Drunk driver hits parked car - police
Drunk driver hits parked car - police
A driver five times over the legal alcohol limit crashed into a parked car in central Dunedin over the weekend, police say.
Tim Scott
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Potential for ‘high-value mineral discoveries’ in Otago
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Potential for ‘high-value mineral discoveries’ in Otago
An Australian mining company hunting for gold in Otago says another "highly valuable" mineral has made the project even more attractive.
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City location hits spot for sushi retailer
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City location hits spot for nationwide sushi retailer
A New Zealand sushi retailer says it is "stoked" to be opening its first store in Dunedin after a decade of searching for the right spot.
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Chocolate making a sweetly sensory experience
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Chocolate making a sweetly sensory experience
Three months after a bid of liquidation failed, Dunedin’s last remaining chocolatiers are here to stay.
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Ocho director predicts a bright future
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Ocho director predicts a bright future
A new director manning the helm of Ocho says there is a sweet future ahead for the troubled Dunedin craft chocolate company.
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Fake flames employ 19th-century method
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Fake flames employ 19th-century method
Technology once used to bring Tupac Shakur and Michael Jackson back from the dead is now being used to bring warmth and comfort to Dunedin homes.
Escea launch holographic fireplace range
Escea launch holographic fireplace range
Technology once used to bring Tupac Shakur and Michael Jackson back from the dead is now being used to bring warmth and comfort to Dunedin homes.
Sweets thrown during argument over transaction
Sweets thrown during argument over transaction
A woman pelted a staff member with lollies at a Dunedin supermarket during an argument over a transaction, police say.
BMW 'limps away' on three tyres after drunken crash
BMW 'limps away' on three tyres after drunken crash
An allegedly drunk driver kept driving on three tyres after crashing into a barrier on Dunedin’s southern motorway while fleeing police.
Customer banned as lollies go flying
Customer banned as lollies go flying
A woman pelted staff with lollies at a Dunedin supermarket after getting into an argument over a transaction, police say.
Middle-aged tagger nabbed in Dunedin
Middle-aged tagger nabbed in Dunedin
A 45-year-old Dunedin tagger fled police after being spotted allegedly spray-painting his name in the central city.
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Sea lion deaths: ‘What sort of person would do that?'
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Sea lion deaths: ‘What sort of person would do that?'
The reward for information about the shooting deaths of a mother and pup sea lion has more than doubled as locals say they are "lost for words".
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Merger will make life ‘a lot easier’: advocates
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Merger will make life ‘a lot easier’: advocates
A merger of Cancer Society services in the South will help fund meaningful research and make life "a lot easier" for patients, advocates say.
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Exhibition turns animal world ‘a bit upside down’
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Exhibition turns animal world ‘a bit upside down’
A fur seal wearing a fake beard and an orangutan cuddled up with a gibbon are not the usual animal antics you would expect to see at Tūhura Otago Museum.
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Sculpture salutes abuse survivors
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Sculpture salutes abuse survivors
A sculpture saluting survivors of violence and domestic abuse is the latest to be installed at a memorial public art space in Dunedin.
‘Almighty boom’ as car ignites
‘Almighty boom’ as car ignites
A witness described hearing an "almighty boom" before a car burst into flames and started billowing black smoke on the side of the highway in Kurow yesterday.
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‘Senseless’ killing of sea lion Jade decried
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‘Senseless’ killing of sea lion Jade decried
The "senseless" shooting of a beloved mother sea lion has left a southern conservationist fearing what else the killer might be capable of doing.
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The air up there
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The air up there
A pair of Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust crew were swinging from a winch during a high alpine rescue training exercise in Aoraki/Mt Cook yesterday.
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Man breaks windows of CBD in ‘rampage’
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Man breaks windows of CBD in ‘rampage’
A homeless man’s "rampage" through central Dunedin came at the worst possible timing for one restaurant owner.
Kids flock to three-day inflatable waterpark
Kids flock to three-day inflatable waterpark
Dunedin children dived, ran and tumbled their way to victory at Moana Pool yesterday while an inflatable waterpark was in town.