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Italian-style restaurant born of desire to do it from scratch
Buon appetito, Dunedin — a new 180-seat Italian-inspired restaurant is coming to a historic building in the centre of town.
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Reducing services floated, CEO says
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Reducing services floated, CEO says
The Dunedin City Council has flagged service cuts may be in the pipeline if fuel costs and supply concerns continue to rise.
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Creativity of pupils on display
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Creativity of pupils on display
What do a pineapple, a crocodile and Hannah Whittaker’s father have in common?
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Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis
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Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis
High variability in some kinds of Dunedin City Council expenditure suggests ‘‘a range of poor-value spending’’, a councillor says.
Last dip
Last dip
Ella Gaynor, 28, of Ireland, who has been swimming at the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool for the past two weeks, enjoys the final day of the season yesterday. The pool is heated to about 28°C,...
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Family elated drug for daughter funded
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Family elated drug for daughter funded
A Dunedin family say they are over the moon that a potentially ‘‘life-saving’’ drug treating cystic fibrosis (CF) has got full government funding.
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The road is long for Scots boarder
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The road is long for Scots boarder
A new pupil at Otago Boys’ High School is following in his dad’s footsteps, even though it was a 19,000km jaunt to school.
Grounded for forseeable future
Grounded for forseeable future
An Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 sits on the tarmac at Dunedin Airport yesterday, after it was grounded following its arrival from Auckland on Monday morning.
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Taxi driver denies assault, kidnapping claims
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Taxi driver denies assault, kidnapping claims
A Dunedin taxi driver accused of detaining and sexually assaulting two women says the allegations against him are ‘‘totally, very untrue’’.
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Sepsis admissions up 78% in 20 years
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Sepsis admissions up 78% in 20 years
Sepsis is killing four times more New Zealanders than motor vehicle accidents, new research shows, prompting calls for the government to take preventive action.
Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find
Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find
Dunedin's world-renowned albatross colony could be relocated after the discovery under Taiaroa Head of a mineral from which several rare earth elements are derived.
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Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’
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Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’
A Dunedin 91-year-old is appalled home care visits have been cut due to rising fuel costs and says clients and workers have been left in the lurch.
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Fine weather tipped for Good Friday then ‘models start to diverge’
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Fine weather tipped for Good Friday then ‘models start to diverge’
Great weather on Good Friday will get Easter weekend off to a grand start.
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Fuel prices putting flight schools in tough position
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Fuel prices putting flight schools in tough position
Flight schools are operating ‘‘day-by-day’’ with an anxious eye on runaway fuel prices adding thousands to their operating costs.
'Sweaty and shaking': Killer's wife admits trying to hide evidence
'Sweaty and shaking': Killer's wife admits trying to hide evidence
The wife of a murderer has admitted to hiding the killer’s shoes in a bid to help him avoid detection by police.
Knife-wielding teen sparks armed police callout
Knife-wielding teen sparks armed police callout
Armed police swarmed a Dunedin street last night when a teenager began allegedly chasing members of the public with a knife.
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Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs
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Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs
Dunedin dog owners are being urged to keep an eye out for ‘‘greeny-blue’’ matchbox-sized rat bait cubes in John Wilson Ocean Dr after the poisoning of several dogs at the weekend.
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Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’
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Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’
His ideas may ‘‘make no sense in the real world of finance’’, but Benedict Ong might yet get a chance to present them to the Dunedin City Council.
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Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars
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Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars
The grieving father of a Dunedin streetstock racer killed in a fatal crash at the weekend says his son was ‘‘brought up amongst stockcars’’.
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Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage
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Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage
Dramatic footage has emerged showing a bystander ducking for cover in a Dunedin petrol station forecourt as police point their guns at a man before a shot is fired.