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    Watch: Smoke billows from workshop blaze

    Firefighters battle a blaze in Colridge St in Christchurch. Photo: Daniel Alvey

    Watch: Smoke billows from workshop blaze

    Passing traffic appeared oblivious as a fire in a mechanical workshop sent smoke billowing over a Christchurch street this morning.

    NZ workers more likely to die than in UK or Australia, research shows

    Dr Christopher Peace, lead author of the research into workplace fatalities, 15 years on from...

    NZ workers more likely to die than in UK or Australia, research shows

    Almost 15 years after 29 men were killed in the explosions at Pike River mine, new research shows New Zealand's health and safety record remains poor.

    System not equipped to deal with 'highest threat' offenders: advisor

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    System not equipped to deal with 'highest threat' offenders: advisor

    The country's chief victims advisor is demanding answers over the killing of a Christchurch woman by a violent repeat offender.

    Noisy penguins causing sleepless nights

    Footage of one of the penguins under the house. Photo: Supplied via RNZ

    Noisy penguins causing sleepless nights

    Imagine sharing your home with noisy flatmates who party throughout the night and then move into your bedroom.

    'Painfully easy': Young Kiwis continue to jump the Ditch

    Sean Collier from Whangārei says it was a "painfully easy" decision to move to Melbourne two...

    'Painfully easy': Young Kiwis continue to jump the Ditch

    A 27-year-old says his decision to move from Whangārei to Melbourne was "painfully easy" as it meant a decreased cost of living and massively increased wages.

    Mammoth cruise ship sails into Port Chalmers

    Photos: Stephen Jaquiery

    Mammoth cruise ship sails into Port Chalmers

    A small city sailed into Port Chalmers this morning as the largest cruise ship of the season berthed at 6am.

    Crews battle early morning blaze at derelict Dunedin hospital

    An aerial appliance fights the fire at Glamis Private Hospital this morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Crews battle early morning blaze at derelict Dunedin hospital

    Firefighters have suppressed a blaze at the former Glamis Private Hospital in Dunedin this morning.

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    Top cop gives assurances after southern connections to scandal

    Paul Basham. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Top cop gives assurances after southern connections to scandal

    The tainted reputations of two former Southern District police commanders do not reflect the "tireless" work of police in the South, the area’s top cop says.

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    Vandervis claims mayor misled him on leadership role

    Lee Vandervis. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Vandervis claims mayor misled him on leadership role

    Disgruntled Dunedin councillor Lee Vandervis has accused the city’s mayor of misleading him about a leadership role he will not fill.

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    Late reports ‘breach’ of rules

    Michael Garbett. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Late reports ‘breach’ of rules

    Late reports for this week’s Dunedin City Council meeting breached the rules.

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    Man sent x-rated image to probation officer

    Sean Maguren was sentenced to community detention and supervision after he sent an x-rated image...

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    Man sent x-rated image to probation officer

    A Dunedin man who sent his former probation officer salacious and incriminating images will serve his sentence near his victim’s place of work.

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    Calendar shows strength lies in ‘courage to be vulnerable’

    Dunedin firefighter Brad Stringer, also known as ‘‘Mr August’’, features in the 2026 Kiwi...

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    Calendar shows strength lies in ‘courage to be vulnerable’

    A Dunedin firefighter who took his kit off for a mental health charity says true strength is "about having the courage to be vulnerable".

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    Dunedin teen threatened to blow up mosque during game

    Kilbirnie Mosque in Wellington. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Dunedin teen threatened to blow up mosque during game

    A Dunedin teenager threatened to blow up a mosque while playing a first-person-shooter video game.

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    Curious tale of whale bone necklace

    The wasekaseka necklace which is heading to Australia. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Curious tale of whale bone necklace

    A wasekaseka necklace made of whale bone which washed up on one of the United Kingdom’s most remote but inhabited islands is now headed for Australia after its former Queenstown-based owner got his...

    Partners aim to lift diabetes care

    Sir Jim Mann. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Partners aim to lift diabetes care

    As part of events to mark World Diabetes Day today, the University of Otago and Ngāti Hine Health Trust have joined forces in a bid to improve diabetes care for Māori.

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    Researchers recognised for their works’ global impact

    Ben Wheeler. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Researchers recognised for their works’ global impact

    Four Otago researchers have received Health Research Council (HRC) awards for their transformative health interventions that have have led to significant real-world benefits on a global scale.

    Expulsion from Te Pāti Māori 'a joke'

    Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris. Photo: RNZ

    Expulsion from Te Pāti Māori 'a joke'

    Newly independent MPs Tākuta Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi have had their first day back in Parliament since being expelled from Te Pāti Māori.

    Two dead, 18 hurt after truck ploughs into market

    Two dead, 18 hurt after truck ploughs into market

    A light truck has crashed into a market in South Korea, ploughing along a passageway lined with stalls before coming to a halt, killing two people and injuring 18, according to officials.
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      Running 800km for men’s mental health

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