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    For Green Island rugby players who have green and gold running through their veins, it took a few moments to embrace having some red on their jerseys during Saturday’s game.

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    Veterans advocate scolds Trump in speech

    The chairman of a Dunedin war veterans retirement home has taken aim at Donald Trump, saying the United States president has set the world on a path similar to conditions that ignited World War 2.

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    Latest fire at derelict building ‘suspicious’

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    Latest fire at derelict building ‘suspicious’

    Police are treating the latest fire at a derelict Dunedin building where a man was previously found dead as "suspicious".

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    Climb to soldiers’ memorial tough but hilltop view ‘absolutely beautiful’

    Runners and walkers gather at the Otago Peninsula Fallen Soldiers Memorial on Anzac Day. Saturday...

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    Climb to soldiers’ memorial tough but hilltop view ‘absolutely beautiful’

    Anzac Day was a time for both reflection and exercise for participants in a Dunedin excursion.

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    Wearing medals no heavy task

    Ronin Parker wears his grandfather Mal Parker’s service medals at the Dunedin dawn service at the...

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    Wearing medals no heavy task

    Many of Dunedin’s youngest residents are pleased as punch to get to wear their grandfathers’ and great-grandfathers’ hard-earned medals, and it was no different for 7-year-old Ronin Parker.

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    Sacrifices of ‘thousands upon thousands’ recalled

    Gathering at the Dunedin Cenotaph in Queens Gardens on Anzac Day provides an opportunity to remember.

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    Dynamic tones abound in revue

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    Taoist-infused jazz played totally in sync

    Waypeople Dunedin Jazz Club Hanover HallSaturday, April 25 A near-capacity house gathered to hear the Taoist-infused jazz of Jake Baxendale and Waypeople on Anzac Day at Hanover Hall.

    Handmade yacht takes to harbour

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    Handmade yacht takes to harbour

    The Huia opened its sails on Otago Harbour for an Anzac Day outing on Saturday.

    US-Iran peace hopes fade as sides dig in heels

    US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

    US-Iran peace hopes fade as sides dig in heels

    Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the United States-Israeli war with Iran receded as a new week began, with talks aimed at ending the two-month conflict at a standstill.

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    Execution plans revealed

    United States President Donald Trump’s administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes.

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    New Zealand and Australia have been arguing over the origins of the beloved pavlova for decades but that never fazed Helen Leach.

    Trump posts image, video of suspect after press dinner shooting

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    Trump posts image, video of suspect after press dinner shooting

    Donald and Melania Trump were rushed from the White House Correspondents' Association dinner by Secret Service agents after a man armed with a shotgun tried to breach security, officials said.

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    Person dies following Canterbury crash

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    Councils want more help from govt with natural disaster protection

    Flooding in Stokes Valley, in the Wellington region, today. Photo: Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire...

    Councils want more help from govt with natural disaster protection

    Councils are calling on the government to foot more of the bill for improving New Zealand's disaster resilience in the wake of the latest round of devastating storms.

    Israel continues deadly strikes on Lebanon, despite ceasefire

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    Israel continues deadly strikes on Lebanon, despite ceasefire

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    Trump cancels envoys' Pakistan trip in blow for peace hopes

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    Trump cancels envoys' Pakistan trip in blow for peace hopes

    Donald Trump has cancelled a trip by two US envoys to Iran war mediator Pakistan, dealing a new setback to peace prospects after Iran's foreign minister departed Islamabad after speaking only to Pakistani officials.
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