Opponents livid as seabed mine project clears fast-track hurdle
A company's plan to mine 50 million tonnes of South Taranaki seabed every year has cleared the first hurdle in the Fast-track process.
26 'unsafe' vehicles off Dunedin roads
26 'unsafe' vehicles off Dunedin roads
Numerous vehicles have been taken off Dunedin roads after a multi-agency operation targeting illegally modified and unsafe vehicles.
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Unusual backdrop to DCC plan hearing
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Unusual backdrop to DCC plan hearing
Walk-outs, insults, political manoeuvring and cackling councillors. It was anything but your usual Dunedin City Council meeting.
Campaign ‘journalism at its best’
Campaign ‘journalism at its best’
The Otago Daily Times has won four awards at the Voyager Media Awards, including metropolitan newspaper of the year.
Stalwart of Otago rugby remembered
Stalwart of Otago rugby remembered
Otago rugby stalwart and one-test All Black Tuppy Diack died in Dunedin yesterday.
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Govt gives Mosgiel port $8.2m
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Govt gives Mosgiel port $8.2m
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says he doesn't want to "get caught in the middle of a cockfight" between two competing inland port projects despite the govt financially backing the Mosgiel option.
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Hillside reopening sign of ‘belief’
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Hillside reopening sign of ‘belief’
The return of Hillside Workshops is a statement of the government’s "belief in the city of Dunedin", deputy prime minister Winston Peters says.
Just a little off the top
Just a little off the top
Workers deconstruct the 118-year-old Dunedin Gasworks Museum brick by brick on Thursday morning.
Man found not culpable over sex tape
Man found not culpable over sex tape
A government employee who made a sex tape with a woman he met through his work has been cleared of criminal culpability.
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Proud graduate: Rare diagnosis sparked uni goal
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Rare diagnosis sparked university goal
How would you react if you were diagnosed with a rare degenerative muscle disease?
‘Crazy’ to win Shakespeare dress award
‘Crazy’ to win Shakespeare dress award
A young dressmaker impressed judges at a Shakespeare festival with her transformable Victorian design.
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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.
Otago Boys’ thrilled by cadet sword gift
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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Working to prevent ‘gut-wrenching’ loss
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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.
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‘Boy racers’ spark fear of accident
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‘Boy racers’ spark fear of accident
A beachside road in Dunedin had been labelled a "racetrack" once the clock strikes 3am, as boy racers descend on the usually quiet neighbourhood.
Durban poet awarded literary residency
Durban poet awarded literary residency
A South African poet has been awarded the Dunedin City of Literature residency.
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Historic cottage for sale after nearly 120 years
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Historic cottage for sale after nearly 120 years
An historic wooden cottage which has been in the same family for nearly 120 years has been placed on the open market.
Paramedic worried for unsafe driver
Paramedic worried for unsafe driver
A critical care paramedic almost wiped off the road by a woman driving in the wrong lane on Three Mile Hill Rd says it is only a matter of time before she is involved in an accident.
Christchurch bakery fined after worker loses arm
Christchurch bakery fined after worker loses arm
A baker lost half his arm after he became stuck in a blocked crumbing machine without an operational shut-off sensor.
10,000 NZers may have lost vision due to toxoplasmosis
10,000 NZers may have lost vision due to toxoplasmosis
Otago University researchers estimate 40,000 New Zealanders are affected by ocular toxoplasmosis, a parasite spread by cats.