Alternative alert system never given chance, founder says
The founder of an alternative emergency alert framework says officials never gave it a look-in when they were setting up the under-fire Emergency Mobile Alert system.
'Out of date' machinery laws under review
'Out of date' machinery laws under review
A timber worker is having to relearn how to play the guitar and trumpet - and how to write - after losing two fingers in a machine without a guard.
Graphic shows potential Wellington waterfront safety balustrades
Graphic shows potential Wellington waterfront safety balustrades
Wellington City Council papers reveal what a $7 million project to put safety balustrades on parts of the waterfront might look like.
Man considered dangerous understood to have escaped from Canterbury hospital
Man considered dangerous understood to have escaped from Canterbury hospital
A man who was missing for more than four hours had absconded from a mental health facility, it is understood.
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Restrictions approved, but parking to stay free
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Restrictions approved, but parking to stay free
The days of unrestricted parking in St Clair have come to an end as the Dunedin City Council approves a raft of parking changes.
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Becoming town’s community officer ‘was meant to be’
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Becoming town’s community officer ‘was meant to be’
Port Chalmers’ new constable says being stationed in the same town as his late great-uncle Sergeant Stewart Guthrie "was meant to be".
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Man makes threats to stab health workers over treatment
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Man makes threats to stab health workers over treatment
A Dunedin man threatened to stab health workers after frustrations over a patient’s care.
Association formed to boost connection in sciences
Association formed to boost connection in sciences
A lack of tertiary science major social cohesion, and nobody being "mates" has inspired two University of Otago students to kick-start an association.
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Event co-ordination plan to capitalise on stadium: council
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Event co-ordination plan to capitalise on stadium: council
A new plan to co-ordinate events across Dunedin will capitalise on the city’s stadium, councillors say.
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South D residents don’t want ‘status quo’
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South D residents don’t want ‘status quo’
Clear signals have been sent about what South Dunedin people want for their future amid climate challenges, Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says.
Warning not to try to save items in event of fire
Warning not to try to save items in event of fire
A flaming dryer, a mattress on fire and a pot of hot oil are all things people in Dunedin have been burned by while attempting to throw them out of their homes, firefighters warn.
Need for meeting urgent: polytech
Need for meeting urgent: polytech
Otago Polytechnic leadership is pleading with Penny Simmonds for a meeting to explain why they have been lumped in with a federation model nearly a month after the initial announcement.
Opening of FBI office in Wellington ‘slightly ironic’
Opening of FBI office in Wellington ‘slightly ironic’
The establishment of a permanent FBI office in Wellington has been described by a Dunedin international relations authority as "slightly ironic", given the Trump administration is going out of its...
NEMA to investigate tsunami alert glitches
NEMA to investigate tsunami alert glitches
One man reported nearly 50 alarms ringing out on his phone, while others said they didn't get any in NZ after an 8.8 quake triggered tsunami alerts throughout the Pacific.
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Bus hub stabber to appeal sentence
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Bus hub stabber to appeal sentence
The teenager who killed a Dunedin schoolboy at the city’s bus hub will appeal his conviction and sentence.
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Views split on mandatory lecture recording
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Views split on mandatory lecture recording
All lectures at the University of Otago could be recorded and available by next year if a group of academics and students gets its way.
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No parole: focus on ‘own comfort’
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No parole: focus on ‘own comfort’
A child-molesting national snooker champion "appears more focused on his own comfort" than the impact on his victim, the Parole Board says.
Surgeons keep steady hands in 8.8 quake
Surgeons keep steady hands in 8.8 quake
A team of medics was in the middle of surgery in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky when a very powerful quake shook their equipment and the floor beneath them.
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Rapist’s board hearing ‘traumatic’ — ‘it’s like I’m being re-raped’
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Rapist’s board hearing ‘traumatic’ — ‘it’s like I’m being re-raped’
The victim of a remorseless serial predator says the offender’s recent parole hearing was like being "re-raped".
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‘Drunk, out of control’ wedding guest strangled groom’s father with own hair
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‘Drunk, out of control’ wedding guest strangled groom’s father with own hair
A "drunk and out of control" wedding guest strangled the father of the groom, using the groom’s father’s own hair.