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Discovery World, forest lauded

The Otago Museum's Discovery World and Tropical Forest have inspired ''significantly more than a million visitors'' to take an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths.
Saddlebacks relocated to new habitat

Almost 140 South Island saddlebacks have found a new home in Dusky Sound.

Officer leaves in disgrace

Officer leaves in disgrace

The ''disgraceful'' Dunedin police officer who harassed a businessman for two years has resigned from the force ahead of learning the final outcome of an employment investigation.
Cardrona store opens next week

Cardrona store opening next Friday

Cardrona Valley locals are looking forward to September, when they will no longer have to drive 25km to the nearest shop to buy a litre of milk.
Crime sprees may be work of many

Crime sprees may be work of many

Police believe multiple burglars may be operating in Dunedin's southern suburbs, after two sprees of dishonesty offending there in as many weekends.

dunedin

DCC urged to scan dead cats

A community organisation has its claws out after Dunedin City Council contractors discarded dead cats without contacting owners, prompting the council to look at its processes.

Ratepayers' report irks Cull

Ratepayers' report irks Cull

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has criticised figures released by the Taxpayer's Union.
'No toilet, no stay' on cards

Proposed bylaw: no toilet, no stay

Dunedin could soon have a bylaw banning freedom campers in vehicles without toilets.
Discovery World, forest lauded

Value of Discovery World expressed

The Otago Museum's Discovery World and Tropical Forest have inspired ''significantly more than a million visitors'' to take an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths.

regions

Queensland farmer Glenn Duncan and dog Bloke need some training before taking on the Chatto Creek...

Speak up, Bloke!

If you think it's easy to make a farm dog woof on cue, you might be barking up the wrong tree.

Saddlebacks relocated to new habitat

Saddlebacks relocated to new habitat

Almost 140 South Island saddlebacks have found a new home in Dusky Sound.
Cardrona store opens next week

Cardrona store opening next Friday

Cardrona Valley locals are looking forward to September, when they will no longer have to drive 25km to the nearest shop to buy a litre of milk.
Truck knocks out power in Waimate

Truck knocks out power in Waimate

Power was cut to hundreds of properties in the Waimate area today after a waste disposal truck knocked into a power pole.

Business

University of Otago Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Health Sciences Prof Peter Crampton explains the...

Timeframe for rural schools uncertain

If the proposed new rural health training school goes ahead, training hubs for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health practitioners could be introduced into 10 rural communities throughout...

Lack of women in leadership 'constraining'

Lack of women in leadership 'constraining'

Having few women in leadership roles within the horticultural industry was ''constraining'' the sector, a recently released Women in Horticulture study says.
Joyce: Not time to splash the cash

Bigger surplus, but not time to splash the cash: Joyce

The Government's pre-election books show a bigger surplus for the 2017 financial year, but Finance Minister Steven Joyce doesn't see room to splash out until about 2020.
Air NZ gives staff $1700 bonus

Air NZ gives staff $1700 bonus

Air New Zealand will be giving 8500 members of staff a $1700 bonus after the company reported its second highest profit in company history.

queenstown

Reaction was 'just adrenaline'

A Queenstown man seriously injured in a head-on smash says his immediate reaction was to help the driver who collided with him.

Ute crashes into ditch near Queenstown

Ute crashes into ditch near Queenstown

A ute has crashed into a ditch on the Gibbston Highway near Queenstown this afternoon.
Skill lack crash cause

Skill lack crash cause

A head-on crash on the Crown Range Rd on Sunday morning was the result of a tourist driver's ''lack of skill on New Zealand roads'', the driver's lawyer says.
How much should developers pay?

How much should developers pay?

The trust tasked with helping Queenstown Lakes residents into their own homes is going back to the drawing board.

Otago Polytechnic honours fashion graduate Brittany Pooley has joined the Fresh team to provide an insight into Otago’s fashion scene, starting this month with a look at Dunedin students heading to New Zealand Fashion Week.

Comet-hunting near the Pleiades

Comet-hunting near the Pleiades

SKY WATCH: This week, Ian Griffin shares some tips on how to find Pleiades, also known in this country as Matariki.
Formidable fauna on way to museum

Formidable fauna

A new exhibition looming at Otago Museum is a matter of life and death, writes Shane Gilchrist.
Exotic Asian beauty

Exotic Asian beauty

Otago Museum is the largest importer of exotic animals in New Zealand, writes Nick Yeats.

FOOD & WINE

National

One dead, two critical after Waikato crash

One person is dead and two critical after a two-car crash near Tirau, in the Waikato, tonight.

Act leader calls MP 'a f***king idiot'

Act leader calls NZ First MP 'a f***king idiot'

Act Party leader David Seymour has hit out at a New Zealand First MP - calling him a "f***ing idiot" during a speech to a business audience.
Pedestrian crash deaths spike by 75%

Pedestrian crash deaths spike by 75%

The number of pedestrians killed on New Zealand roads has increased by 75% this year, as the total road toll also soars.
Global support for 'Trump Forest' stuns NZ trio

Global support for 'Trump Forest' stuns NZ trio

New Zealand environmentalists pushing to plant a global forest cheekily dedicated to US President Donald Trump say they've been overwhelmed by worldwide support for their bid.

sport

Jimmy Neesham in T20 action for Kent Spitfires against Surrey in Canterbury, England, earlier...

Neesham set for big payday in World XI series

Jimmy Neesham looks the prime New Zealand contender to be selected for the World XI to play a Twenty20 cricket series in Pakistan next month.

Faddes to miss six to eight weeks

Faddes to miss six to eight weeks

Matt Faddes is set to miss six to eight weeks through injury.
Injury rules Reid out of All Whites campaign

Injury rules Reid out of All Whites campaign

New Zealand captain Winston Reid has been ruled out of their two-legged Oceania World Cup qualifier against the Solomon Islands by an ankle injury.
Smith focused on final game of year

Smith focused on his final game of year

Ben Smith is days away from holiday but he is not leaping out the exit door.

Farming

Timeframe for rural schools uncertain

If the proposed new rural health training school goes ahead, training hubs for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health practitioners could be introduced into 10 rural communities throughout...

Lack of women in leadership 'constraining'

Lack of women in leadership 'constraining'

Having few women in leadership roles within the horticultural industry was ''constraining'' the sector, a recently released Women in Horticulture study says.
Cattle disease likely in Otago

Cattle disease likely in Otago

The Ministry for Primary Industries "strongly suspects" the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has spread to Otago.
Keen advocate of the tri-use sheep

Keen advocate of the tri-use sheep

Growing up on a sheep and beef farm in Invercargill, Lucy Griffiths and her siblings were not allowed to leave home without a woollen garment.

Headless torso confirmed as journalist's

Headless torso confirmed as journalist's

Danish police say a headless female torso found in the Copenhagen waterside is that of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who police believe was killed on a home-made submarine.
Pepper spray used to disperse Trump protesters

Pepper spray used to disperse Trump protesters

Police fired pepper spray to disperse crowds in Phoenix, Arizona, after protesters threw rocks and bottles outside a rally by US President Donald Trump.
Young brothers rescued from rubble

Young brothers rescued from rubble

Three young boys have been pulled free of rubble 16 hours after a deadly quake hit the tourist-packed Italian island off the coast of Naples.

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