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Cameras, education help prevent unwanted dumping
A Dunedin second-hand shop manger says being upfront, educating people and installing cameras are keys to getting on top of excess unwanted goods being dumped at second hand shops and bins.
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Mine consent changes begin
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Mine consent changes begin
Do not expect to see a swath of new mines being opened after new government legislation came into force yesterday.
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Increasing lake’s hydro storage ‘essential’
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Increasing lake’s hydro storage ‘essential’
Spilled water heading out of Lake Pukaki may stay in the future as Meridian Energy starts looking at options to boost hydro storage.
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‘Not going to be workable’: ORC opposes proposed local govt changes
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‘Not going to be workable’: ORC opposes proposed local govt changes
The Otago Regional Council has given a resounding thumbs down to getting mayors involved in decision-making around the province
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Scout leaders 'emotional' after hall razed by fire
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Scout leaders 'emotional' after hall razed by fire
The Roslyn Scout Hall, badly damaged by a large fire yesterday, had been vandalised regularly over the past year, with windows smashed and doors kicked in.
Lake spills largest since 2020, caution urged
Lake spills largest since 2020, caution urged
Rain in the Southern Alps is leading to large spills from lakes in the Waitaki hydro scheme with no sign of it abating.
Students get taste of life at university
Students get taste of life at university
More than 400 secondary school students are dipping their toes into university life this week in Dunedin.
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Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils
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Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils
A meeting tomorrow will discuss what Otago regional councillors think about the proposal to get rid of regional councils but the council chairwoman has questioned if mayors have any idea what they...
Mika the busy mum calls into fish and chip shop
Mika the busy mum calls into fish and chip shop
Was it the smell or perhaps she wanted her blue cod cooked for once? No one knows why Mika the sea lion ended up in this busy takeaway shop.
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Sold fundraising wood disappears
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Sold fundraising wood disappears
Lake Hayes A&P Show organisers came up with a money-making scheme through wood-chopping leftovers, but someone had other ideas.
Busy mum pops in for takeaway
Busy mum pops in for takeaway
No-one knows why Mika the sea lion ended up in a St Kilda fish and chip shop - perhaps she wanted her blue cod cooked for once.
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Milford village ‘a disgrace’
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Milford village ‘a disgrace’
People urinating daily in the bushes behind Milford Sound airport is contributing to the disgraceful state of the tourist village, which has been left to rot, a veteran operator calling for...
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Call for new approach to controlling wild deer
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Call for new approach to controlling wild deer
Control of wild deer is fragmented and complex and a new approach is needed to hold back an animal which now covers nearly half the country, a new report says.
Dunedin's topsy-turvy weather year
Dunedin's topsy-turvy weather year
Dunedin was hot yet cold. Dry but wet. Alexandra was the driest in the country while it blew at record level all over the South on October 23.
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Health portal under fire as demand set to expire
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Health portal under fire as demand set to expire
Questions are mounting for the operators of the under-fire Manage My Health portal as a leading University of Otago medical academic has been called in by the company as an adviser.
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Wilderness tamed to become five-star garden
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Wilderness tamed to become five-star garden
A Doctors Point garden has been turned from broom, gorse and pine trees into a five-star property, planted with 1400 species from all over the world.
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Request to delete patient data denied
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Request to delete patient data denied
A large Dunedin medical centre consulted lawyers and the Privacy Commission to try to take information off the beleaguered Manage My Health portal.
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Concerns held after rest-home resignation
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Concerns held after rest-home resignation
The manager at the centre of much of the controversy around incidents at the Oxford Court rest-home in Dunedin has resigned and already left her job.
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Health data hack: Breach ‘complete failure’
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Health data hack: Breach ‘complete failure’
A southern health leader says the breach of information on a popular health portal was a "complete failure" by the private company running it, and exposed the most sensitive patient details.
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Shortage of sun in South over peak holiday period
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Shortage of sun in South over peak holiday period
The long-awaited summer in the South is taking its time arriving, especially in Dunedin, where cloud and a lack of sunshine marked the peak holiday period.