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Star attraction to return for festival
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Star attraction to return for festival
Dunedin's Star Fountain is making a limited return to the Octagon this week — but it might look a little different from how you remember it.
Tim Scott
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Open water swim 'wakes up the senses’
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Open water swim 'wakes up the senses’
Dunedin swimmers, young and old, donned their wetsuits and reconnected with nature by plunging into open water yesterday.
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Easy does it
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Easy does it
Picking up a fridge they bought for $45 at the Dhargyey Buddhist Centre garage sale on Saturday are (from left) Alastair Fleming, Zac Evans and Nirai Smart.
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Go-ahead given for Dunedin concrete plant
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Go-ahead given for Dunedin concrete plant
A leading New Zealand cement manufacturer is set to build a new concrete plant in Dunedin.
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Dunedin game shooting for launch milestone
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Dunedin game shooting for launch milestone
A Dunedin-made video game is coming to PlayStation and Xbox — marking a milestone its creator says is a first for any game in Otago.
Southern authors in final cut for top literary prizes
Southern authors in final cut for top literary prizes
A Dunedin novelist says she is ‘‘really touched’’ to have been named a finalist for New Zealand’s richest writing prize — for the fourth time.
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Pub owner rejects licence opposition
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Pub owner rejects licence opposition
The Auckland-based owner of a St Kilda pub has dismissed police opposition to a liquor licence as ‘‘speculation and tenuous inference’’.
Call to probe extent of alleged offending
Call to probe extent of alleged offending
A Dunedin woman alleging sexual abuse by artist John Middleditch is urging police to investigate how far his offending may have stretched.
Car ploughs into house after wrong pedal hit
Car ploughs into house after wrong pedal hit
A 76-year-old woman ‘‘ploughed into the side’’ of a Dunedin property after hitting the accelerator instead of the brake, police say.
Alleged burglar arrested while at hospital
Alleged burglar arrested while at hospital
An alleged burglar who injured himself breaking into a North Dunedin house was later found by police receiving treatment in hospital.
Driver sped 'directly towards' officers laying spikes: police
Driver sped 'directly towards' officers laying spikes: police
A fleeing driver sped ‘‘directly towards’’ two officers laying down road spikes, forcing them to jump out of the way to avoid being hit, police say.
Woman ‘traumatised’ by hospital artwork
Woman ‘traumatised’ by hospital artwork
A second woman who alleges sexual abuse by artist John Middleditch says she feels traumatised every time she sees his sculpture in Dunedin Hospital.
Taieri Gorge train to host knitters’ ‘social sojourn’
Taieri Gorge train to host knitters’ ‘social sojourn’
Despite hopping on a train for five and a-half hours of uninterrupted knitting, actually getting it done will be "quite a challenge", Jan Aitken says.
'Incoherent' yelling woman startles students in their flat
'Incoherent' yelling woman startles students in their flat
A stranger who broke into a Dunedin flat began banging on doors and yelling another woman’s name in the middle of the night, police say.
Schoolboy driver flees Dunedin police at speed
Schoolboy driver flees Dunedin police at speed
A teenage driver with an expired warrant and registration will now have to pay a bigger fine after he fled from Dunedin police.
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No job losses but hard for many: economist
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No job losses but hard for many: economist
While Otago was the only region to dodge overall job losses in the past year, the reality is many people are still doing it tough, an economist says.
Peckish pilferer pinches pie — police
Peckish pilferer pinches pie — police
A man returned to a Dunedin convenience store from which he had twice been trespassed to hurl abuse at staff and pinch a morning pie, police say.
Man charged with displaying patch
Man charged with displaying patch
A man has been arrested and charged with displaying a gang patch in public in Mosgiel — the first time the charge has been laid in Dunedin, police say.
Institutions weigh up displaying artworks
Institutions weigh up displaying artworks
Dunedin institutions are re-evaluating displaying artworks by sculptor John Middleditch following fresh allegations of sexual abuse.
Stolen pie with a side order of abuse
Stolen pie with a side order of abuse
A man returned to a Dunedin convenience store he was twice trespassed from to hurl abuse at staff and pinch a morning pie, police say.