Hamish MacLean

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Councillors, ministers to meet over land and water plan

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Councillors, ministers to meet over land and water plan

A meeting between the ORC and government ministers later this month could allow councillors to "advocate for practical solutions" to local freshwater issues.

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International tourists filling rooms

Tourists Erica, from England (left), and Katie, from Scotland, take a break in the Octagon...

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International tourists filling rooms

International visitors are back and their numbers have buoyed Dunedin’s tourism sector during a less than sunny start to summer, operators say.

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Warm weather ‘off for its own summer holiday’

While most Dunedinites were rugged up inside on Saturday as a miserable southerly blew through...

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Warm weather ‘off for its own summer holiday’

Temperatures will remain depressed in Dunedin and below the summer average for much of the week, the MetService says.

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Fingers being crossed for ‘magic’ 35 pups

A day-old sea lion pup suckles from its mother at Smaills Beach, in Dunedin, on Sunday. PHOTO:...

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Fingers being crossed for ‘magic’ 35 pups

Sea lions "seem to be everywhere" this summer in what is hoped to be a bumper breeding season for the threatened native species.

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When music was literally a free-for-all

A New York University student downloads music from the Napster site in March, 2001. PHOTO: GETTY...

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When music was literally a free-for-all

Before Spotify, before YouTube, people found new music by flipping through records or CDs at a record store.

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Lease move dismays after hopes raised

The new South Dunedin Library is still under construction. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Lease move dismays after hopes raised

City councillors knew the South Dunedin Community Network hoped to be part of the city’s new library but "were told no promises were made", one says.

Leaking hospital slammed as 'third world'

Previous engineering reports have criticised the idea of retrofitting the ageing Dunedin Hospital...

Leaking hospital slammed as 'third world'

Dunedin's leaking hospital has been described as "third world" by a Central Otago man who visited his mother there over the holidays.

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Renting library space ‘huge barrier’

The facade of the new South Dunedin library. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Renting library space ‘huge barrier’

Councillors campaigning against cuts to the city’s new hospital should look in the mirror after scaling back the South Dunedin library space, a former mayor says.

Fire at commercial property in Southland

Crews are responding to a "hopper fire" at a Southland commercial property, fire officials say.

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Producers wanted for Toitū video project

A ''Dunedin Sound'' Evening will be held at the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. Photo: ODT

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Producers wanted for Toitū video project

The Dunedin City Council is looking for help to produce a "short, sophisticated" video introduction to the city for Toitū Otago Settlers Museum’s new mini movie theatre.

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Young crew spend Christmas at sea

The schooner Oosterschelde motors past the Taiaora Head lighthouse on Tuesday. Photo: Stephen...

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Young crew spend Christmas at sea

Young environmentalists have sailed past the Dunedin coast at Christmas as those aboard retrace the path of Charles Darwin’s global journey 200 years ago.

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Green Island operations receive consent

The Dunedin City Council has been asked to reconsider Smooth Hill, south of Dunedin Airport, as...

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Green Island operations receive consent

Composting, recycling sorting, a bulk waste transfer station and a suite of other operations have all been approved at Green Island.

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Research set to resume at Foulden Maar

Dunedin’s scientific community is celebrating the return of research at fossil site Foulden Maar....

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Research set to resume at Foulden Maar

Research is set to resume at an internationally significant Otago fossil site, once controversially scheduled to be mined for a dog food supplement, then bought by the DCC to be preserved for environmental and scientific purposes.

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From military tool to the masses

Hand-held GPS units at the turn of the century. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES

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From military tool to the masses

With the new century entering its 25th year, Summer Times looks back at some of the events of 2000 and sees how we've fared since. Hamish MacLean looks at the GPS revolution.

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Call for faster pace for renewable energy

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Call for faster pace for renewable energy

New Zealand needs to be far more ambitious with its plans to transition to a low-emissions economy, a leading energy researcher says.

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Fear landfill may be leaching into estuary

Kaikorai estuary with Green Island landfill (left). PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Fear landfill may be leaching into estuary

Otago Fish & Game and Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou have both raised concerns Dunedin’s Green Island landfill could be leaching into Kaikorai Estuary.

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Shooting ruled out for euthanised sea lion

A dead female sea lion, known as Jade, was found riddled with shotgun pellets in the Catlins...

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Shooting ruled out for euthanised sea lion

A female sea lion euthanised last month was not shot - but officials haven't ruled out a stabbing or another "nefarious" act leading to its death. It closely follows the shooting of a well-known mother and her pup in the area.

Person seriously injured in collision

Emergency services work at the scene of a serious crash on State Highway 8 yesterday. PHOTO:...

Person seriously injured in collision

A person was taken to hospital in a serious condition after a single-vehicle crash closed State Highway 8 yesterday.

‘Sea ball’ fascination to fear

Anna Knight holds mysterious sea balls she collected on Warrington Beach.
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

‘Sea ball’ fascination to fear

The Ministry for Primary Industries is investigating after mysterious green balls of seaweed began washing ashore at Dunedin beaches.

Drone finds no possums

A drone operator flies a drone on a recent survey flight looking for possums on Otago Peninsula...

Drone finds no possums

A thermal drone has swept Sandymount Reserve and come up empty as the war on possums on Otago Peninsula reaches its final, high-tech stages.

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