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DunedinSeptember 22

‘He’s left a whole lot of love behind’: Dunedin man’s company in liquidation months after death

The widow of a Dunedin man whose death was a “shock to everyone” says the collapse of his company months later has made his passing even harder.

Tim Scott

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DunedinSeptember 22

University of Otago steps up rebranding as part of goal to be Treaty-led

The University of Otago is launching another significant branding exercise as part of being a Treaty of Waitangi-led institution.

Matthew Littlewood

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DunedinSeptember 22

Violent Aussie deportee jailed for six years over sex attack, threat to kill

An Australian deportee sexually assaulted a woman four years after a violent robbery resulted in his return to New Zealand

Rob Kidd

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WānakaSeptember 22

Fed Farmers calls for waste spreading consent to be revoked

Federated Farmers has have called for the resource consent allowing the spreading of human waste from Wānaka on Central Otago farmland to be revoked.

Ruairi O'Shea

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DunedinSeptember 22

South Island economy performing so well North Islanders are migrating: Reserve Bank governor

Tim Scott

QueenstownSeptember 22

Police mount search for missing woman, last seen near Coronet Peak

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West CoastSeptember 22

Sex offender who sparked manhunt sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment

ODT QuizSeptember 22

ODT quiz: September 23

Dunedin

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DunedinSeptember 22

Construction company selected for $4.6m Dunedin dino park upgrades

Multimillion-dollar upgrades to Dunedin’s dinosaur park have taken an exciting step forward, project officials say.

Ruby Shaw

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DunedinSeptember 22

Otago University to lead fight in battle against antibiotic resistance

The University of Otago is joining a well-funded international research group to help fight against resistance to antibiotics.

Matthew Littlewood

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DunedinSeptember 22

Woman found with stash of guns after drunk car crash

A Dunedin woman who was found with a large collection of weapons and military-style ammunition has been jailed.

Felicity Dear

DunedinSeptember 22

Returned DCC funding added to pool for next time

A $10,000 grant that had to be returned to the Dunedin City Council because the organisation concerned was folding will be reallocated in the next funding round.

Grant Miller

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ChristchurchSeptember 22

Concerns for missing man’s wellbeing

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NationalSeptember 22

‘Had a gutsful’: Education Ministry whistleblower says OIA subversion not an isolated incident

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SouthlandSeptember 22

Environment Southland rejects request for data centre review

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QueenstownSeptember 22

Police mount search for missing woman, last seen near Coronet Peak

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DunedinSeptember 22

Violent Aussie deportee jailed for six years over sex attack, threat to kill

Otago

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WānakaSeptember 22

Ardmore St bottle shop decision to be appealed

The decision to grant a liquor licence to a bottle shop in Wānaka will be appealed.

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North OtagoSeptember 22

‘Just get on with it’ — stalled lighting project could kickstart commercial opportunities at Oamaru Harbour

A shelved project aiming to breathe life back into Holmes Wharf and address safety concerns for Oamaru’s fishing fleet has landed back on the Waitaki District Council agenda.

Charley-Kai John

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Central OtagoSeptember 22

Santana tailings seepage calculations wrong, claims academic

Santana's argument that it can catch seeping waste from tailings stored at its proposed Bendigo gold mine is based on a faulty maths equation, a hydrologist academic has warned.

Mary Williams

QueenstownSeptember 22

‘Devastating loss’: Kiwi pilot killed fighting California wildfire

A New Zealand helicopter pilot who died in a crash while fighting a wildfire in California has been remembered as a skilled and knowledgeable operator.

Ruby Shaw

Editor's Picks

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DunedinSeptember 15

Calls for council action over Dunedin cats

The Dunedin City Council is not doing enough to control cats in New Zealand’s wildlife capital, advocates say.

Grant Miller

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DunedinSeptember 14

‘Humiliation and stress’: Failed builder and Dunedin City Council taken to court over faulty $900k home

Tim Scott

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DunedinSeptember 11

Dunedin hospo boss escapes conviction for street brawl with teen

Rob Kidd

Canterbury

ChristchurchSeptember 22

Road spikes, helicopter used to catch young car thieves

Police used road spikes and hired a commercial chopper to stop two youths on a joy ride across Christchurch  in a stolen vehicle  on Tuesday.

ChristchurchSeptember 22

Concerns for missing man’s wellbeing

The family of a missing Christchurch man say they are concerned for his welfare.

CanterburySeptember 22

Dad teams up with daughter to update the book he wrote when she was 7

A father and daughter duo have joined forces to update a Marlborough freshwater flora and fauna field guide book first written 20 years ago.

Paula Hulburt

ChristchurchSeptember 22

Woman sentenced after dog attacks put dad and son in hospital

An 11-year-old boy and his father were hospitalised in February after being set upon by dogs at a friend’s home. The woman who owned them has been sentenced a Christchurch court.

Al Williams, Open Justice reporter

National

NationalSeptember 22

‘Had a gutsful’: Education Ministry whistleblower says OIA subversion not an isolated incident

The person who leaked a video of an Education Ministry official apparently attempting to subvert the Official Information Act (OIA) claims it was not an isolated incident.

NationalSeptember 22

Van Velden uses final speech to defend c-bomb

The ACT MP also called for the Public Service Commission to be abolished, saying it did not work for the public or governments.

NationalSeptember 22

Coroner questions decision to send girl home with ‘safety plan’ before death

A coroner has questioned whether it was appropriate to send a 12-year-old New Plymouth girl home with a "safety plan" shortly before her suspected suicide in 2017.

NationalSeptember 22

Greens seek to cap political donations, register lobbyists

The Green Party want to cap political donations at $30,000, stop companies from donating and set up a public register for lobbyists to get "big money" out of politics.

Southland

SouthlandSeptember 22

Environment Southland rejects request for data centre review

Environment Southland says it can't proceed with a request to review consent for a major data centre.

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SouthlandSeptember 22

Fisherman helps protect Stewart Island from marine pest threat

A vigilant fisherman’s report of a suspected marine pest has helped safeguard one of New Zealand’s most treasured marine environments.

Sport

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CricketSeptember 22

Craig Cumming focused on Blaze

The White Ferns are looking for a new coach and Craig Cumming ticks a lot of boxes.

Adrian Seconi

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BasketballSeptember 22

Manhattan has a nice ring for Otago baller

Laura Ring knows her future would not be bright if it were not for people from her past.

Kayla Hodge

SportSeptember 22

Secondary sport: The value of teamwork and support

Teamwork, respect, resilience and sportsmanship are at the heart of secondary school sport.

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SportSeptember 21

Butcher ends year with silver medal at world cup final

Finn Butcher has got his mojo back.

Hayden Meikle

Lifestyle

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TravelSeptember 21

Secret wonders in Asia — rats, coffins and caves

These secret wonders often escape mass attention as some are out of reach — too remote or dangerous even for the more adventurous traveller — others are overshadowed by more famous sites or just too bizarre.

The MixSeptember 18

Review: Heart-wrenching meditation on memory, trauma

Poet and academic Siobhan Harvey’s memoir may be a slim volume but that does not lessen its impact.

Elspeth McLean

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The MixSeptember 18

Sweet as spring

Spring brings welcome new possibilities, Penelope Maguire writes.

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The MixSeptember 18

Davis and Coltrane: 100 years of ice and fire

One was cool and ironic, the other fervent and spiritual. Born in the same year, Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s intense relationship flourished amid drugs, creative friction and a relentless search for new souOn the eve of Coltrane’s centenary, their twin legacies still reign supreme, Neil Spencer writes.

Business

BusinessSeptember 22

Growers warn shake-up could backfire on vege prices

The NZ Vegetable Council wants more transparency across the supply chain so consumers know what they are paying for.

BusinessSeptember 22

Reserve Bank kept interest rates low too long, Covid-19 review finds

The Reserve Bank's response to the Covid-19 started well, but went on much too long.

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BusinessSeptember 21

Christchurch’s Onside buys Assura to expand its operational software platform for agriculture

Christchurch agri-tech company Onside has bought local workflow software business Assura to head into its next phase of growth.

Tim Cronshaw

BusinessSeptember 21

TSB bank warned over cheque fees

TSB has been warned for charging fees on business cheque transactions that were not subject to fees according to its own terms and conditions.

RNZ

Fresh

Food & WineSeptember 8

Turning to lighter fare as we go into spring

While winter still has its grips on us, occasional warm days are reminding us that spring is coming.

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Food & WineSeptember 8

Enjoying the day’s catch with family

Alison Lambert

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Food & WineSeptember 8

Lighter, brighter note for spring

Jo Elwin

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Food & WineSeptember 8

Hearty tart for weekend adventures

Sam Sinclair

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Food & WineSeptember 8

Making healthy eating easy

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Food & WineSeptember 8

Gifts of love: Homemade treats perfect for sharing

A passion project that has taken three years to come to fruition is how Allyson Gofton describes “Give”.

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Food & WineSeptember 8

Life is too short to wait for a special occasion

Mark Henderson

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Food & WineSeptember 8

Grilled asparagus and halloumi salad

Rural Life

Rural LifeSeptember 17

Many farmers pessimistic despite decade-high profits

Many farmers are looking at next year's books with pessimism, even dairy, despite profits this year reaching their highest level in a decade, a new survey shows.

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Rural EventsSeptember 16

Tourism side-hustle helps pay for biodiversity improvements on East Otago sheep and beef farm

Income from an on-farm glamping business is being used to restore biodiversity on an East Otago farming operation.

Shawn McAvinue

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Rural EventsSeptember 16

Celebrating a conservation project to protect and restore biodiversity for future generations

Farmers are uniting as part of a biodiversity conservation project in East Otago.

Shawn McAvinue

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Rural EventsSeptember 16

Bringing biodiversity back is everyone’s responsibility, ecologist says

Communities need to drive bringing biodiversity back, an ecologist and botanist says.

Shawn McAvinue

Food & Wine

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Food & WineSeptember 22

Shipshape chef of the fiords

Mary Williams

Food & WineSeptember 22

Josh Niland’s ‘scale to tail’ approach award winning

Food & WineSeptember 22

Is pasta a type of noodle?

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Food & WineSeptember 22

It takes two to tango

Wine Times: Mark Henderson

World

WorldSeptember 22

Writing Diana memoir was my duty, says brother

Charles Spencer, brother of the late Princess Diana, is no stranger to writing books about British kings.

Reuters

WorldSeptember 22

Burnham wants to show ‘connection’ with Trump

Prime Minister Andy Burnham will argue for Britain to play a leadership role on AI, in a speech capping his first foray into global diplomacy when he hopes to showcase the connection he has with US President Donald Trump.

Reuters

WorldSeptember 22

Houthis push for control of Yemen highlands

Houthi fighters have pushed to seize strategic heights in Yemen to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that US President Donald Trump had called off American strikes on the group at the last minute.

Reuters

WorldSeptember 21

German chancellor rules ‘disaster’ in another regional election

The AfD party leads in national opinion polls but has been kept from power by the other main parties' refusal to work with it.

West Coast

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West CoastSeptember 22

Family keeps vigil over search for missing plane

Three generations of family members were on the shores of Lake Moeraki yesterday as the search for missing aircraft ZK-EBU got under way.

Janna Sherman and Arianna Stewart

West CoastSeptember 22

Object found ‘no indication’ of missing Dunedin plane

Teams searching a South Westland lake for a Dunedin plane that went missing in 1978 say an object sighted does not appear to be an aircraft.

Video

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DunedinSeptember 22

Construction company selected for $4.6m Dunedin dino park upgrades

Multimillion-dollar upgrades to Dunedin’s dinosaur park have taken an exciting step forward, project officials say.

Ruby Shaw

West CoastSeptember 22

Divers investigate object found in hunt for missing Dunedin plane

Search crews looking for a plane that went missing in 1978 in South Westland are sending divers to take a closer look at an object in Lake Moeraki north of Haast.

DunedinSeptember 21

Dunedin students serve up community hāngi for cultural trip fundraiser

Students from Bayfield High School raising money for a cultural trip put on a community hāngi for parents, peers, and anyone else who wanted a special Monday lunch.

Laine Priestley

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DunedinSeptember 21

Full circle moment: Dunedin band rocks to third place at national Rockquest finals

They might be finishing secondary school, but Smokefree Rockquest national finalists Talking Furniture say they are ready to pour “blood, sweat, and tears into their future.

Laine Priestley

Opinion

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OpinionSeptember 22

Space war and other distractions

When Troy Meink, the chief of the US Space Force, announces for no obvious reason that the United States “now has on-orbit space-control weapons”, people naturally assume that something is up.

Gwynne Dyer

OpinionSeptember 22

Show me the ideology

Advertising hoardings have been up for a couple of weeks now so, if it wasn’t clear enough before, the country is well into election mode leading up to the climax on November 7.

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OpinionSeptember 22

Pointless ECE measuring desperate stuff

Whenever I hear someone say if it can’t be measured, it can’t be managed, I die a little inside.

Elspeth McLean

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OpinionSeptember 22

Cartoonist’s view: September 23

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

YeoCartoonist

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EditorialSeptember 22

It’s good to talk

Winston Peters is widely known for his ability to generate a headline at the drop of a hat.

Editorial

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OpinionSeptember 21

Is a Patearoa writer actually writing or is he using a machine?

Some experts are warning that AI has the power to kill us all, while that self-proclaimed genius Donald Trump says that’s a hoax.

Jim Sullivan

100 Years Ago

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NewsSeptember 22

Dodge at the door

100 years ago

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NewsSeptember 21

Opening a fine edifice

100 years ago

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NewsSeptember 20

Missionary gets send-off

100 years ago

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NewsSeptember 18

Florida flooded

100 years ago