Pupils cooking for a cause
Pupils cooking for a cause
Convincing teenage boys to cook 150 cottage pies that they will not eat is no easy task.
Mark John
Teenage learner driver crashes trying to avoid checkpoint
Teenage learner driver crashes trying to avoid checkpoint
A learner driver came out unscathed after crashing into another car when he tried to avoid a police checkpoint in Dunedin.
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KiwiSaver 36% gender gap: caregiver cites low pay
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KiwiSaver 36% gender gap: caregiver cites low pay
A Southland caregiver says KiwiSaver has not set her up for retirement as research revealed a more than 30% gap between the amount men and women are contributing to it each year.
Teen had to be freed from flipped car
Teen had to be freed from flipped car
An 18-year-old had to be freed from a car after an alleged teenage drink-driver crashed into a culvert in Mosgiel early yesterday.
Boy found in serious condition at base of cliff
Boy found in serious condition at base of cliff
A boy has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after he was seen lying at the bottom of a cliff in Dunedin.
Naked elderly man arrested for indecent act on beach
Naked elderly man arrested for indecent act on beach
A 79-year-old repeat offender has been caught performing an indecent act in front of young girls at a beach.
Naked 79-year-old arrested for indecent act at St Clair beach
Naked 79-year-old arrested for indecent act at St Clair beach
A repeat offender was caught performing an indecent act in front of young girls at Dunedin’s St Clair beach.
Teen passenger trapped in car after fleeing Mosgiel disorder
Teen passenger trapped in car after fleeing Mosgiel disorder
An 18-year-old had to be freed from a car after an alleged teenage drink-driver crashed into a culvert in Mosgiel early this morning.
The best view in town
The best view in town
WashCo’s Shinya Nomura cleans the ASB Regional Centre Otago windows yesterday.
Rotting sign to be replaced with replica
Rotting sign to be replaced with replica
A Dunedin sign that evoked the entrance to another world is to be replaced with a replica.
Leave our rubbish bins alone, pupils say
Leave our rubbish bins alone, pupils say
Soiled nappies and empty alcohol bottles are just some of the items a Dunedin secondary school’s fed-up pupils keep discovering in their bins.
One hurt after Warbird crashes
One hurt after Warbird crashes
One person has been moderately hurt after a 1930s British biplane flown at the Warbirds over Wanaka air show crashed while landing in Cromwell.
Boost of at least $40m from air show
Boost of at least $40m from air show
Warbirds over Wanaka International Airshow will have injected more than $40 million into the resort town’s economy, the Wanaka Business Chamber says.
One hurt after Warbird crashes in Cromwell
One hurt after Warbird crashes in Cromwell
One person has been moderately hurt after a 1930s British biplane flown at the Warbirds over Wanaka air show crashed while landing in Cromwell.
Misogynistic attitudes tackled
Misogynistic attitudes tackled
A disturbing number of teenage boys are learning how to treat women from misogynist online influencers, Dunedin secondary schools have been told.
Disabled community protests funding rules, cuts
Disabled community protests funding rules, cuts
Dunedin's disabled community feels dismissed and undervalued by the government’s recently announced funding reductions.
Lack of light on charter school conversion
Lack of light on charter school conversion
Schools and communities are being "left in the dark" about state school to charter school conversion, the secondary schools union leader says.
Team effort to retrieve ring from drain
Team effort to retrieve ring from drain
The search for a lost ring brought together an unlikely fellowship for a quest to the depths of a muddy North Dunedin drain.
Concern over plan for ethnic ministry cuts
Concern over plan for ethnic ministry cuts
A Dunedin MP says plans to cut staff bridging the gap between ethnic communities and the government are worrying.
Selling to save
Selling to save
Tibetan monk and Dhargyey Buddhist Centre spiritual director Lhagon Tulku, of Dunedin, holds an item during a garage sale on Saturday to raise funds to save grade 1-listed heritage property 22...