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NationalAugust 12

Opportunity Party could be kingmaker, latest poll reveals

The Opportunity Party could decide the next government, according to a new poll, despite National's Christopher Luxon ruling out working with it.

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NationalAugust 12

Opinion: Send in the clowns as ringmaster Luxon wins again

Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins do not agree about a lot, but they were likely unified on one front today.

Mike Houlahan

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DunedinAugust 11

Smooth Hill alternative to be costed

A contract of at least 22 years could be up for grabs to take rubbish away from Dunedin and dispose of it outside the city if the planned Smooth Hill landfill is dumped.

Grant Miller

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North OtagoAugust 11

Failure of ‘flood-prone’ dam would be catastrophic, councillors hear

If the “flood-prone” Ardgowan Dam were to fail it would result in an inland tsunami flooding the Oamaru CBD, with expected deaths, Waitaki district councillors have been told.

Charley-Kai John

RugbyAugust 12

Ethan de Groot extends deal with All Blacks and Highlanders

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DunedinAugust 11

Octagon bar back with new owner, makeover

Steve Hepburn

SouthlandAugust 12

Witnesses sought to Southland crash; victim still in critical care

ODT QuizAugust 11

ODT quiz: August 12

Dunedin

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DunedinAugust 11

City firefighters back proposed cancer law change

Dunedin firefighters are rallying behind a legislative push to cut the traumatic “legal rigmarole" for colleagues diagnosed with cancer.

Laine Priestley

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DunedinAugust 11

Middlemarch community fears being ignored

News of the moving of Dunedin City Council’s community services from Middlemarch to Mosgiel felt like a “kick in the guts” to residents.

Matthew Littlewood

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DunedinAugust 11

Brighton may replace Wakari for amenity work

Brighton could go to the head of the queue for neighbourhood centre upgrades in Dunedin, replacing Wakari.

Grant Miller

DunedinAugust 11

Trinity, Taieri take to the field

The annual sport interchange event was held at Taieri College yesterday and is a chance for some friendly competition between them and Trinity Catholic College.

Laine Priestley

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WorldAugust 12

Trump says his plane faced 'greater risk' in secret flight change

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BusinessAugust 12

Kiwi bus drivers duped into Sydney jobs but can’t leave: union

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NationalAugust 12

Opportunity Party could be kingmaker, latest poll reveals

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ChristchurchAugust 12

Serious crash in Hinds

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RugbyAugust 12

Ethan de Groot extends deal with All Blacks and Highlanders

Otago

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North OtagoAugust 11

Huge solar farm lands fast-track approval

A giant solar farm planned for the banks of Lake Benmore is the first such project in New Zealand to receive fast-track approval.

Charley-Kai John

QueenstownAugust 11

Car thieves hit four Queenstown suburbs

Queenstown police are seeking the public’s help as they investigate a spate of vehicle thefts over the past month.

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North OtagoAugust 10

Flight school’s Oamaru departure could yet be cancelled: MP

A mediator could help to clear the air between Oamaru’s flight school and the council as talks resume, Waitaki’s MP says.

Jules Chin

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South OtagoAugust 10

New Milton pool complex receives $1.7m boost

A new South Otago swimming pool has received a significant boost, following the announcement of two grants totalling $1.7 million this week.

Richard Davison

Canterbury

SelwynAugust 12

Historic Canterbury church opening its doors to mark 150 years

As St Stephen’s Anglican Church prepares to celebrate a milestone anniversary, Jeni Dickson and Christine Purdie look back at its rich history.

ChristchurchAugust 12

Serious crash in Hinds

Police said they were called to a collision involving two vehicles in Hinds.

ChristchurchAugust 11

T2 lanes being considered for busy Christchurch roads

Christchurch could soon get more T2 lanes, reserved for vehicles carrying at least two people, at major traffic choke points.

ChristchurchAugust 11

Green light for Christchurch red zone caravan park

A campsite in the Christchurch red zone has been given the initial go-ahead by a committee overseeing the future of the land.

RNZ

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NationalAugust 12

‘Full support’: Luxon stays on as leader

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has held on to his leadership, saying he has the "full support" of the National caucus.

NationalAugust 12

Stripped of portfolios, Penk not seeking re-election

The PM has removed Chris Penk's ministerial portfolios after a failed leadership challenge.

RNZ

NationalAugust 12

Kiwi detained by ICE recalls ‘miserable, dehumanising conditions’

Everlee Wihongi says ICE officials would call her by her bunk-bed number.

NationalAugust 12

New charges for man accused of historic sex offending

RNZ understands the defendant has lived in Auckland and Christchurch.

Southland

SouthlandAugust 12

Crews race to Invercargill flat fire

Invercargill fire crews rushed to a burning flat amid reports a person was caught inside on Wednesday afternoon.

Gemma Sinclair

SouthlandAugust 11

Govt to front $15m towards critical mineral, hydrogen plant in Southland

A new facility in Southland that will produce critical minerals and hydrogen will receive a $15 million funding boost from the government’s Regional Infrastructure Fund.

Sport

SportAugust 11

Secondary sport: Celebrating the importance of teamwork

From lifting team-mates up after a tough loss to celebrating success together, teamwork takes many forms.

SportAugust 11

All Blacks thump Sharks by 54 points in Durban

The All Blacks have thumped the Sharks 54-0 in Durban, overcoming wet conditions to score eight tries and make it two wins from two games on their tour of South Africa.

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SportAugust 11

Sinner ruled out of Cincinnati Open

World number one Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open with a right knee injury, tournament organisers have said, handing the Italian a blow in his preparations for this month's US Open.

SportAugust 11

Queenstown runner to line up for 17th Routeburn Classic next year

James Harcombe is on track to reach a big milestone.

Lifestyle

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FashionAugust 11

Graduate fashion students showcase their work on national stage

Otago Polytechnic fashion design graduates will have their moment in the New Zealand Fashion Week spotlight in the Graduate Selection show next week.

EntertainmentAugust 11

UK Office star has incurable cancer

The Office star Lucy Davis has announced she has breast cancer which has spread and is incurable.

RNZ Life reporters

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The MixAugust 7

Captain Cook’s troubled legacy

The work of understanding James Cook’s role in our history is under full sail again, as historian Tony Ballantyne publishes a new book. He tells Paul Gorman of the vast territory it charts.

Paul Gorman

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The MixAugust 7

Must-see films at the festival

While Ōtepoti’s film lovers have become accustomed to a few festival titles bypassing our city in recent years, this year’s shortened catalogue still delivers a rich and varied selection

Business

BusinessAugust 12

Kiwi bus drivers duped into Sydney jobs but can’t leave: union

A NSW transport union says most drivers know they want to leave within the first two weeks.

BusinessAugust 12

Australian broadcaster to buy MediaWorks

An Australian-listed company says the deal will create a larger transtasman audio, digital and entertainment business.

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BusinessAugust 11

Dredge’s name derived from legend

Te Rūnaka o Ōtākou has gifted the name Kapuka to the new $36 million trailing suction hopper dredge due to arrive in New Zealand in December.

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BusinessAugust 11

Improved agriculture sector leads to profit boost for PGW

PGG Wrightson has passed the $1 billion mark in revenue for the first time since the divestment of its seeds business in 2019.

Sally Rae

Rural Life

Rural Life OtherAugust 11

Younger buyers showing interest as thousands of farmers approach retirement

Many farmers are getting close to pension age and contemplating what to do with the family farm, especially if it is in sheep or beef.

Rural LifeAugust 10

PGG Wrightson profit surges by nearly 50 percent

Rural business group PGG Wrightson's full year profit surged by nearly 50 percent on the back of strong agricultural prices and farming sector activity as it cracked the billion-dollar revenue level for the first time in six years.

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Rural LifeAugust 10

Emerging tech could see food harvests becoming AI-driven digital assets

An emerging technology entrepreneur sees stablecoins and digital tokenisation changing the way money moves.

Tim Cronshaw

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Rural PeopleAugust 9

Shooting for the stars; helping women build confidence aim of new venture

From self-pleasure to shotguns, it’s a finishing school with a difference. Forget cutlery etiquette and social graces, Kingston dynamo Laura Koot is helping women gain confidence through a programme targeted at rural women like herself.

Sally Rae

Food & Wine

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Food & WineAugust 11

Lemon provides brightness to winter days

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Food & WineAugust 11

Warm roasted red cabbage, beetroot and onion salad

In Season: Alison Lambert

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Food & WineAugust 11

Polytechnic brewery’s fate decided

Beer: Ric Oram

Food & WineAugust 11

How to know when fruit and veg are still safe to eat — and when they should be binned

World

WorldAugust 12

Trump says his plane faced 'greater risk' in secret flight change

The President says he secretly switched to military plane in Turkey.

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WorldAugust 12

Death sentence for absent Bashar al-Assad

The sentence is first to be handed down by Syria to the toppled president.

Reuters

AustraliaAugust 12

Assault case against Bondi massacre hero thrown out

The man who disarmed one of the gunmen allegedly responsible for the Bondi Beach massacre has had an assault case against him dismissed.

AAP

WorldAugust 11

Death toll from Colombia quake rises past 250 as rescuers race to find survivors

Rescue crews dug through mountains of rubble in western Colombia, shouting for quiet so they could listen for survivors still trapped under the buildings that collapsed in a powerful earthquake estimated to have killed at least 250 people.

West Coast

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West CoastAugust 11

Charge withdrawn over alleged pounamu theft

One of three people charged with the alleged theft of West Coast greenstone has had their charges withdrawn in the Greymouth District Court.

West CoastAugust 11

Blue whale washes up on West Coast

A large pygmy blue whale has washed ashore at Carters Beach near Westport.

Samantha Gee of RNZ

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NationalAugust 12

‘Full support’: Luxon stays on as leader

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has held on to his leadership, saying he has the "full support" of the National caucus.

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DunedinAugust 11

Taieri head boy leaves lasting rugby legacy for school

Taieri College rugby player Fergus Clark poured months of hard work into building his school a new scoreboard, only to use it exactly once.

Laine Priestley

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DunedinAugust 11

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, stuck in the middle with Eb at OUSA debate

THERE can be few things worse than being at work and quietly going about doing your job while, unbeknownst to you, you might not actually have a job tomorrow.

Mike Houlahan

NationalAugust 10

Southern MPs back Luxon as PM calls urgent meeting over leadership

Southern MPs Penny Simmonds and Joseph Mooney say they support Prime Minister Christopher Luxon after he called an urgent in-person caucus meeting to resolve "increased speculation" about his leadership.

Opinion

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OpinionAugust 11

Setting records is not always good

An important aspect of the human spirit is driving ourselves to achieve new and great things, to boldly go where no-one has gone before, as it were.

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OpinionAugust 11

Awaiting the PM, whoever you are

On Friday the Prime Minister will be in Christchurch to speak at the South Island Election Conference. And who might the Prime Minister be? We’ll come back to you on that one.

Mike Houlahan

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OpinionAugust 11

Cartoonist’s view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

YeoCartoonist

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OpinionAugust 11

When Moths Collide: Time for gunpowder plotting

Lord knows, I try to be upbeat. Effusive Elly, not Negative Nelly. That’s me.

Elspeth McLean

OpinionAugust 11

The messenger still under fire

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s statement that he would hold a referendum on MMP if his government is re-elected is not a need based on any demand.

Philip Temple

OpinionAugust 11

Opinion: What will we make of Otago? It’s time to take sides

What kind of country do we want to become? How should we shape Otago? Who will lead us there?

Jonathan West

100 Years Ago

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NewsAugust 11

Crossing the planet

When the airman finally hove in sight, escorted by 10 aeroplanes, tumultuous cheering commenced, and lasted until he made a perfect landing.

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NewsAugust 10

Submarine sinks at dock

While undergoing repairs at Deyonport, submarine H29 sank.

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NewsAugust 9

Powering ahead

CHRISTCHURCH, August 9: In bleak weather and in the impressive surroundings of snow encrusted hills the extensions of the Lake Coleridge power scheme were officially opened to-day by the Prime Minister.

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NewsAugust 7

First woman to swim channel

Although several women have tried to conquer the Channel, none succeeded up to Miss Ederle’s present attempt.