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    Someone knows about injuries: expert

    An expert says somebody knows what happened to a child with 13 broken ribs said to be caused by a prominent sportsman.

    Premature babies may be more prone to health issues: study

    Brian Darlow. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Premature babies may be more prone to health issues: study

    A longitudinal study of New Zealand babies shows those born very prematurely may be more vulnerable to early organ decline and future health issues.

    Trilling finale

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Trilling finale

    Columba College perform in the Big Sing Finale at the Dunedin Town Hall last night.

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    Only city wide ban possible, adviser says

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    Only city wide ban possible, adviser says

    Banning alcohol sold in glass containers in Dunedin would only be possible if it included the whole city, councillors have heard.

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    No GP ‘nothing new’ for country

    Andrew Swanson-Dobbs. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    No GP ‘nothing new’ for country

    Customers at East Otago Health are without a GP as the health crisis in the regions deepens.

    Back to nature

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    Back to nature

    St Leonard's School pupil Leif Hill, 10, points out to Orokonui Ecosanctuary guide Oscar Thomas during the Enviroschools year 4-6 student hui yesterday.

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    Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park

    Jeanine Benson. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park

    An action plan will be drawn up for removing part of an old seaside landfill in Dunedin and groynes to complement this have not been ruled out.

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    Govt ‘needs to up its game’ on eye care

    Dunedin Hospital consultant eye surgeon Dr Francesc March holds retinal images of eyes with...

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    Govt ‘needs to up its game’ on eye care

    A growing number of people are at risk of irreversible vision loss from retina problems and eye diseases over the next decade, unless the government "ups its game" and strengthen’s health sector...

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    Player breached home detention to play in final

    Conor Lawson breached his home detention to play for the West Taieri Pigs in their final against...

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    Player breached home detention to play in final

    A representative rugby player breached home detention to play in a Otago club final wearing his ankle bracelet tucked under his sock.

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    Bus driver stood down after drinking

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Bus driver stood down after drinking

    A Dunedin school bus driver caught drunk behind the wheel on the job has been stood down.

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    Seniors told to stay home

    Green Island School principal Aaron Warrington. PHOTO: Gregor Richardson

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    Seniors told to stay home

    Southern schools are experiencing a spike in sickness-related absences, one school keeping its entire senior cohort off school today due to a lack of available teachers.

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    Safety focus lost in Albany St decision: university

    Dunedin cycling advocacy group Spokes spokeswoman Heike Cebulla-Elder says a council decision to...

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    Safety focus lost in Albany St decision: university

    A council decision to abandon years of work towards safety improvements in Dunedin’s student quarter is disappointing, the university says.

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    New community library gets ‘thumbs-up’

    The Te Whata o Kaituna building complex, which incorporates the new South Dunedin Community...

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    New community library gets ‘thumbs-up’

    All the scaffolding and hoardings have been removed and the finished facade has been fully revealed for the first time.

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    'Life-altering': Water cut-off notice not enough, says resident

    North East Valley resident Joshua Perry at his North Rd home he had to leave for a day after the...

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    'Life-altering': Water cut-off notice not enough, says resident

    A Dunedin resident living with a disability says the lack of warning for a full day without a water supply at his home was "life-altering".

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    Lack of fireworks disappoints councillor

    Brent Weatherall. File photo: Linda Robertson

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    Lack of fireworks disappoints councillor

    A New Year’s Eve event in Dunedin that lacks fireworks at midnight could be anti-climactic, a councillor says.

    Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

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    Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

    A baby's extensive fractures were “almost certainly the result of abusive trauma”, a Dunedin trial has heard. 

    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

    NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

    Big Sing regional co-ordinator Rosemary Tarbotton in the Dunedin Town Hall, set to host the Big...

    NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

    New Zealand’s premier secondary schools’ choral competition is returning to Dunedin for the first time since 2019.

    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

    Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

    A firefighter brings the car fire under control. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

    Flames were leaping from a car which caught fire outside a Dunedin museum this morning.
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    • The Dunedin City Council has put the kibosh on a cycleway in Albany St. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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      Decision to can cycleway project hailed

    • Sir Ian Taylor at his holiday home in Lismore St with poles showing how high buildings could be...

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      Building proposal 'changes what Wānaka is'

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      ‘Prominent voice’ perfect for town crier role

    • Newly appointed Tūhura Otago Museum philanthropy and development head Dr Georgia Ciaran is...

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      Help needed to secure museum's future

    • Emeritus Prof Lyall Hanton will retire at the end of this week after ‘‘44 and three-quarter’’...

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      Prof retires after decades of ‘playing with chemicals’

    • Palmerston horsewoman Susan Falconer, pictured with Hunter, is looking forward to hosting the...

      Charity riding event to be fun for everyone

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