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Industry tick for SIT, polytech collaboration

Otago Polytechnic and the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have agreed to collaborate on...

Industry tick for SIT, polytech collaboration

In a bid to build a more consistently trained construction workforce in the South, Otago Polytechnic and the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have agreed to collaborate on their trades...

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Able-bodied urged to avoid mobility spaces

Disabled Persons Assembly policy adviser Chris Ford is unhappy about people using mobility spaces...

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Able-bodied urged to avoid mobility spaces

A Dunedin disability advocate says there is no excuse for non-permit holders to use a mobility parking space, even if it is just for a drop-off.

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Band set to make noise in China

Members of Dunedin band Dale Kerrigan (from left) Josh Nicholls, Joel Field, Connor Blackie and...

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Band set to make noise in China

Getting their lyrics vetted by the Chinese government was among the hurdles a Dunedin band faced in taking their music to the global stage.

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Child sex offender admits breach of order

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Child sex offender admits breach of order

A high-risk Dunedin child sex offender has admitted breaching another court order.

Still as good as gold after 50th donation

Cancer patient Adrian Hood looks on as Terry Taylor makes his 50th plasma donation. Also enjoying...

Still as good as gold after 50th donation

Terry Taylor enjoys the act of giving, but yesterday was a special occasion.

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Man calling himself 'Lucifer, God' stripped off and stole from Dunedin store

The man pleaded guilty to shoplifting from Macpac — although he claimed he did not commit the...

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Man calling himself 'Lucifer, God' stripped off and stole from Dunedin store

A Dunedin man claimed he was God after he was arrested for stripping in the middle of a store and stealing clothes.

Man jailed for abuse of 11-year-old girl

A woman has told the man who sexually abused her when she was 11 his offending has affected her so greatly she will continue to "cry until there are no tears left".

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Living simply leads to better wellbeing, study finds

University of Otago marketing researchers Associate Prof Leah Watkins and Prof Rob Aitken say a...

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Living simply leads to better wellbeing, study finds

Picture this: You are sitting on the multimillion-dollar superyacht you bought last week, sipping margaritas off the coast of Monte Carlo, while your personal chef prepares dinner.

Some water permits to get extension

Some water permits to get extension

The Otago region’s water users will now have at least five years before changes to consents occur.

Big night out for dead rockers

Bulletproof Convertible band members (from left) Paul Southworth, Silas Waring and Alex Ramsay...

Ball on so children can have a ball

For more than a decade, the last thing Blueskin Bay children have been having in the playground next to the Waitati library is a ball.

Tail-wagging jibe may have Labour worried

Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick Photo: RNZ

Tail-wagging jibe may have Labour worried

The most telling line out of the Green Party’s AGM held over the weekend was not its claim to be leading the opposition, nor its ambitions on leading the next government.

Picturesque port

Picturesque port

A rainbow touches down on Port Otago dredges New Era and Takutai, as they work in Otago Harbour near Port Chalmers yesterday.

Three shot dead at Target

Three people were killed yesterday in a shooting at a Target store in Austin, Texas.

Schools in Canterbury hit hard by winter illnesses

Whether the projects are paused would be "considered on a case-by-case basis", the ministry says....

Schools in Canterbury hit hard by winter illnesses

Winter illnesses are hitting Canterbury schools hard, with staff sidelined and students calling in sick.

Extensive evidence for slain Dunedin man's cold case inquest

The three friends (from left) Karen Edwards, Gordon Twaddle and Timothy Thomson were found dead...

Extensive evidence for slain Dunedin man's cold case inquest

An investigation into the murder of a Dunedin man and two friends while on holiday in Australia 46 years ago is gathering "extensive" evidence.

Analysing past pandemics to inform future responses

Patients with influenza in 1918 on a ward at United States Army Camp Funston, in Kansas. Photo:...

Analysing past pandemics to inform future responses

About 9000 people died in six weeks when the 1918 influenza pandemic swept through New Zealand, making it the largest natural disaster in the country’s history.