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    Smoke rises into the sky, as seen from Waimarino Village on Sunday. Photo: RNZ/Jimmy Ellingham

    'Truly devastating': Blaze hits Tongariro

    A wall of smoke from the Tongariro National Park fire is providing a spectacular but worrying vista for a central plateau village.

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    NZDF’s new base in city opened

    Defence force members and others march towards the Cenotaph in Dunedin yesterday. PHOTOS: GERARD...

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    NZDF’s new base in city opened

    A new chapter for the defence force in Dunedin began yesterday with the official opening of the force’s new headquarters in Cumberland St.

    Tree assessment, removal work remains ongoing

    An Otago Regional Council contractor removes trees, from Lovells Stream, northwest of Balclutha,...

    Tree assessment, removal work remains ongoing

    Otago Regional Council staff have been busy assessing tree damage across Otago and there is still plenty of work ahead.

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    Marksman has NZ team spot in sights

    Dunedin Clay Target Club shooter Henry Sim with his Beretta DT11 competition shotgun. PHOTO:...

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    Marksman has NZ team spot in sights

    Henry Sim keeps it simple when he takes his shots.

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    Coward punch left victim with plates in his head

    Photo: ODT files

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    Coward punch left victim with plates in his head

    A University of Otago student who "coward punched" a man left him with plates in his head.

    Lotto 2532

    Photo: ODT files

    Lotto 2532

    Results from Saturday night's Lotto draw

    Former National MP, minister Roger McClay dies

    Roger McClay.

    Former National MP, minister Roger McClay dies

    Former National MP Roger McClay has died, Stuff reported last night.

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    Mayor's move 'sidelining me': Simms

    "This move is more about sidelining me than it is about making the best decision for the future...

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    Mayor's move 'sidelining me': Simms

    Mayoral runner-up Andrew Simms has telephoned Dunedin’s new mayor saying he will not accept his deputy portfolio position as he believes he has been "sidelined".

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    Themed wedding ‘in the place that we love’

    Broad Bay couple Rolien Ham-Geliefde and Lee Russell walk down the aisle as Oamaru Coastal...

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    Themed wedding ‘in the place that we love’

    "Operation lifelong" is under way for a Dunedin couple who fell in love re-enacting historic war battles.

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    Desks to be kept in new office

    Photo: Supplied

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    Desks to be kept in new office

    The Otago Regional Council is going to take its desks with it when it moves into its new building.

    Pride enhances performance

    Jonathan Lemalu. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Pride enhances performance

    A near capacity crowd filled Knox Church on Friday evening to relish the singing of one of Dunedin’s international vocal successes, bass Jonathan Lemalu, with the Dunedin RSA Choir.

    Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival

    PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

    Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival

    A 6000-strong sold-out crowd gathered at the Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival on Saturday.

    Tight fleet in dinghy race

    PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Tight fleet in dinghy race

    Dunedin Finn-class sailors Andrew Duncan (No 30) and Richard Hawkins (No 93) take the lead in the Vauxhall Yacht Club Saturday series race.

    Still missing after crash

    Fire and smoke mark where a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International...

    Still missing after crash

    The owner of one of the businesses hit in the UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday said three of his employees were still missing as of Saturday afternoon (local time).

    Ending shutdown hopes dashed

    A government shutdown would disrupt everything from law enforcement to national parks...

    Ending shutdown hopes dashed

    The United States Congress showed momentary signs of life over the weekend in the nation’s longest government showdown

    New Bolivian president pledges close US ties

    Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz (right) and vice-president-elect Edmand Lara raise their...

    New Bolivian president pledges close US ties

    Rodrigo Paz was sworn in yesterday as president of Bolivia, ending two decades of almost uninterrupted socialist rule and setting the stage for a renewal in relations with the United States.

    Talks break down

    Talks break down

    Talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan to resolve their border dispute have ended without breakthrough, both sides said yesterday, putting a fragile ceasefire at risk.

    Land return ‘major step’ in addressing historical wrongs

    Tule elk are native to the marsh lands in California. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Land return ‘major step’ in addressing historical wrongs

    Elk are again roaming on lands that California has returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe, Jessica Garrison, of the Los Angeles Times, reports.

    World in pictures

    Participants holding torches parade through the town during the annual Bonfire Night festivities...

    World in pictures

    Recent photographs from Reuters

    Obituary: Doig undaunted by fire or flood

    Eleanor Doig helped pull together a network of community agencies and local residents. PHOTOS:...

    Obituary: Doig undaunted by fire or flood

    Eleanor Doig poured everything she had learned in her life and work into an audacious retirement project: to help save South Dunedin.
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