

    A Dunedin flat erupted into chaos after a man was allegedly assaulted by his flatmate due to the household dog behaving out of character.

    Pilot programme to foster youth digital leadership

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    Pilot programme to foster youth digital leadership

    An innovative pilot programme to help youth become leaders in addressing online harm and to identify the digital challenges that matter most to them is coming to Central Otago early next year.

    Tui's Christmas Day pup first of the season

    Tui and her pup having a snooze. Photo: Department of Conservation

    Tui's Christmas Day pup first of the season

    Tui the sea lion has given birth to the first pup of the Otago/New Zealand breeding season.

    Bella on top of dog name list again

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    Bella on top of dog name list again

    If you yell the name "Bella" out at a Dunedin dog park, expect a swarm of labrador retrievers to answer the call.

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    ‘I’m just not prepared to be put off and put off’ for surgery

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    ‘I’m just not prepared to be put off and put off’ for surgery

    A 77-year-old Dunedin man has been forced to continue working so he can pay to have private hip replacement surgery, rather than wait up to four years in the public system.

    Magic moments: December 29

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    Life on hold waiting for surgery

    Holly Peck-Locke. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

    Life on hold waiting for surgery

    A 27-year-old Dunedin woman has effectively been put into menopause while she waits for surgery in New Zealand’s poorly performing health system.

    Obituary: Clarinet teacher hit right notes

    Barrie Rutledge teaches at Saturday Morning Music Classes. Photos: supplied

    Obituary: Clarinet teacher hit right notes

    Barrie Rutledge’s style is imprinted in Dunedin’s musical DNA.

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    Best-laid moving plans turn to custard

    Newly returned Dunedin resident Bill Fortes has been camping out in his home after a furniture...

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    Best-laid moving plans turn to custard

    A Dunedin couple who have just moved back to the city had their Christmas thrown into disarray when their possessions and presents failed to arrive with them.
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