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North CanterburySeptember 8

Pilot dies in small aircraft crash in rural Canterbury

The pilot of a light aircraft has died following a crash in rural North Canterbury.

NationalSeptember 8

Police officer suspended on full pay after allegedly tipping off drug suppliers

A police officer has been accused of tipping off suspected drug dealers about planned police search warrants.

DunedinSeptember 7

Police close net on ‘suspicious’ man with knife in Ravensbourne

A man with a knife was seen acting suspiciously in Ravensbourne Tuesday morning before fleeing police.

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DunedinSeptember 7

Prison term for year of ‘non-stop abuse’ avoided due to law change

A Dunedin man who sexually violated a boy more than 20 times over the course of a year has been spared a lengthy term of imprisonment thanks to a recent law change.

Rob Kidd

NationalSeptember 8

‘Incredibly traumatic incident’: Man charged after woman, two children killed in Rotorua home

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DunedinSeptember 7

Dunedin flasher’s disturbing displays distress neighbours

Felicity Dear

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SouthlandSeptember 7

Fiordland cruise giant’s bid for 1000 extra trips facing backlash

Mary Williams

ODT QuizSeptember 7

ODT quiz: September 8

Dunedin

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DunedinSeptember 7

‘Inspiring’ South D adaptation plans may have application across NZ

Dunedin’s “inspiring” long-term flood adaptation plans could lead the way for councils nationwide.

Ruby Shaw

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DunedinSeptember 7

Treatment resistant anxiety may be unmasked by MRI scans

While anxiety disorders are among the most common and debilitating mental health conditions in New Zealand, many people do not respond well to standard treatments.

John Lewis

DunedinSeptember 7

Watch live: Otago Polyfest 2026

▶️ The 33rd Otago Polyfest is taking place this week at the Edgar Centre, bringing to life the music, language and culture of the Pacific.

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DunedinSeptember 7

Dunedin killer nears release after being locked up for 29 years

A Dunedin murderer appears to be on the cusp of release after nearly 29 years behind bars

Rob Kidd

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North CanterburySeptember 8

Pilot dies in small aircraft crash in rural Canterbury

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NationalSeptember 8

Police officer suspended on full pay after allegedly tipping off drug suppliers

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NationalSeptember 8

Pensioner bitten while trying to stop enraged drunk driver who just flipped car

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SelwynSeptember 8

More vehicles, crashes and costs: Council to target riskiest intersections

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BusinessSeptember 8

Rents up in Otago, down in Southland

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QueenstownSeptember 7

The mystery ultra-rich Kiwi buyers snapping up NZ’s luxury homes

Low-profile, high-net wealth Kiwis are competing with international buyers spending millions of dollars on property in Queenstown and elsewhere through off-market deals.

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North OtagoSeptember 7

New earthquake rules must work for ‘places like Oamaru’: council

Government officials have toured Oamaru’s heritage precinct to get a better appreciation of how new earthquake legislation could affect the town’s historic character, the council says.

Central OtagoSeptember 7

World's fastest gold panners head to Cromwell

Gold fever is set to grip Central Otago this month, as it is transformed into a battleground for about 200 of the world’s elite gold panners.

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Central OtagoSeptember 7

Massive Cromwell subdivision passes another fast-track hurdle

A massive subdivision in Cromwell has passed another hurdle in the fast-track process.

Matthew Littlewood

Editor's Picks

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DunedinSeptember 1

‘No way out’: Mum sucked into major meth trafficking operation

A meth mule who transported more than 300g of the drug as part of a national operation has avoided jail.

Felicity Dear

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WānakaAugust 28

Wānaka’s sewage is being spread on Central Otago farmland

Ruairi O'Shea

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DunedinSeptember 4

‘Confrontational’ South D meeting prompts council investigation

Ruby Shaw

Canterbury

SelwynSeptember 8

Emotional farewell to community hub

Losing her job during the Covid pandemic led Dana George to create a community lifeline in Canterbury – and now she is hoping to turn another personal experience into employment opportunities for neurodivergent people.

Daniel Alvey

SelwynSeptember 8

More vehicles, crashes and costs: Council to target riskiest intersections

A new report has detailed the staggering social cost of crashes in a Canterbury district.

Daniel Alvey

ChristchurchSeptember 8

‘Unexplained’ death brings back memories of nearby police standoff with escaped prisoner

Christchurch police are still treating the death of a man in Sydenham on Sunday afternoon as unexplained.

ChristchurchSeptember 8

Firefighters, farmers brace for trouble as El Niño looms

One of the strongest El Niño events on record is expected to impact Canterbury over summer, putting emergency services, councils and farmers on alert for a hotter, drier season.

Raphael Franks

National

NationalSeptember 7

Jobseeker numbers almost 80,000 over target and climbing

Three of the Government's nine key targets risk not being met, the latest update shows.

NationalSeptember 8

Pensioner bitten while trying to stop enraged drunk driver who just flipped car

One of two bystanders who tried to stop an enraged drunk driver from getting back in his car was bitten so hard that nearby helpers were unable to pry open his jaws.

NationalSeptember 7

Will Methanex's departure lower gas prices for households?

With New Zealand's single biggest gas consumer Methanex announcing a decision to close from next year, what impact will it have on households and small businesses?

NationalSeptember 7

'Off the chart' St John calls slow down, but pressure remains

The huge surge in ambulance 111 calls is abating, but Hato Hone St John says it is still extremely busy as the winter flu peak stretches into spring.

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SouthlandSeptember 7

Bye George — church marks last service

The “flashest” toilet in Southland will find a new home, but the church where it was built will no longer be a place of worship.

Sandy Eggleston

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SouthlandSeptember 7

‘Noah's Ark-type stuff’: Gore builders slam ‘crazy’ flood rules

Builders and developers in the Gore district, have been blindsided by a new rule, saying it is  ridiculous and crazy, forcing homes to build to a standard for “Noah’s Ark” like floods.

Steve Hepburn

Sport

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RugbySeptember 7

Baltimore test chance for All Blacks to find more answers

The All Blacks cannot win the Greatest Rivalry series outright. But they can square it, and they can also keep building valuable depth ahead of the World Cup.

ChristchurchSeptember 7

Canterbury and Kiwis league great dies

The rugby league community is mourning the death of former Kiwis and Canterbury representative Jim Fisher.

Other SportSeptember 7

Americans surge into quarterfinals

Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe have advanced to the US Open quarterfinals, boosting hopes of a first American men's Grand Slam champion in more than two decades.

Reuters

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FootballSeptember 6

Hearts claim Southern Premiership title, stalemate for University and Mosgiel

Northern Hearts secured the Southern Premiership men’s league title with a 4-2 victory in Invercargill against Old Boys on Saturday.

Neville Watson

Lifestyle

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TravelSeptember 7

Remotest cruise yields spectacular highlights

I wonder what my great-grandfather, George Fredrick Jaquiery, would make of his great-grandson exploring Fiordland in the lap of luxury?

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The MixSeptember 4

The peace we can make

If we pay attention and employ a little empathy, we might yet build a peaceable kingdom, Prof Kevin Clements tells Tom McKinlay.

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The MixSeptember 4

Italian Film Festival brings the history

History provides the laughs and the lessons in this years’ Italian Film Festival, artistic director Paolo Rotondo tells Tom McKinlay.

The MixSeptember 4

Before you throw it away, can you eat it?

Those scraps you throw away could become tomorrow’s tasty ingredients, write the folks from Love Food Hate Waste.

Business

BusinessSeptember 8

Rents up in Otago, down in Southland

Rents have risen in Otago but dropped in Southland, as new data shows a mixed picture across the country in August.

BusinessSeptember 8

Luxon announces National's alternative to bed tax

The National Party has announced its alternative to introducing the bed tax.

BusinessSeptember 7

Economic recovery coming, ratings agency says

New Zealand's economic recovery is under way, ratings agency Moody's says, but there are questions we will need to grapple with about rates caps and data centres.

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BusinessSeptember 7

Tapanui Hammer Hardware saved by advocates for rural communities

Waikouaiti Hammer Hardware owners Josh Hohneck and Sam Dolan have saved the Tapanui store from closure by adding it to their operation.

Sally Rae

Rural Life

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Rural Life OtherSeptember 6

Promoting New Zealand’s primary industries through skincare brand

When skincare entrepreneur Megan Seator was on maternity leave with her now five-year-old daughter, times were tough on the farm.

Sally Rae

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Rural PeopleSeptember 6

Helping create female leaders in the rural sector aim of new exec director

Kristi Wright has a very short commute to work these days. She is the new executive director of the Fairlight Foundation, the female-only training institute based at Fairlight Station.

Sally Rae

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Rural Life OtherSeptember 2

Lobbying to get cows to eat Southland seaweed

A seaweed grower is “lobbying hard” to get a legislation change so the native plant grown in Southland can get government approval for use as a methane inhibitor in ruminant animals.

Shawn McAvinue

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Rural EventsSeptember 1

New Zealand dog trial team come from behind to win transtasman test series

Under immense scoreboard pressure, Palmerston dog trialist Lloyd Smith produced a diamond performance to win a transtasman test.

Shawn McAvinue

Food & Wine

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Food & WineSeptember 1

‘Exciting’ emerging culinary talent swapping mountains for the sea

Food & WineSeptember 1

Whole animal eating can only lead to more ‘sustainable and beneficial’ approach to cooking

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Food & WineSeptember 1

Unique Wānaka offering wins top regional restaurant

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Food & WineSeptember 1

Hope snow hangs around to bring in visitors to wine cellars

Wine Times — Mark Henderson

World

WorldSeptember 8

How two men survived nine days in a Nepali flood tunnel

A delirious Kabir Maharjan drifted in and out of consciousness in a pool of muddy water in complete darkness, trapped for nine days in a tunnel beneath the wreckage of Nepal's worst flood disaster in decades.

WorldSeptember 7

Queensland man gunned three neighbours down at farm gate

A Queensland farmer who murdered three members of a neighbouring family and tried to kill a fourth will serve at least 40 years behind bars over the mass shooting at a remote property.

AAP

WorldSeptember 7

Tens of thousands of travellers stranded as volcanic ash closes Indonesian airports

Eight Indonesian airports, including two serving Jakarta, remained closed early on Monday morning because of volcanic ash from eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau, the transport minister said.

WorldSeptember 7

Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state election

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, putting a far-right party within reach of power at the state level for the first time since WW2.

West Coast

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West CoastSeptember 7

More rowi released

Six more juvenile Okarito rowi kiwi have been released into the Burster Range near Franz Josef Glacier.

Vihan Dalal, LDR

WānakaSeptember 6

Highways open after flooding and slips

West Coast highways have reopened and escorted convoys between Makarora and Lake Hāwea resumed after flooding and slips.

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DunedinSeptember 7

Watch live: Otago Polyfest 2026

▶️ The 33rd Otago Polyfest is taking place this week at the Edgar Centre, bringing to life the music, language and culture of the Pacific.

DunedinSeptember 5

Special Rigs for Special Kids 2026 Highlights

WATCH▶️: Special Rigs for Special Kids 2026 Highlights

Luke Chapman

NationalSeptember 4

Election 2026 interview: Green MP Francisco Hernandez

This week's Election 2026 political interview guest is Green list MP and his party's Dunedin candidate, Francisco Hernandez.

Mike Houlahan

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DunedinSeptember 3

One injured in Dunedin crash

One person has been injured following a two-vehicle crash in Dunedin.

John Lewis

Opinion

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EditorialSeptember 7

Is a state-owned supermarket really the answer?

One thing which politicians of all stripes can agree on is that the cost of living is too high.

Editorial

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OpinionSeptember 7

A pub which should never have closed is open again

Great news. A pub which was voted Best Country Hotel in New Zealand and then closed soon after is open again.

Jim Sullivan

OpinionSeptember 7

Why holding elections now may not be the best safeguard for Ukrainian democracy

A recent call by Ukraine’s former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, for new national elections in Ukraine – which would be the first to take place in the country since 2019 – has sparked a renewed debate about whether it is possible to hold a legitimate vote in wartime.

OpinionSeptember 7

Avoiding the coalition lucky dip

Those with pinkish hair at the last election who desired a change of colour opted for a blue rinse.

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OpinionSeptember 7

Cartoonist’s view

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

YeoCartoonist

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OpinionSeptember 6

Having no options and the good old days

Making predictions in print is rarely a good idea, and saying ``I told you so’’ is always rude, but rules are made to be broken.

Gwynne Dyer

100 Years Ago

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NewsSeptember 7

Due observance

100 years ago

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NewsSeptember 6

Jockey club to make a stand

The loss suffered by the Dunedin Jockey Club through the destruction of its pavilion on Saturday was considerable, although the actual figures are not yet available.

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NewsSeptember 4

Grandstand erupts in flames

A disastrous fire, which accompolished the complete destruction of the stewards’ stand at the Wingatui racecourse, occurred on Saturday.

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NewsSeptember 3

Cenotaph guaranteed to be ready

A special meeting of the War Memorial Executive Committee held in the City Council Chambers yesterday afternoon was presided over by Mr J. Loudon.