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Man tasered as more Sth Dunedin windows smashed

Owners of a South Dunedin sushi restaurant have been left shaken and a man had to be tasered after allegedly going on a window smashing spree twice at the weekend.
Nice day for a ...white walkies: Otago highways reopen after snow

State highways in Otago have reopened after snow and ice this morning, as a cold weather system begins to make its way north.
Gate wins historic fourth gold

Cyclist Aaron Gate picked up his fourth gold medal of the Commonwealth Games, while it also gold in the mixed doubles in squash and bronze for the women's cricket and netball teams.

Urgent Doctors closes early due to staff shortages

Urgent Doctors closes early due to staff shortages

Dunedin's Urgent Doctors and Accident Centre was forced to close at 6pm tonight.
Nats MP asked to leave school after violent attack on younger boy

Nats MP asked to leave school after violent attack on younger boy

National MP Sam Uffindell was asked to leave King's College while he was a student after he was involved in a late-night violent beating of a younger boy.
Latest poll shows National and Act could form government

Latest poll shows National and Act could form government

National has dropped to 37% but still leads Labour on 33% in the latest 1 News / Kantar political poll.

dunedin

Raily good food: Dining cars prove popular

It was not so much slow food as stationary.

String of crashes over weekend

String of crashes over weekend

Dunedin police were kept busy by a spate of crashes over the weekend, including one woman who removed her plates in an attempt to avoid the law but forgot her warrant of fitness was still visible.
Ejected bar patron assaulted guard: police

Ejected bar patron assaulted guard: police

A Dunedin man was arrested after assaulting a security guard when he was kicked out of a bar, police say.
Car hits power pole near airport

Car hits power pole near airport

Emergency services are responding to a one-car crash near Dunedin Airport.

regions

Franz Josef businessman Tim Gibb, whose light plane crashed in the Southern Alps near Mount...

Community rallies to support family of man killed in plane crash

More than $40,000 has been raised for the whānau of a Franz Josef man involved in a plane crash as they await the delayed recovery operation.

Report on river delayed - again

Report on river delayed - again

Critical information for understanding the effect irrigation takes would have on the health of the Manuherikia River will not be presented to Otago regional councillors this week as anticipated.
Southland wards open again

Southland wards open again

Southland Hospital is lifting visiting restrictions to wards affected by Covid-19 this afternoon.
Body found at Cape Foulwind

Body found at Cape Foulwind

Efforts are underway to establish if a body found at Cape Foulwind is a man who went missing at Maruia Falls in June.

National

Latest poll shows National and Act could form government

National has dropped to 37% but still leads Labour on 33% in the latest 1 News / Kantar political poll.

Nats MP asked to leave school after violent attack on younger boy

Nats MP asked to leave school after violent attack on younger boy

National MP Sam Uffindell was asked to leave King's College while he was a student after he was involved in a late-night violent beating of a younger boy.
Surgery performed on 8yo without parents' consent

'Very regrettable': Surgery performed on child without parents' consent

An eight-year-old boy has had nasal surgery performed on him, despite his parents' refusal to give consent for the procedure.
Survivor of Picton crash that killed seven family members speaks

Survivor of Picton crash that killed seven family members speaks

A survivor of a horror crash that killed seven members of his family woke up to learn his baby daughter had died in the tragedy.

sport

Aaron Gate celebrates winning gold in the men's road race on Sunday. Photo: Getty Images

Gate wins historic fourth gold

Cyclist Aaron Gate picked up his fourth gold medal of the Commonwealth Games, while it also gold in the mixed doubles in squash and bronze for the women's cricket and netball teams.

G. Island emphatic against neighbour

G. Island emphatic against neighbour

Green Island took a step closer to Southern League safety with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Mosgiel at Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Nuggets come through in thriller

Nuggets come through in thriller

Tray Boyd held the W sign up on his fingers as the Otago Nuggets called time-out.
Otago Country nicks victory at the death

Otago Country nicks victory at the death

An outrageous stoppage-time try by flanker Max Pennell gave Otago Country a 26-22 win over Southland Country at the Gore Showgrounds on Saturday.

Business

The Reserve Bank building in Wellington is where any change in the OCR is made. PHOTO: RNZ

Inflation expectations easing for first time in two years

A new survey has offered some respite to the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) with inflation expectations falling for the first time in two years.

Grocery cost increases accelerating as suppliers face challenges

Grocery cost increases accelerating as suppliers face challenges

The cost of groceries from suppliers are continuing to grow, amid pressure on production and supply chains.
Man tasered as more Sth Dunedin windows smashed

Man tasered as more Sth Dunedin windows smashed

Owners of a South Dunedin sushi restaurant have been left shaken and a man had to be tasered after allegedly going on a window smashing spree twice at the weekend.
Boost for Dunedin start-up

Boost for Dunedin start-up from climate action fund

A Dunedin start-up is one of three to have received funding from a global climate action accelerator.

A Robinson helicopter crash that killed two people near Queenstown wouldn't have occurred in any other chopper, a coroner has found, while also calling for cockpit video recorders to become mandatory in all helicopters.

Kingston highway down to one lane

Kingston highway down to one lane

Part of a key route to Queenstown is down to one lane and road users are advised to take care.
'Iconic' Queenstown home on the block

'Iconic' Queenstown home on the block

An "iconic" Queenstown property is on the market for the first time in about 60 years.
An alpine festival with a difference

An alpine festival with a difference

A snow sports festival, aimed at developing skills for adaptive athletes, started at The Remarkables skifield yesterday.

Life & style

Buried treasure

Foulden Maar holds globally unique fossil secrets revealing not just our ancient past but our possible future. But the future of the 23-million-year-old site near Middlemarch is far from certain, Associate Prof Daphne Lee says.

Deep dive on plastics

Deep dive on plastics

Last weekend, Wastebusters celebrated the end of Plastic Free July with sold-out movie screenings of For the Blue.
Discovering the taste of Dunedin

Discovering the taste of Dunedin

Food plays a huge part in people’s identity and connection with a place, so Dunedin’s Precinct Food is out to investigate what foods people feel are part of the city's history and culture.
The past is a foreign country

The past is a foreign country

Want to know what success looks like in New Zealand right now?

Rural Life

Wayne Miller, of Waikaka, and his dog Steel try to persuade their sheep to go across the bridge,...

Triallists have a head for sheep

Slow and steady not only wins races but helps pen sheep at indoor dog trials.

Leading the charge for wool

Leading the charge for wool

Bremworth chief executive Greg Smith talks to business editor Sally Rae about his desire to help reinvigorate New Zealand’s strong wool industry.
Govt and Ngāi Tahu to work together on regenerative farming project

Govt and Ngāi Tahu to work together on regenerative farming project

Ngāi Tahu and the government have joined forces on a new project to validate the science of regenerative farming.
Dunbier dedicates honour to ‘the people I have worked with’

Dunbier dedicates honour to ‘the people I have worked with’

If Dr Michael Dunbier had his time again, he would change little except for maybe diving deeper into his specialty agricultural research.

Southland

Lara Hibbs (left) and Lara Kerr (both 14) get themselves ready for the junior same-sex 17 years...

Top dancers on show at club champs

Toes were tapping while dancers aged between 5 and 72 years old lined up to compete for an array of trophies and accolades at the 2022 Invercargill Rock ’n’ Roll Club Championships.

Southland wards open again

Southland wards open again

Southland Hospital is lifting visiting restrictions to wards affected by Covid-19 this afternoon.
Amundsen drops bid to become mayor

Amundsen drops bid to become mayor

Councillor Rebecca Amundsen is pulling out of the race for the Invercargill mayoralty, due to the increasing number of candidates.
Triallists have a head for sheep

Triallists have a head for sheep

Slow and steady not only wins races but helps pen sheep at indoor dog trials.