Matthew Littlewood

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Caution urged over tenancy agreements

If prospective students can no longer afford to rent, they won’t come, and those that are here...

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Caution urged over tenancy agreements

A group of Dunedin students who unwittingly signed up to live with a "flatmate from hell" are warning others to take a careful look at their tenancy agreements.

GP must pay $65k for prescribing Ivermectin

GP must pay $65k for prescribing Ivermectin

A Southland doctor has been forced to pay more than $65,000 after she admitted importing and administering Ivermectin during the height of the Covid pandemic.

Variety of artworks amazes

Otago Art Society 149th anniversary show judges Michele Beevors and Manu Berry take another look...

Variety of artworks amazes

The judges for the Otago Arts Society’s annual exhibition awards say this year has made them look a lot closer at things.

ORC moving to system where no votes are ‘wasted’

ORC moving to system where no votes are ‘wasted’

An elections law specialist is urging people not to be too daunted by the Otago Regional Council’s decision to switch to a single transferable vote (STV) system for this year’s council elections.

Library closed as work proceeds for new centre’s opening

Library closed as work proceeds for new centre’s opening

The pop-up library in South Dunedin has been closed to make way for the new library and community complex’s opening in late September.

Minister marks resumption of site works

Health Minister Simeon Brown (front, fourth from right) and his entourage walk through the new...

Minister marks resumption of site works

The government has been accused of reheating old announcements as the health minister was on site yesterday at the new Dunedin hospital.

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Polytech course cuts tip of iceberg: staff

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Polytech course cuts tip of iceberg: staff

The Otago Polytechnic has signalled it wishes to discontinue a trio of smaller courses, but staff say these cuts are the tip of the iceberg.

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Delays add $40m to build cost: Hodgson

Pete Hodgson. File photo: Peter McIntosh

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Delays add $40m to build cost: Hodgson

A year of government dithering has added $40 million to the cost of the budget-squeezed new Dunedin hospital project, a former boss says.

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Staff fears over children's wing at new hospital

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Staff fears over children's wing at new hospital

Staff are concerned the children’s wing and paediatrics department at the new Dunedin hospital will not have enough space to carry out some of its functions.

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Being caught cheating ‘significant learning experience’

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Being caught cheating ‘significant learning experience’

Being caught up in a cheating scandal has been a "significant learning experience" for the law students involved, the University of Otago says.

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Clutha's water breaches more than rest of NZ

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'Embarrassing': Clutha's water breaches more than rest of NZ

A small Otago council has recorded more drinking water quality breaches than the rest of New Zealand combined, a damning report has revealed.

Children buzzed to make robots

Clara Stevens, 11, shows off her butterfly robot at the New Zealand International Science...

Children buzzed to make own robots at science fest

There was plenty of whirring and buzzing at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum.

Logan Park turf wins Fifa award

Southern Football chief executive Dougal McGowan wants the Logan Park turf’s international...

Logan Park turf wins Fifa award

The all-weather Logan Park turf has scored with Fifa, securing major international recognition.

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Number of beds ‘unethical’

The man in his 80s was living in a cottage in a retirement village when he sought help from...

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Number of beds ‘unethical’

The number of mental health for older people beds proposed for the new Dunedin hospital is at a level which is "unethical" and potentially dangerous, a consultant geriatrician says.

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Academic calls out ‘toxic’ school

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Academic calls out ‘toxic’ school

An academic has taken his grievances to Parliament to blow the whistle on the University of Otago's "toxic" Business School.

Dismantling chimney challenging job

Project manager Paul Stevenson with a couple of the 4000 bricks rescued from the chimney of the...

Dismantling chimney challenging job

The preservation of the former Gasworks building’s chimney has been a matter of taking it apart brick by brick — all 4000 of them — in a bid to protect the rest of the South Dunedin structure.

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Legal action against polytech over job cuts on cards

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Legal action against polytech over job cuts on cards

Leaked letters show the Tertiary Education Union is gearing up for legal action against Otago Polytechnic over accusations it bungled the slashing of jobs.

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Housing project cuts ‘perfect storm’ for rise in homelessness

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Housing project cuts ‘perfect storm’ for rise in homelessness

Kāinga Ora's cuts to a host of housing projects could worsen Dunedin’s homelessness problem, city councillors say.

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DCC parking plans ‘unworkable’

A tour bus stop outside iSite in George St. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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DCC parking plans ‘unworkable’

The city council’s proposed shakeup of parking spaces — including the removal of special parking spaces for tour coaches outside the Dunedin i-Site — has been slammed as "completely unworkable".

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US attack on Iran will worsen conflict: prof

"I think it’s reflective of the fact that Mr Trump and his administration are living in something...

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US attack on Iran will worsen conflict: prof

The United States attacks on three principal nuclear sites in Iran will likely worsen conflict in the Middle-East, the University of Otago’s leading international relations academic says.

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