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    Recently retired neonatal intensive care unit nurse Sarah Gamble checks on 20-day-old Penelope...

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    40 years of caring for the most vulnerable

    After 40 years of caring for some of the South’s smallest newcomers, neonatal intensive care unit (Nicu) nurse Sarah Gamble is hanging up her scrubs.

    Plunket now immunising in South Dunedin

    Plunket New Zealand immunisation service manager Bernadette Heaphy, of Wellington, trains Dunedin...

    Plunket now immunising in South Dunedin

    To celebrate the first anniversary of moving in to its new Dunedin community hub, Plunket gave its first vaccinations to youngsters as part of a new pilot programme being run by the charity.

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    Med school push ‘erosion’ of govt decision-making

    "The Treasury documents reveal a government that had already decided its course of action and was...

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    Med school push ‘erosion’ of govt decision-making

    Ploughing ahead with the Waikato medical school against Treasury advice represents "concerning erosion" of government decision-making, a political commentator says.

    Staff allegedly threatened

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    Staff allegedly threatened

    A man was arrested for allegedly threatening staff at a Dunedin store if they did not get theft charges against him dropped.

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    Mistake to call Albany St project a ‘cycleway’

    Lee Vandervis. Photo: Peter McIntosh

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    Mistake to call Albany St project a ‘cycleway’

    Calling Dunedin’s central city transport project a cycleway in tender documents was a mistake, the city council says.

    Delays after crash on southern motorway

    Delays after crash on southern motorway

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    Delays are continuing for motorists coming into Dunedin after a crash on the city's southern motorway  this morning.

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    Call to halt cycleway before legal bid

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    Call to halt cycleway before legal bid

    Opponents of a contentious Dunedin cycleway are set to demand work on the project is halted ahead of a legal challenge.

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    Fashion student to realise modelling dream at fundraiser

    Poppy McConville (left) sizes up her Tegan Vickery-designed outfit for tomorrow night’s fashion...

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    Fashion student to realise modelling dream at fundraiser

    A dream will turn into reality for Poppy McConvill.

    Peer support workers for patients

    Matt Doocey. Photo: ODT files

    Peer support workers for patients

    Peer support workers with "lived experience" will be tasked with helping mentally vulnerable patients at Dunedin Hospital’s beleaguered emergency department.

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    Six-keg trailer a ‘drop-off, pick-up service’

    Shaquille Spooner-Nixon has converted a small horse float into a mobile self-pouring bar. Photo:...

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    Six-keg trailer a ‘drop-off, pick-up service’

    A Dunedin woman has come up with an idea for those who want a cool brew any time and anywhere they want.

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    Guide book’s legacy remains

    Siblings (from left) Bruce Moir, Alison Paterson (nee Moir) and Alan Moir, inspect their ancestor...

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    Guide book’s legacy remains

    A hundred years after Dr George Moir wrote the South’s "backcountry bible", his descendants are still walking in his footsteps.

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    Panel refuses commercial building

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    Panel refuses commercial building

    A proposal to build a "life-changing" facility at Taieri Mouth to allow disabled people easier access to the water is up in the air after a panel allowed part of the development but denied the...

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    Bounty of banned books brought before bibliophiles

    Marking Banned Book Week at the Dunedin Public Library are (from left) events co-ordinator Ali...

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    Bounty of banned books brought before bibliophiles

    Sex, drugs, violence — these are all present at Dunedin’s libraries.

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    Boyfriend killer back behind bars

    Zariah Samson was jailed for 15 months after admitting several charges, including punching a...

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    Boyfriend killer back behind bars

    A woman who killed her boyfriend by strangling him with a computer cord has been jailed for more violent offending.

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    Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

    A week of wild weather comes amid warnings that marine heatwave conditions currently enveloping...

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    Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

    The usual unsettled spring weather left some parts of the southern region dry as a bone and other parts with wet gumboots.

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    Student’s low-cost tech wows

    University of Otago physiology student Kai Woolf with a 3-D-printed component of her customisable...

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    Student’s low-cost tech wows

    While many tertiary students dream of making a difference in the world one day, Kai Woolf has already been there and done that.

    Dunedin Airport named best in NZ

    Dunedin Airport staff (from left) GM operations and infrastructure Nick Rodger, head of project...

    Dunedin Airport named best in NZ

    Dunedin Airport is flying high after being named the best airport of its size at a national award ceremony.

    Shoplifter 'threatens to stab' Dunedin shop staff

    Shoplifter 'threatens to stab' Dunedin shop staff

    A man was arrested for allegedly threatening staff at a Dunedin store with physical violence if they did not get theft charges against him dropped.

    One injured in Mosgiel highway crash

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    One injured in Mosgiel highway crash

    One person was injured in a crash that blocked a lane of State Highway 1 near Mosgiel for a time this afternoon.

    Woman assaulted after horn at lights sparks Dunedin road rage

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    Woman assaulted after horn at lights sparks Dunedin road rage

    A Dunedin woman enraged after being beeped at followed a younger driver through town and allegedly beat her on the side of the road.
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