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    Epileptic jailed after killing man while driving

    Faalili Kauri was sentenced at Manukau District Court for reckless driving causing the death of...

    Epileptic jailed after killing man while driving

    A man with epilepsy flouted a warning not to drive and had a seizure, causing a crash that killed a 59-year-old grandfather waiting in his car at the lights.

    Car left on ferry first sign of man overboard

    Kaiārahi ferry. File photo: Supplied

    Car left on Cook Strait ferry first indication of man overboard

    Updated 4.10 pm

    Crew on the Cook Strait ferry Kaiārahi did not know a passenger who went overboard was missing until they found his car.

    Rare car specialist changing gears

    Rare car specialist changing gears

    Rolls-Royce and Bentley specialist Bruce McIlroy is winding up his Canterbury car service business after more than three decades.

    Trump 'quite interested' in asking Arab allies to pay for war

    Fighter jets take off from the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of America's Operation Epic Fury...

    Trump 'quite interested' in asking Arab allies to pay for war

    US President Donald Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, adding that she thinks Trump would have more to say on the issue.

    Care unions taking action against HNZ over petrol costs

    Great Barrier Island care worker Kerris Adlam. Photo: Supplied

    Care unions taking action against HNZ over petrol costs

    Care workers' unions are taking legal action against Health NZ, with carers in remote areas saying the price of petrol is so high they're losing money visiting more remote clients.

    Bluebridge ferry detained by Maritime NZ after inspection

    The Connemara has been out of service since last week. Photo: RNZ (file)

    Bluebridge ferry detained by Maritime NZ after inspection

    Maritime NZ has detained Bluebridge's Connemara at its Wellington berth after more than a week of cancelled crossings.

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    Spoof poster wrONG move, mayor says

    A movie poster parody features Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong and city mayor Sophie Barker....

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    Spoof poster wrONG move, mayor says

    Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong appears to enjoy movie parody posters in which he features.

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    Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’

    Benedict Ong

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    Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’

    His ideas may ‘‘make no sense in the real world of finance’’, but Benedict Ong might yet get a chance to present them to the Dunedin City Council.

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    Global admissions consultant ranks Columba in NZ top 20

    Columba College head girls (from left) Lula Joseph, Shanti Kara and Anika Leyser say the students...

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    Global admissions consultant ranks Columba in NZ top 20

    A Dunedin secondary school’s place among the elite of New Zealand schools is down to its students, its principal says.

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    Uni South Dunedin dental service cut

    Megan Gibbons

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    Uni South Dunedin dental service cut

    The University of Otago has pulled the pin on a South Dunedin dental service, citing a strengthening of provision for Māori in its own faculty clinics.

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    Cafe will be ‘positive’ for community

    An architect's rendition of the now-approved Tomboy cafe in a more than century-old heritage...

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    Cafe will be ‘positive’ for community

    A suburban cafe planned in a historic Dunedin corner store has been approved after a panel ruled it would be an overall positive addition to the neighbourhood.

    Big welcome for latest round of international students

    Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki chairman Matapura Ellison is flanked by international secondary...

    Big welcome for latest round of international students

    Dunedin rolled out the red carpet yesterday to welcome the latest cohort of international students, as the city celebrates year-on-year growth in the international education industry.

    Kiwi embraced ice-cracking experience

    Royal New Zealand Navy able hydrographic systems operator (AHSO) Joshua Phillips at McMurdo...

    Kiwi embraced ice-cracking experience

    Trying to get some sleep aboard a 10,000-tonne icebreaker as it crunches and shatters its way noisily towards Antarctica is something that takes a little getting used to.

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    Mystery surrounds cancelled flight

    An Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 at Dunedin Airport yesterday, after an unknown incident,...

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    Mystery surrounds cancelled flight

    Air New Zealand is refusing to comment after one of its planes was grounded at Dunedin Airport, forcing the cancellation of an Auckland-bound flight.

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    Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs

    Bailey is one of several dogs treated by vets in Dunedin at the weekend after accidentally eating...

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    Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs

    Dunedin dog owners are being urged to keep an eye out for ‘‘greeny-blue’’ matchbox-sized rat bait cubes in John Wilson Ocean Dr after the poisoning of several dogs at the weekend.

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    Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars

    One of the tributes to Dunedin speedway driver Paul Simon that was shared widely on social media...

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    Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars

    The grieving father of a Dunedin streetstock racer killed in a fatal crash at the weekend says his son was ‘‘brought up amongst stockcars’’.

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    Allegedly kidnapped, assaulted woman

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Allegedly kidnapped, assaulted woman

    A woman says a Dunedin Uber driver pressured her into a game of rock-paper-scissors before sexually assaulting her while she was locked in his cab.

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    Firefighters choose to ‘strike for good’

    Dunedin firefighters (back, from left) Tim Penn, Kyle Johnston, Mike Taylor and Jamie McBride...

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    Firefighters choose to ‘strike for good’

    Months of strikes with no end in sight have led to Dunedin firefighters deciding to spend an hour serving the community in a different way.

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    Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage

    Armed police were called to the Z service station in Kaikorai Valley Rd as the incident unfolded....

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    Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage

    Dramatic footage has emerged showing a bystander ducking for cover in a Dunedin petrol station forecourt as police point their guns at a man before a shot is fired.

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    'Not good at maths': Burger bar's booze bungle

    Vogel St burger restaurant Good Good’s liquor licence was suspended for 72 hours earlier this...

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    'Not good at maths': Burger bar's booze bungle

    A worker at a Dunedin burger store who sold alcohol to a minor admitted they were ‘‘not very good at maths’’ when inspecting the teenager’s ID.
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