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    Sports bodies demand leaky roof fix

    Dunedin Netball general manager Lee-Anne Anderson (left) and Basketball Otago general manager...

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    Sports bodies demand leaky roof fix

    National sporting competitions will dodge Dunedin unless the council urgently repairs the roof of the leaky Edgar Centre, councillors have been told.

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    Councillors’ conduct ‘appalling’

    Mike Waddell makes a submission to the Dunedin City Council yesterday about the proposed Smooth...

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    Councillors’ conduct ‘appalling’

    The volunteer driver of Dunedin’s campaigning ambulance has called out councillors for showing a lack of respect and laughing while he presented at a hearing.

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    Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

    Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre general manager Adam O’Byrne. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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    Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

    A Dunedin city GP is predicting a ‘‘wave’’ of presentations to the hospital emergency department as the city’s busiest after-hours services announces it is cutting its operating hours.

    Bubble tea shop falls foul of cup ban

    Chatime manager Violetta Li says she supports sustainability but hopes the University of Otago...

    Bubble tea shop falls foul of cup ban

    A bubble tea shop in the Link at the University of Otago says it is being unfairly targeted by the university’s disposable cup ban.

    ‘Exceptional warmth’: temperature records tumble in April

    Dunedin was the driest and sunniest of the six main centres. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    ‘Exceptional warmth’: temperature records tumble in April

    Temperature records were toppled left, right and centre across the southern regions during April, giving locals a welcome extension to summer.

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    Desire to push trail project forward

    Visitors explore the Chain Hills tunnel, planned to be part of a cycle trail between Dunedin and...

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    Desire to push trail project forward

    Dunedin's tunnels trail doesn’t need to be a ‘‘Rolls-Royce’’, it just needs to be done, the city council had been told.

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    Youth call on council to keep venue alive

    Advocating for the future of the Playhouse children’s theatre in Dunedin are (from left) Ted...

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    Youth call on council to keep venue alive

    Young actors from the Playhouse children’s theatre in Dunedin have urged the city council to play its part in keeping their venue going.

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    'Intense ocean warming' on Otago coast

    The coast from St Clair to St Kilda in Dunedin. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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    'Intense ocean warming' on Otago coast

    Otago's coast is experiencing ‘‘some of the most intense ocean warming’’ anywhere in NZ and a co-ordinated response is required to ensure its future health, an environment group says.

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    No ‘significant decline’ in city gull numbers yet

    A southern black-backed gull (karoro) reflects on its surroundings in the Otago Harbour steamer...

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    No ‘significant decline’ in city gull numbers yet

    Gull numbers may have passed their peak at Dunedin’s landfill, but the council says it has not yet seen any evidence of a significant decline in their numbers citywide.

    Up, up and away

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    Up, up and away

    A crane hoists away a section from one of two chimney stacks at Ravensdown’s Dunedin fertiliser plant yesterday.

    Adding wontons recipe for disaster

    Firefighters gather outside a Leith St student flat  after extinguishing a fire in the kitchen....

    Adding wontons recipe for disaster

    Adding wontons to meatballs turned out to be a recipe for a kitchen fire in a north Dunedin flat.

    Multiple crews called to battle farming shed blaze

    Firefighters are seen battling a large 30m by 30m fire in a farming shed on Bush Rd, Dunedin,...

    Multiple crews called to battle farming shed blaze

    Firefighters from around the city were last night working to extinguish a fire in a large farming shed in Green Island.

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    Restaurant owner shocked by assault

    Ferry Indian Street Food restaurant. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Restaurant owner shocked by assault

    A Dunedin business owner allegedly punched to the ground by a drunk man says he was shocked by the assault.

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    Walk and Talk ‘sort of a living library’

    Dr Dmitry Zavialov (centre) is joined by Natasha Seliutina and Dr Nick Baker on a Walk and Talk...

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    Walk and Talk ‘sort of a living library’

    Anything you want to talk about, Dmitry Zavialov is keen to hear about. But you'll have to tell him about it while you are walking.

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    Prof ‘shocked’ to get science prize

    Infectious diseases researcher Prof Jemma Geoghegan. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Prof ‘shocked’ to get science prize

    Jemma Geoghegan never planned to become a science communicator.

    When the boats come in

    Three Port Otago tugboats and two pilot boats make their way through the lower Otago Harbour...

    When the boats come in

    Three Port Otago tugboats and two pilot boats make their way through the lower Otago Harbour.

    Pay equity law could save govt billions: PM

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the aim is to have one system with "maximum levels of...

    Pay equity law could save govt billions: PM

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says new pay equity legislation could save the government "billions of dollars", just two weeks out from the Budget.

    Sole survivor of poisonous mushroom lunch speaks out

    Erin Patterson, who cooked the deadly meal. Photo: Supplied

    Sole survivor of poisonous mushroom lunch speaks out

    The sole survivor of a deadly mushroom meal has for the first time publicly revealed what happened after taking a seat at Erin Patterson's lunch table.

    Abduction 'something out of a horror movie'

    Haydn Christy during sentencing in the High Court in Whangarei for abducting and raping a woman...

    Abduction 'something out of a horror movie'

    A man who abducted a jogger and subjected her to a prolonged sexual and physical assault has had his hopes of an early release from prison dashed, for now.

    Stove fire ignites North Dunedin kitchen

    Crews at the Leith St fire. Photo: Gregor Richardson

    Stove fire ignites North Dunedin kitchen

    Adding wontons to meatballs was a recipe for a kitchen fire in a north Dunedin flat this afternoon.
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