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    Alan Jones hit with more sex abuse charges

    Alan Jones. File photo: Getty

    Broadcaster Alan Jones hit with more sex abuse charges

    Controversial Australian broadcaster Alan Jones has been hit with another batch of historical sexual abuse charges.

    Backs turned on Health Minister

    Nurses Organisation delegates turn their back on Health Minister Simeon Brown during his speech...

    Backs turned on Health Minister

    Simeon Brown told nurses' union delegates at a Wellington conference that strike action was hurting patients.

    Power restored after falling tree snaps lines

    A fallen tree in Morris Rd has brought down power lines this morning. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

    Power restored after falling tree snaps lines

    Power is gradually being restored after it was cut to hundreds of customers in Mosgiel and surrounding areas when a tree fell on a power line this morning.

    Primary teachers vote to strike in October

    Teachers protest in Wellington last month. Photo: RNZ

    Primary teachers vote to strike in October

    A primary teachers strike will cause disruption to parents and students at a time when they need stability, Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche says.

    Christchurch cop's trial abandoned over legal issue

    Brearna Kelsi Sloss in a police bike theft prevention video from 2021. Photo: NZ Police / Supplied

    Christchurch cop's trial abandoned over legal issue

    The trial of a former Christchurch police officer accused of stealing money has been abandoned.

    Teen excluded from school, no others will take him

    Whether the projects are paused would be "considered on a case-by-case basis", the ministry says....

    Teen excluded from school, no others will take him

    The mother of an excluded intermediate school student says children who don't fit the box "get excluded or forgotten".

    Struggle to get help after brain injuries

    Kade Steffensen has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, complicated by frontal lobe...

    Struggle to get help after brain injuries

    Kade Steffensen says he's been struggling with serious mental health issues, but ACC says there's no evidence they were were caused by his physical injuries.

    Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Charlie Kirk shooting suspect

    This photo released by the Utah Governor's Office shows shooting suspect Tyler Robinson. Photo:...

    Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Charlie Kirk shooting suspect

    Utah prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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    Female farmers enjoy victory over boys

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    Female farmers enjoy victory over boys

    Some female farming X-factor has led to St Hilda’s Collegiate School jointly winning an agriculture contest, herding the boys into the back paddock.

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    Southland ED staff levels equal-worst

    John Chambers. Photo: supplied

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    Southland ED staff levels equal-worst

    A southern emergency department is the equal-worst understaffed in New Zealand, a report on nurses’ working conditions has revealed.

    Queenstown road re-opens after flooding closure

    Queenstown road re-opens after flooding closure

    A key road in Queenstown has re-opened to stop/go traffic management after being closed for most of the afternoon.

    A strong foundation

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    A strong foundation

    Concrete is poured at the new Dunedin hospital site yesterday morning. 

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    Smooth Hill landfill divides opinions among mayoral candidates

    Smooth Hill. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Smooth Hill landfill divides opinions among mayoral candidates

    The Smooth Hill landfill was a key dividing line among prominent Dunedin mayoralty candidates at a packed debate last night.

    Rock opera’s‘ timeless quality’ 54 years on

    Jesus Christ Superstar lead actors (from left) James Adams (Jesus), Max Beal (Judas) and Sophie...

    Rock opera’s‘ timeless quality’ 54 years on

    Imagine a man of simple means trying to get by in an increasingly fractured society while guiding his fellow humans through trials and tribulations.

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    Simms’ plan for homeless not embraced by candidates

    Andrew Simms. Photo: supplied

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    Simms’ plan for homeless not embraced by candidates

    A Dunedin mayoral hopeful’s proposal to fund a homeless outreach centre out of his own salary has raised eyebrows among other candidates.

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    Set netting closure area doubles

    The hoiho yellow-eyed penguin. Photo: Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust

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    Set netting closure area doubles

    The closure area for set netting off the Otago coast has doubled as the process for consultation on long-term measures to protect hoiho from the effects of fishing gets under way.

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    Alleged abuser ‘grandfatherly figure’

    The trial is being heard at the Timaru District Court. Photo: ODT files

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    Alleged abuser was ‘grandfatherly figure’

    A prominent Otago man was "a grandfatherly figure" to a teenage boy he allegedly sexually abused, the complainant’s mother says.

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    Residents angered at sale of site

    More than 30 people gathered in Albertson Ave at the weekend to protest Kāinga Ora’s decision to...

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    Residents angered at sale of site

    Angry Port Chalmers residents are putting words into action against a planned sale of a site once set aside for a public housing project, but Kāinga Ora is sticking to its decision.

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    Chidgey, Iti among festival’s guest speakers

    In the engine room of the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival in Broad Bay are (from left) co...

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    Chidgey, Iti among festival’s guest speakers

    Acclaimed New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey and activist and artist Tāme Iti are among the guests at this year’s Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival.

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    Trampers lost, cold, lucky to get phone coverage: police

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    Trampers lost, cold, lucky to get phone coverage: police

    Five young Dunedin trampers were "too cold to move" as they awaited rescue after getting lost in harsh weather near Middlemarch, police say.
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