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    Chasing ultimate goal one treadmill step at a time

    Habit Health Dunedin rehabilitation coach Jack Murray stretches Nick Chisholm’s muscles in...

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    Chasing ultimate goal one treadmill step at a time

    When Nick Chisholm took his first few "very wobbly", partially supported steps on a treadmill recently, he joked: "finally — it only took 25 years and 6 days of full-on rehab".

    Candidates give views on theatre

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    Candidates give views on theatre

    Dunedin's mayoral aspirants had their cultural credentials put to the test at the Stage South candidates’ forum as the prospect of a new theatre was on nearly everyone’s minds.

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    Firearms incidents costing $322m a year: study

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    Firearms incidents costing $322m a year: study

    As the govt reviews gun control laws, Otago Uni researchers hope the panel will take notice of their latest study, which has found firearms incidents are costing NZ $322 million a year.

    Pre-bedtime advice called into question

    Not many teens followed current sleep guidelines, but those who did experienced little difference...

    Pre-bedtime advice called into question

    Just when we thought we had pre-bedtime routines all worked out, new research suggests avoiding screen time, exercise and food for an hour before sleep may not actually help.

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    Veteran astronaut to give talk at museum

    Former Nasa astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria during a spacewalk (EVA) on the International Space...

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    Veteran astronaut to give talk at museum

    "You don’t have to be Superman, you don’t have to be Einstein, you don’t have to be Da Vinci."

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    Sour note: Dunedin bands leaving Spotify

    Albums by seminal Dunedin Sound band The Bats including 1993’s Silverbeet and 1991’s Fear Of God...

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    Sour note: Dunedin bands leaving Spotify

    The number of Dunedin bands pulling their music from Spotify is on the rise amid concerns about its chief executive’s backing of an AI weapons company.

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    Dunedin Railways looking forward to bumper season

    Dunedin Railways general manager Rebekah Jenkins says business is back with a vengeance this year...

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    Dunedin Railways looking forward to bumper season

    After five years of hibernation, Dunedin Railways is back with a bang as train travel becomes trendy and tourists flock to travelling on the tracks.

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    Mum’s the word

    The Riley family, (from left) Will, Bid and Andy, after Will completed his endurance fundraising...

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    Mum’s the word: son’s 100km effort raises funds for trust

    Will Riley did it for his mum and his mum did it for him.

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    Legal cloud hovers after cycleway U-turn

    A stop-start Albany Street Connection project is set to resume. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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    Legal cloud hovers after cycleway U-turn

    Dunedin's contentious Albany St cycleway is back on, but a legal cloud hovers over the project.

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    Call to remove suicide stigma after Dunedin 12-year-old's self-inflicted death

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    Call to remove suicide stigma after Dunedin 12-year-old's self-inflicted death

    The self-inflicted death of a Dunedin 12-year-old has sparked calls to remove the stigma around discussing suicide.

    Car ‘flew over’ garden

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    Car ‘flew over’ garden

    A neighbour watched a car fly over a garden before slamming into a garage in Mosgiel yesterday.

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    Award-winner ‘humbled and grateful’

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    Award-winner ‘humbled and grateful’

    Artificial intelligence (AI) can do many amazing things, but it failed to predict David Rozado would win a major research award at the Aotearoa AI Awards.

    Putting a shine on history

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    Putting a shine on history

    Restoration man Shem Sutherland, with grandson Archie Scorgie, 4, puts gold trimming on steam locomotive Josephine in Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.

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    Events put stadium’s versatility to test

    Dunedin Venues Ltd chief executive Paul Doorn kicks a ball on the green grass of Forsyth Barr...

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    Events put stadium’s versatility to test

    One day dirt, the next — the green, green grass of Shield country.

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    People’s Hub a ‘progressive alternative’

    Otago Regional Council candidate Alex King is working with various other candidates in Dunedin at...

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    People’s Hub a ‘progressive alternative’

    An alternative alliance of council candidates in Dunedin has come together to promote shared values such as climate action and social justice.

    Dunedin killer denied parole again

    Gareth Smither needs long-term accommodation when he is released from prison, the Parole Board...

    Dunedin killer denied parole again

    A Dunedin killer who has spent 28 years behind bars is still not fit for release, the Parole Board says. 

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    Dunedin strangler's sentence reduced to home detention

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    Dunedin strangler's sentence reduced to home detention

    A Dunedin man who was jailed for strangling his partner in an angry attack has had his sentence reduced to home detention on appeal.

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    Turbulence ‘pure terror’: passenger

    NZ673 an Auckland to Dunedin flight on Sunday 21/09/2025 that was impacted by turbulence. IMAGE:...

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    Turbulence ‘pure terror’: passenger

    Four minutes of "absolute pure terror".

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    New itsy bitsy discovery came down in ‘spider rain’

    The Pholcomma genus spider (right) next to a tarantula the size of a stamp. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

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    New itsy bitsy discovery came down in ‘spider rain’

    A Dunedin researcher’s spider senses were left tingling when a species new to science began falling from the sky.

    Palmerston death: Victim died while restrained on bed

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    Palmerston death: Victim died while restrained on bed

    A coroner has ruled on the death of a man restrained on a bed at a house party in his Palmerston home.
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