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    Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Nuseirat,...

    NZ condemns 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza

    New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the inhumane killing of Palestinians.

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    Majority backs going with the flow

    South Dunedin Community Network chairman Mike Hammond wades through water ponding at South...

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    Majority backs going with the flow

    A future where South Dunedin is dotted with waterways and wetlands has been backed by residents as the best hope to address climate change.

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    ‘Otago is being overlooked’

    A new medical school will be established at the University of Waikato. File photo

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    ‘Otago is being overlooked’

    The government’s backing of a third medical school at Waikato is yet more evidence it cares little about Dunedin, opponents say.

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    Fearless advocate for Grey Power gave it her all

    The late Grey Power Otago president Jo Millar in front of the new South Dunedin Public Library...

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    Fearless advocate for Grey Power gave it her all

    Jo Millar never really knew what the word "retired" meant.

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    Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

    East Otago Taiapure management committee chairman Brendan Flack. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

    A proposal to make a popular fishing area off the Otago Coast into an iwi-managed reserve is on the table as a way to protect the area and still allow fishing to take place.

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    ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

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    ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

    Flood damage from the past three years will cost the Otago Regional Council nearly $4 million, a new report says.

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    ‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

    Regent Theatre Music Sale co-ordinator Mark Burrows examines a pressing of Eccentric Soul: The...

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    ‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

    Whether it is French field recordings, esoteric minimalist music or a 1959 concert at Dunedin’s Town Hall, "crate diggers" are in for a treat at this year’s Regent Theatre Music Sale.

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    Call to delay cycleway project

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    Call to delay cycleway project

    A contentious central city cycleway should be delayed two years to prevent "another round of chaos" being dumped on business owners’ doorsteps, a Dunedin property investor says.

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    Councillors opposed to plan to remove wellbeing provisions

    "I’m a little bit tired of the business as usual ... vibe" — Mandy Mayhem. Photo: supplied

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    Councillors opposed to plan to remove wellbeing provisions

    Undemocratic, dictatorial and an attack — a government plan for councils to refocus on core services has hit a flat note with Dunedin representatives.

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    Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

    Dunedin author and University of Otago Stuart Professor of Scottish studies Liam McIlvanney’s...

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    Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

    What could be worse than your child disappearing?

    Residential college wins construction award

    University of Otago organisational delivery senior project manager Kirsten Eichstaedt and capital...

    Residential college wins construction award

    Te Rangihīroa College has become more than just a place to sleep for University of Otago students.

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    Single-cell classrooms are ideal: principal

    Columba College principal Charissa Nicol (right) waits as assistant principal Marion Hogg marks...

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    Single-cell classrooms are ideal: principal

    A Dunedin secondary school with a traditional campus says single-cell classrooms are better at keeping students focused on learning.

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    Impact of heritage listing decisions felt

    Vaughn Malkin feels vindicated after his Michie St home in Belleknowes was not heritage listed by...

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    Impact of heritage listing decisions felt

    A Dunedin homeowner says he is "vindicated" after successfully challenging his house being heritage listed.

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    Man jailed for assault that permanently scarred victim’s face

    Kyle Thornicroft’s lawyer asked the judge to look past his tattoos. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Man jailed for assault that permanently scarred victim’s face

    A heavily Nazi-tattooed Dunedin man who brandished a knife to commit a robbery left his victim permanently scarred, a court has heard.

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    Man sent rude images to probation officer

    Sean Maguren, outside the Dunedin District Court, after admitting he sent an explicit image to...

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    Man sent rude images to probation officer

    A Dunedin man who sent his former probation officer salacious and incriminating images claimed the woman texted him first.

    Four kilos of cocaine found in suitcase at Auckland Airport

    Four kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in a suitcase at Auckland Airport. Photo:&nbsp...

    Four kilos of cocaine found in suitcase at Auckland Airport

    Customs officers have found $1.6 million worth of cocaine "intricately" hidden in a suitcase at Auckland Airport.

    China starts work on world's largest hydropower dam

    A section of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Medog County, Tibet. Photo: Getty Images

    China starts work on world's largest hydropower dam

    China says construction has begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau, at an estimated cost of at least $US170 billion,

    Shy Canterbury student now spreading his wings

    Arran Armstrong. Photo: Supplied

    Shy Canterbury student now spreading his wings

    Three years ago Arran Armstrong was a shy student who preferred others to do the talking. But last month that same young man took to the stage at Government House.

    Counterfeit cash seized after dodgy Facebook deals

    The counterfeit cash found by police. Photo: NZ Police

    Thousands in counterfeit cash seized after dodgy Facebook Marketplace deals

    Police have seized thousands of dollars in counterfeit cash after an investigation into dodgy Facebook Marketplace deals. Sergeant Pam Dravitski said police found $6000 and the "equipment used to...

    New Waikato medical school gets green light

    A new medical school will be established at the University of Waikato. File photo

    Govt to go ahead with new Waikato medical school

    The government has green-lit a new medical school at the University of Waikato, ending months of delays due to coalition wrangling.
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