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Finding the right balance in mind, body and spirit

Otago Boys’ High School student Gus Attenborough delivers an impassioned speech about racist...

Finding the right balance in mind, body and spirit

Strength, fitness and delivering big tackles are all secondary to having a balanced mindset, a young rugby player told a packed Dunedin Town Hall during a Māori speech competition.

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Historic pub ready for loving ‘revival’

Outside the Law Courts Hotel are (from left) PKB builders contractor Paul Kirby and new owners...

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Historic pub ready for loving ‘revival’

The new owners of a historic Dunedin restaurant and pub say they are taking over a beautiful building that just needs some love.

Sweep for chess team’s youngest

The Otago regional chess champions are Logan Park High School A, (from left) Tyne Grant, Daniel...

Sweep for chess team’s youngest

A young Dunedin chess prodigy has cleaned up at the Otago secondary schools competition.

Hundreds donate blood at university

University of Otago microbiology honours student Caitlin Ewenson gives blood at Union Hall...

Hundreds donate blood at university

About 250 people donated blood at the University of Otago’s Union Hall yesterday.

Forgotten items fuel for win

Forgotten items fuel for win

A Katy Perry perfume, mealworms and some confetti from a gender reveal party proved to be all the inspiration a Dunedin woman needed to write an award-winning essay.

Guinea pigs at their best for show

With his cavy Robbie is Zander Gillan, 10, of Christchurch, at the Guinea Pig Show in the Green...

Guinea pigs at their best for show

Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the prettiest guinea pig of them all?

Holy smoke

Holy smoke

The congregation waits outside St Patrick's Basilica in Dunedin while Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel investigate inside yesterday evening.

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Peninsula left out of school zone

Portobello School pupil Ivy Larkins, 12, and her mother Emily Larkins are wondering where Ivy...

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Peninsula left out of school zone

The Otago Peninsula community feels it has been put in a "ridiculous" and "impossible situation" after being left out of the enrolment zone of its closest all-girls school.

Driver in hospital as cattle truck crashes near Timaru

Driver in hospital as cattle truck crashes near Timaru

One person has been transported to hospital after a cattle truck crash south of Timaru.

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Claim hub sale call guided by God

Valley Baptist Church community centre. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Claim hub sale call guided by God

A church under fire for the sale of a beloved North Dunedin community hub says their decision is backed by God, but a former pastor is not so sure.

Plaque laid in memory of student

The plaque in memory of Enere McLaren-Taana at Trinity Catholic College. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Plaque laid in memory of student

A Dunedin secondary school has honoured a former student with a memorial plaque a year after he was tragically killed in a stabbing at the bus hub.

Firewood stacking funds sports trips

King’s High School students Siaki Ramsay (left), 16, and Nantei Teweti, 15, about to stack a pile...

Firewood stacking funds boys’ sports trips

Stacking wood is giving a group of King’s High School students an education in one of life’s biggest lessons.

‘Urban wetland’ one step closer for primary school

East Taieri School pupils Aubrey Gregory (left), 7, and Sophie Lind, 7, sit in a wheel barrow...

‘Urban wetland’ one step closer for primary school

A Dunedin school is looking forward to having an "urban wetland" in its playground.

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Ill health forces abrupt closure of iconic cafe

The Dunedin Botanic Garden cafe has closed. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Ill health forces abrupt closure of gardens cafe

The abrupt closure of the Dunedin Botanic Garden cafe feels like the "end of an era" for its ill manager.

Pupils geared up for new track

Macandrew Bay pupils Jack Mooney, 11, (front) and Connor Blair, 5, try out their school’s new...

Pupils geared up for new track

A Dunedin primary school is pumped to get its bike track over the line after a mammoth fundraising effort.

Milky Way photo in global top 25

A picture of the Milky Way taken from Karitane Beach in mid-2024 by astrophotographer Kavan Chay.

Milky Way photo in global top 25

It was not until Kavan Chay left Gore that he discovered it had one of the best views of the night sky in the world.

Recognition of work overwhelming, ‘affirming’ for poet

Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry winner Emma Neale, of Dunedin, at the Ockham New Zealand...

Recognition of work overwhelming, ‘affirming’ for poet

A Dunedin author was overwhelmed by the recognition her book received at the country’s top literature awards night.

‘Crazy’ to win Shakespeare dress award

Bayfield High School German exchange student Janne Olimsky with her costume design yesterday....

‘Crazy’ to win Shakespeare dress award

A young dressmaker impressed judges at a Shakespeare festival with her transformable Victorian design.

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Working to prevent ‘gut-wrenching’ loss

Valley Baptist Community Trust members (from left) Rachel McCann, Amy Souquet and James...

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Working to prevent ‘gut-wrenching’ loss

A trio of grassroots organisations have teamed up to save a North Dunedin community hub from being swept from under their feet.

Otago Boys’ thrilled by cadet sword gift

Otago Boys' High school rector Richard Hall (left) is presented with a cadet sword by old boy...

Otago Boys’ thrilled by cadet sword gift

A Dunedin high school has been given a cadet sword as a symbol of service by an old boy.

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