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All Blacks beat Ireland 40-21 to extend Eden Park streak

The All Blacks have beaten Ireland 40-21 to extend their unbeaten streak at Eden Park to 53 tests.
Harbour claim premier title with 41-35 win against Kaikorai

Harbour will not have to share the crown this time.
Students lay down the law across the ditch

Complicated and arcane Australian tax law proved a breeze for two University of Otago students who demonstrated their mastery of the moot.

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More data centres planned for South

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More data centres planned for South

Five high energy use data centres could be dotted across the South under plans supported by a government investment agency, the Otago Daily Times can reveal.
More than 500 NZ and Australian soldiers descend on Southland

More than 500 NZ and Australian soldiers descend on Southland

Southland will look like a warzone from this weekend, with gunfire, explosions and soldiers deployed to the region.
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Nurse deregistered after stealing more than $20K from patients

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Nurse deregistered after stealing more than $20K from patients

A Dunedin nurse who stole the wallets of vulnerable patients and fleeced them for more than $20,000 has had his professional registration cancelled.

Netflix to shoot new drama 'Queenstown' in resort
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Controversial IT firm cleared in uni report
ODT quiz: July 18
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Dejected cheerio to Dunedin’s Weet-Bix TRYathlon

dunedin

Blue Sky Property Group director Lyndon Fairbairn says up to six three-bedroom homes are planned...

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Ex-rest-home demolition starts

Neighbours of Dunedin’s dilapidated former Glamis Hospital will be ‘‘cracking the Champagne’’ now the building is being reduced to rubble, a developer says.

Obituary: Brian Foley, plumber

Obituary: Brian Foley, plumber

Brian Foley was always going to follow his father and become a plumber.
Former political candidate loses name suppression

Former political candidate loses name suppression

A former political figure and veteran protester who spat on a bar worker then fled police is "not proud of the way he responded".
Duck feeding put on hold as bird flu precaution

Duck feeding put on hold as bird flu precaution

A halt on duck feeding has ruffled some feathers among Dunedin Botanic Garden visitors , but a bird flu expert calls it a ‘‘sensible’’ decision.

regions

Oamaru residents recorded air quality inside and outside their homes over six weeks between May...

No smoke without fire: air study points to heating

The early findings of an air quality monitoring project ‘‘strongly’’ suggest the main source of wintertime air pollution in Oamaru is chimney smoke.

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Zipline in the pipeline: Doc permit sought

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Zipline in the pipeline: Doc permit sought

A Rotorua-based adventure tourism company wants to establish a guided zipline operation on public conservation land between Queenstown and Glenorchy.
Greens introduce candidate

Greens introduce candidate

The Greens have selected Dave Kennedy as their parliamentary election candidate for Invercargill.
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Doc weighs options for repair

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Doc weighs options for repair

Six months after a landslip in the Dart Valley severed the popular Rees-Dart tramping circuit, Doc says it is too soon to say when it can reopen the affected section of track.

National

A woman who took her neighbours' beloved cat when she moved house was surprised to have the...

Police, tribunal involved in neighbourhood cat custody battle

A woman who moved house and took the neighbours’ cat with her has been ordered to return it after police were called and a tribunal got involved.

Doctors plan strike as ACC refuses rights to speak about concerns

Doctors plan strike as ACC refuses rights to speak about concerns

The union for senior doctors says ACC's refusal to guarantee its clinicians' right to speak publicly about concerns for patients is having a gagging effect on staff.
Ninety kākāpō to be vaccinated against bird flu

Ninety kākāpō to be vaccinated against bird flu

The Kākāpō Recovery Programme is positive about the vaccination programme rolling out, as the deadly bird flu arrives on our shores.
Fears for hoiho as tourism businesses brace for bird flu

Fears for hoiho as tourism businesses brace for bird flu

A trustee of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust says the arrival in New Zealand of bird flu means the functional extinction of the hoiho is "probably imminent".

sport

Sir Garfield Sobers at the Oval in London in 1966. Photo: Getty Images

'The greatest allrounder': Sir Garfield Sobers dies

Tributes poured in on Friday following the death of Garry Sobers, widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket, at the age of 89.

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Otago post pre-season win

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Otago post pre-season win

Otago coach Mark Brown is pleased with his side’s preseason hit-out against Southland at Riverton Rugby Club yesterday.
Aussie leads the Open, DeChambeau threatens to pull out

Aussie leads the Open, DeChambeau threatens to pull out

Australia's Lucas Herbert came within a putt of becoming the first golfer to shoot 61 in a men's major as he took a two-shot lead at the British Open although his feat was overshadowed as a charging Bryson DeChambeau was hit with a two-stroke penalty.
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New year, but same finalists, same game plan

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New year, but same finalists, same game plan

Are you ready for the sequel?

Food & Wine

Business

Dunedin chef Blair Strong oversees the hostel kitchen and canteen at John McGlashan College and...

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From cooking for the super-rich to schoolboys

A globe-trotting chef who has traded cooking for the super-rich for catering to Dunedin schoolboys says there is ‘‘no way in hell’’ he would go back to working in a restaurant.

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Dunedin firm printing official Rolling Stones merch

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Dunedin firm printing official Rolling Stones merch

A Dunedin printing company is working with Universal Music to produce official merchandise for major international artists including The Rolling Stones and Gracie Abrams.
US expected to hike tariffs on NZ very soon

US expected to hike tariffs on NZ very soon

A global trade expert says New Zealand could be slapped with a blanket 12.5% tariff on all exports to the United States as early as Friday night.
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‘As prepared as we can be’ for bird flu

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‘As prepared as we can be’ for bird flu

Having once killed about 200,000 chickens to stamp out bird flu in Otago, Mainland Poultry says it is ‘‘as prepared as we can be’’ to respond to a more pervasive strain now in New Zealand.

Rural Life

Northern Southland ploughman Mark Dillon represents New Zealand in the conventional class at the...

Shipping snags send ploughmen scrambling

Southern ploughman Mark Dillon is scrambling to get his tractor and plough to the world championship in Croatia after being hit by a series of shipping delays.

Waihola dairy farmers expand battle to control rabbits

Waihola dairy farmers expand battle to control rabbits

The rabbit population is booming in Waihola.
Call to protect whitebait spawning sites

Call to protect whitebait spawning sites

Farmers can help protect "love zones" where whitebait spawn, a freshwater ranger says.
Barn to ‘future-proof’ family farm

Barn to ‘future-proof’ family farm

The introduction of winter milking will help pay for the construction of a more than $2 million barn on a family dairy farm in Southland.

Life & style

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1000 steps

China’s rise and rise is buttressed by a thousand aphorisms, Dunedin writer Philip Temple discovers.

Still singing along with Engelbert

Still singing along with Engelbert

So, a couple of weeks ago I went to see Engelbert Humperdinck in concert.
Man behind the legend?

Man behind the legend?

His account of Odysseus’ journey home — now an epic blockbuster by Christopher Nolan — has endured for millennia, but Homer’s own story remains a mystery, Xavier Greenwood, of The...
Deadly heat

Deadly heat

The recent UK heatwave in May and June 2026 is estimated to have led to 2700 extra deaths across England and Wales, climate change implicated in 42% of the deaths.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

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Fruits of her labour
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Artist’s age of enlightenment

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I swear
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Future of food

World

Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party's new leader and the country's next...

Next stop PM - Andy Burnham elected as UK Labour leader

Andy Burnham, nicknamed the "King of the North", has been elected leader of Britain's governing Labour Party, the final step before becoming its seventh prime minister in a decade.