Govt’s infrastructure contracting criticised
A lawyer at CPB Contractors, the Australian construction giant set to build the new Dunedin hospital, has slammed the government’s "disastrous" approach to contracting major infrastructure projects.
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Mothers criticise lack of support for families
Mothers criticise lack of support for families
Three single mums in Dunedin have slammed the Budget for failing their families.
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Kaikorai Stream: A tale of two tips
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Kaikorai Stream: A tale of two tips
Mary Williams investigates the polluted Kaikorai Stream's journey past two tips and finds a pond of contaminated water and angry residents.
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Re-elected president of Law Society
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Re-elected president of Law Society
Lawyer Frazer Barton has departed his Dunedin legal firm and been re-elected president of the Law Society just weeks after being cleared by its standards committee inquiry.
Motel to no longer house homeless
Doors closed to homeless as motel exits transitional housing scheme
A motel is shutting its doors to homeless people, saying providing rooms has been a "massive drain" on the owners.
Motel to no longer house homeless
Motel to no longer house homeless
A motel is shutting its doors to Dunedin’s homeless, saying providing rooms has been a "massive drain" on the owners. It follows a fire at the Oval on Friday, which destroyed a shack and tents where people have been sleeping.
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Homeless man’s hopes crushed
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Homeless man’s hopes crushed
A homeless man says it is "hard to feel hope" after his makeshift shack burned down at the Oval in a cooking fire.
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Stream of toxicity
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Stream of toxicity
A Dunedin river sits at death’s door, hidden from sight and needing rescue for more than a century.
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Invest heavily now: submission
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Invest heavily now: submission
A call for Dunedin to invest heavily in achieving its zero carbon plan has been backed by 150 Dunedin residents.
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Swimmers should be wary in parts of river: report
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Swimmers should be wary in parts of river: report
Swimmers should be wary of taking a dip where wastewater flows into a Queenstown river, a council-commissioned report indicates.
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Fears waterways at risk from wastewater plans
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Fears waterways at risk from wastewater plans
A government plan for national wastewater disposal standards is being met with local concern it could harm waterways.
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Appearance of wooden shack ‘unsurprising’
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Appearance of wooden shack ‘unsurprising’
A wooden shack has been built by a homeless man at the Oval in Dunedin.
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Landfill can still receive waste, hearing decides
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Landfill can still receive waste, hearing decides
Dunedin's waste can continue to be dumped at the contentious Green Island landfill, a hearing has determined.
Grand journey delights
Grand journey delights
Why did the takahē cross the road?
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Ngāi Tahu water rights under scrutiny
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Ngāi Tahu water rights under scrutiny
Long-standing Ngāi Tahu rights that could lead to joint management of South Island waterways are being deliberated by a High Court judge.
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‘Almost impossible’ to support the homeless
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‘Almost impossible’ to support the homeless
Support for Dunedin’s homeless people is now ‘‘almost impossible’’ to access, which is increasing desperation antisocial behaviour and pressure on the city’s night shelter, advocates say.
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Funding urgent, researchers say
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Funding urgent, researchers say
Extermination of pests on New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands needs urgent funding to enable critical climate change studies.
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Pest eradication to save species
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Pest eradication to save species
Vital island havens for rare birds are dependent on them being pest-free.
Risk fed-up hospital staff could take off
Risk fed-up hospital staff could take off
The threat of staff fleeing because of constant delays and uncertainty has been flagged as a high risk to the new Dunedin hospital project, the Otago Daily Times has learned.
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Milford rivals join to lodge complaint
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Milford rivals join to lodge complaint
The fight over rights to use the port in Milford Sound Piopiotahi rages on, reports Mary Williams.