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    Accord expected to up access to medical training

    Megan Gibbons. Photo: supplied

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    Accord expected to up access to medical training

    Construction of Waikato University’s new medical school has started, following a sod-turning ceremony in Hamilton yesterday.

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    Consent variation granted for cost-cutting changes to hospital’s design

    Contractors pour concrete at the site of the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building. It is...

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    Consent variation granted for cost-cutting changes to hospital’s design

    The government’s cost-cutting redesign of the new Dunedin hospital has moved another step forward.

    More Southerner dates welcomed

    Passengers crowd the platform at Dunedin Railway Station in May after KiwiRail's Great Journeys...

    More Southerner dates welcomed

    A week after a South Island train experience was announced another one has been revealed as train travel becomes more popular.

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    Polytechnic’s new council ‘pleased’ to get started

    Fresh out of their first meeting yesterday are newly appointed Otago Polytechnic Council members ...

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    Polytechnic’s new council ‘pleased’ to get started

    Otago Polytechnic’s new council is ready to get stuck in as the institute takes another step towards independence.

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    Bid for grey teal to be hunted

    A grey teal. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Bid for grey teal to be hunted

    The grey teal may become a hunted bird, although it may not be for a couple of years — if at all.

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    Audience participation key

    The production company (Base Entertainment/Anthony Street) that has previously delivered polished and technical Irish shows "Celtica", and "Celtic Illusion" has this time produced an early...

    Pixie Town back to charm young and old alike

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    Pixie Town back to charm young and old alike

    Pixie Town, the department store Christmas decor from the 1930s to 1980s, returned to Toitū for the holiday season yesterday and will be on display until Christmas Eve.

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    Show skating to the fore in ‘Pan on Ice’

    Pan on Ice co-directors Rachael Jannink and Megan Kliegl are ready to put on an ice show for all...

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    Show skating to the fore in ‘Pan on Ice’

    Double-axels and some "Olympic-level" performances are promised for tonight's Pan on Ice show.

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    Ready to graduate suitably attired

    Grayson Westgate will graduate with a pharmacy degree from the University of Otago today. PHOTO:...

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    Ready to graduate suitably attired

    Grayson Westgate’s mother has promised to go "berserk" if he crosses the graduation stage today wearing running shoes with his academic regalia.

    University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony

    Hundreds of people will graduate from the University of Otago in two ceremonies today. PHOTO:...

    University of Otago graduands, 1pm ceremony

    In a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 1pm today, 347 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago

    University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony

    A previous University of Otago graduation parade makes its way along George St. PHOTO: PETER...

    University of Otago graduands, 4pm ceremony

    In a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 4pm today, 376 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago

    Pine tree expansion worries communities

    Pine forestry in southern Hawke’s Bay. Photo: Nick Monro

    Pine tree expansion worries communities

    The highly anticipated opening of Swedish furniture company Ikea in New Zealand comes as a rural community worries about the fire risk from pine plantations.

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    Questions outnumber answers

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    Questions outnumber answers

    A feted Dunedin charity is now under Department of Internal Affairs scrutiny. Mary Williams took a closer look at Te Kāika’s performance, governance and oversight.

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    Former Te Kāika manager guilty of serious charges

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    Former Te Kāika manager guilty of serious charges

    Health organisation Te Kāika was also fighting to hide the identity of one of its senior health workers who was before the courts on serious charges.

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    Doctor defends supplying cannabis

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    Doctor defends supplying cannabis

    Days before Te Kāika’s long-awaited Wellbeing Hub was opened, a doctor allegedly supplied cannabis to a patient in a carpark.

    Obituary: Farquhar a grand man of the sea

    Ian Farquhar in 2007 with his book on shipping lines. Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Obituary: Farquhar a grand man of the sea

    In his early teens, as World War 2 ended, Ian Farquhar became fascinated with the parade of grey-painted ships moving up and down Otago Harbour.

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    Star service takes unhealthy turn

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    Trouble in the village: Star service takes unhealthy turn

    Disgruntled employees, allegations of misconduct, personal grievances - even breaches of its govt-funded social service contracts - are some issues plaguing the Dunedin health organisation.

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    Trouble in the village 

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    Trouble in the village 

    A year-long ODT investigation into a multimillion-dollar Dunedin health organisation has uncovered a slew of disgruntled former staff members, allegations of misconduct and personal-grievance payouts.

    Jail after undercover gecko-smuggling sting

    Jewelled geckos are only found in pockets of Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Their conservation...

    Jail after undercover gecko-smuggling sting

    A South Korean man who expected to be paid a few thousand dollars for smuggling rare geckos only found in Otago, Southland and Canterbury out of NZ has been jailed.

    Kapa-Kingi reinstated as member of Te Pāti Māori

    MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. Photo: VNP / Phil Smith

    Kapa-Kingi reinstated as member of Te Pāti Māori

    MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has been reinstated as a member of Te Pāti Māori, following an interim ruling by judge, and will attend the party's AGM this weekend.
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