Ta’avao 'heartbroken' over son's death
Highlanders prop Angus Ta’avao 'heartbroken' over son's death
New Highlanders prop Angus Ta’avao has made the gut-wrenching announcement that his ‘‘beautiful boy’’ Leo has died.
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Lack of rentals leaves disabled woman ‘traumatised’
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Lack of rentals leaves disabled woman ‘traumatised’
A lack of safe rental housing has left a young disabled Dunedin woman "deeply traumatised" with brain injuries, sepsis events and having surgeries to pin severely broken ankles.
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Aust charity backs Dunedin cancer research
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Aust charity backs Dunedin cancer research
Word of a Dunedin trust’s ground-breaking work, using specially trained dogs to sniff out cancer, is spreading an Australian charity has raised $200K for the trust to continue its research.
Heavy rain warning extended, but worst appears over
Heavy rain warning extended, but worst appears over
A heavy rain warning has been extended late into this evening for a sodden Dunedin, but the DCC says the worst appears to be over for the city.
Council readies sandbags as storm's tail bears down
Council readies sandbags as storm's tail bears down
The Dunedin City Council is making sandbags available after news that the tail of a storm ravaging much of the lower North Island today is expected to hit the city tomorrow.
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Calculated move to get ahead in maths
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Calculated move to get ahead in maths
Conor Kerr wishes life was as simple as calculus.
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Connection one step closer after cycling trail
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Connection one step closer after cycling trail
The long and winding road has started, and it is headed this way.
AI may change face of anatomy dissection: expert
AI may change face of anatomy dissection: expert
Picture this — you are a young medical student, conducting a dissection and the deceased suddenly says: ‘‘You are now cutting into my heart. It looks like this because I have a long history of...
Lack of affordable rentals for disabled: study
Lack of affordable rentals for disabled: study
A lack of accessible and affordable rental properties is leaving many disabled people stuck in emergency accommodation that is unsuited to their needs.
Photo competition entries nearly double
Photo competition entries nearly double
Something appears to have clicked after the number of entries in this year’s Tūhura Otago Museum annual photography competition shattered the previous record.
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Tree a symbol of friends’ time together
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Tree a symbol of friends’ time together
Officially, the European beech tree planted at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday was something to fill a space in the avenue of mature European beeches
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Minister replies to dementia care plea
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Minister replies to dementia care plea
The government says help is on the way after a Wānaka man, caring for his 65-year-old wife with dementia, highlighted the "desperate shortage" of dementia-level care facilities
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Actors thrilled with theatre award wins
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Actors thrilled with theatre award wins
In between working part-time at a cafe, officiating weddings and funerals and being a solo-mother, a Dunedin comic has forged a successful career in theatre.
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Rents drop despite dip in supply
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Rents drop despite dip in supply
Rental properties in the southern regions appear to be turning the economic principle of supply and demand on its head.
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Decapitated fur seals found on Dunedin beach
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Sharks or humans: anger, questions over seal deaths
Department of Conservation staff are not ruling out human involvement in the decapitation of at least two New Zealand fur seals found dead on a Dunedin beach.
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Contest win down to ‘story in the image’
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Contest win down to ‘story in the image’
Concerned, encouraging, inquisitive, disbelieving, holding on for dear life — the facial expressions in Susan Church’s award-winning photo say it all.
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Colder January for much of the South
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Colder January for much of the South
If you thought the weather in January seemed cooler and "more rubbish" than usual, Earth Sciences New Zealand (ESNZ) data for Otago and Southland has confirmed it.
Labour of love to restore late father’s 1931 MG
Labour of love to restore late father’s 1931 MG
"Safety Fast!"
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More settled weather likely: ESNZ
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More settled weather likely: ESNZ
Summer might finally come out from behind the curtains of rain if Earth Sciences New Zealand (ESNZ) predictions come to fruition.
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Rodeo provides tune-up for national title contender
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Rodeo provides tune-up for national title contender
When you get a bit down in life and things aren’t really going your way, Johnson Davis reckons a ride on a bull is all it takes "to buck your ideas up a bit".