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    Key issues emerge in countdown to elections

    Affordability, housing and the new hospital — Dunedin voters already have a good idea of the key issues as nominations for local body elections open.

    ORC moving to system where no votes are ‘wasted’

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    ORC moving to system where no votes are ‘wasted’

    An elections law specialist is urging people not to be too daunted by the Otago Regional Council’s decision to switch to a single transferable vote (STV) system for this year’s council elections.

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    Fears dog stolen after missing pet found across town

    Portobello resident Lena Stewart-Groot’s children Flynn, 7, Ellie, 5, and Olly Crowley, 9 are...

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    Fears dog stolen after missing pet found across town

    A Dunedin woman believes her beloved dog was stolen after she was found a very long way from home.

    Environment-centred approach best for health: scholar

    Maori scholar Dr Ihirangi Heke at Te Whare o Rukutia yesterday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Environment-centred approach best for health: scholar

    Putting the environment first is a better way to approach health, a Maori scholar says.

    Up, up and away

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    Up, up and away

    Zac Henry pilots a plane during the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival at First Church yesterday, while Maunarongo van der Salm, 7, and Atamaia Shortland, 6, watch him perform his tricks. 

    Variety of artworks amazes

    Otago Art Society 149th anniversary show judges Michele Beevors and Manu Berry take another look...

    Variety of artworks amazes

    The judges for the Otago Arts Society’s annual exhibition awards say this year has made them look a lot closer at things.

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    Aspiring pastor trapped woman, broke nose

    Malissa Stevenson was sentenced to home detention for assaulting two people. PHOTO: STAFF...

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    Aspiring pastor trapped woman, broke nose

    An aspiring Dunedin pastor trapped a woman and broke her nose in a frenzied assault, a court has heard.

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    Drug dealer’s ‘spiralling lifestyle’ driven by addiction

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    Drug dealer’s ‘spiralling lifestyle’ driven by addiction

    A Dunedin drug dealer’s dogged persistence became his undoing, a court has heard.

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    Up-skirting sex criminal allowed to keep studying at Otago Uni

    Details of Gaurav Rauniyar’s crimes, which were committed while he was a university student, can...

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    Up-skirting sex criminal allowed to keep studying at Otago Uni

    A Dunedin man convicted of up-skirting and holding a stash of child pornography was allowed to continue studying at the University of Otago despite his crimes.

    Fans flock to meet All Black heroes

    Highlanders and All Blacks prop Ethan de Groot signs a poster for a young fan who was among those...

    Fans flock to meet All Black heroes

    Dunedin All Black fans were out in force at the Wall St Mall this morning, waiting in a long line for the chance to get a signature from their heroes.

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    Polytech course cuts tip of iceberg: staff

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    Polytech course cuts tip of iceberg: staff

    The Otago Polytechnic has signalled it wishes to discontinue a trio of smaller courses, but staff say these cuts are the tip of the iceberg.

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    Man who committed double shooting paroled

    Kaleb Bell will be released from prison and transported to Auckland in the coming weeks. PHOTO:...

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    Man who committed double shooting paroled

    A Dunedin man who came inches from facing a murder charge following a drug-deal gone wrong has been released from prison.

    Minister marks resumption of site works

    Health Minister Simeon Brown (front, fourth from right) and his entourage walk through the new...

    Minister marks resumption of site works

    The government has been accused of reheating old announcements as the health minister was on site yesterday at the new Dunedin hospital.

    Library closed as work proceeds for new centre’s opening

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    Library closed as work proceeds for new centre’s opening

    The pop-up library in South Dunedin has been closed to make way for the new library and community complex’s opening in late September.

    Teen girls and 11-year-old in Dunedin joyriding spree

    The youth were in a Mazda Demio which is often targeted by car thieves. Photo: supplied

    Teen girls and 11-year-old in Dunedin joyriding spree

    Three Dunedin teenagers and an 11-year-old driving the wrong way on the motorway had allegedly spent almost 12 hours joyriding in stolen cars and committing petrol drive offs.

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    Baby’s head ‘crushed’ while partner assaulted

    Cory Craik leaves court. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Baby’s head ‘crushed’ while partner assaulted

    An Otago man "crushed" his child against a car while ripping out tufts of his partner’s hair and later dangled his baby by its arm, a court has heard.

    Game on

    Emerson Davies. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Game on

    Logan Park High School year 12 student Emerson Davies, 16, holds a laptop at the 2025 Otago Polytechnic Game Jam yesterday.

    Help asked for to cut stadium debt

    More financial help will be needed in Forsyth Barr Stadium’s sunset years, the Dunedin City...

    Help asked for to cut stadium debt

    Dunedin's stadium will need more help to reduce debt before the end of its operational life, the Dunedin City Council has been told.

    Scotsman ‘just fell in love with the place’

    Scottish migrant Iain Ferguson after he received his New Zealand citizenship at the Dunedin Town...

    Scotsman ‘just fell in love with the place’

    It has been a long journey for Iain Ferguson to receive his New Zealand citizenship in Dunedin.

    New citizens say family in Gaza wish they were dead

    Gazan woman Sabreen Alsaadoni and husband Emad Ismail relax in their Belleknowes home with their...

    New citizens say family in Gaza wish they were dead

    A woman from Gaza who has made a home in Dunedin says the last news she heard of her family was they wished they were dead.
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