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    Taieri College students admire their can collage made using more than 3450 cans of donated food...

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    Hopes charitable attitude can continue

    The man behind the cans has run his final donation drive.

    Outpatient building’s final touches near

    The new Dunedin hospital outpatient building gleams in the light ahead of its final touch-up...

    Outpatient building’s final touches near

    It has taken several years, but the new Dunedin hospital’s outpatient building is set to have its final operation.

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    Galer, Lund to lead heritage portfolio

    Cr Jo Galer. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Galer, Lund to lead heritage portfolio

    New councillor Jo Galer appears set to lead the Dunedin City Council’s heritage portfolio alongside Cr Russell Lund.

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    Fowl play afoot in Mosgiel Fowl play afoot in Mosgiel

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    Fowl play afoot in Mosgiel Fowl play afoot in Mosgiel

    Mosgiel is being ‘‘terrorised’’ by a flock of small toy ducks that have appeared suddenly and with seemingly no explanation.

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    Boss hits back at councillor behaviour

    Sandy Graham during yesterday's debate over city council rates. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    Boss hits back at councillor behaviour

    Dunedin’s council boss has scolded councillors over ‘‘discourteous’’ behaviour and costly AI use as a week of fractious debate on South Dunedin comes to a head.

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    Chance to grow from hospital at risk: insider

    Workforce Central Dunedin operations manager Raymond Clark says more needs to be done to maximise...

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    Chance to grow from hospital at risk: insider

    Wider economic benefits from the new Dunedin hospital risk being squandered without more government support, a project insider warns.

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    Fourth flood protection option on table

    Dunedin city councillor Russell Lund (left) with South Dunedin Stormwater Justice Group convener...

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    Fourth flood protection option on table

    A shot has been fired across the bow of the Dunedin City Council as a fourth, shorter-term option to manage future flood risks in South Dunedin is put on the table.

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    Upgrade for Olveston’s electrical systems

    Olveston manager Jan Davies admires one of a pair of chandeliers in the Great Hall, which will be...

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    Upgrade for Olveston’s electrical systems

    Dunedin’s Olveston historic home will be left in the dark for the next three months while a major electrical upgrade is conducted.

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    Mad Butcher building demolition to begin

    A contractor demolishes a building on the Andrew Simms site on Andersons Bay Rd yesterday. PHOTO:...

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    Mad Butcher building demolition to begin

    Dunedin’s former Mad Butcher store will soon be reduced to rubble with a $10 million vehicle showroom complex to be built in its place.

    Uni mass food poisoning: Students' Association falsified temperature records

    Uni mass food poisoning: Students' Association falsified temperature records

    An investigation into a food poisoning outbreak at a University of Canterbury hall found temperature records were falsified by the Students' Association who prepared the meals.

    Meagre haul for window-smashing dairy burglar

    The alleged burglar stole two trays of drinks and a bag chips from Prebbleton Dairy in the early...

    Meagre haul for window-smashing dairy burglar

    A determined burglar who took three attempts to break into a dairy was rewarded for his efforts with two trays of drinks and a packet of chips.

    MBIE conduct referred to Privileges Committee

    Speaker Gerry Brownlee. Photo: VNP/Phil Smith

    MBIE conduct referred to Privileges Committee

    Parliament's Speaker has referred a question of whether Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment officials misled Parliament to the Privileges Committee.

    'No further inquiries warranted' over hot air balloon crash

    'No further inquiries warranted' over hot air balloon crash

    The Civil Aviation Authority will be taking no action after two people were injured in a hot air balloon crash in Methven last week.

    TV host again pleads for answers to missing mother's fate

    Messages of support written on a sign with a photograph of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.  She...

    TV host again pleads for answers to missing mother's fate

    TV host Savannah Guthrie took time on her morning news show to appeal to the public again for answers to the fate of her mother, missing since a presumed abduction in Arizona.

    Australia ramps up bird flu surveillance

    A Department of Primary Industries vet takes samples from a dead brown skua to test for the H5N1...

    Australia ramps up bird flu surveillance

    Australian authorities have ramped up surveillance and testing after two cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu were confirmed in migratory seabirds.

    Luxon rules out financial help for Super Rugby side

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ

    Luxon rules out financial help for Super Rugby side

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has poured cold water on the prospect of government support to save Super Rugby side Moana Pasifika.

    Death toll climbs as heatwave sweeps Europe

    People cool off in the Trocadero Fountain next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris this week. Photo:...

    Death toll climbs as heatwave sweeps Europe

    Forty people have drowned in France over recent days as they sought to cool down to escape record heat, the Prime Minister says, as a heatwave sweeps across much of Europe.

    Mum mauled by shark wakes from coma, speaks first words

    Leah Stewart was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a shark attack in Sydney on June...

    Mum mauled by shark wakes from coma, speaks first words

    A young Sydney mother mauled by a shark has briefly regained consciousness after more than a week in a coma and spoken her emotional first words.

    Luxon and Labour both try to shrug off poor poll results

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ

    Luxon and Labour both try to shrug off poor poll results

    Christopher Luxon says he is not concerned by the latest lacklustre poll result, despite conceding that National had work to do to ensure New Zealanders understood the party's long-term plan.

    One person critical after incident near Nelson police station

    Emergency services outside Nelson Central Police Station. Photo: RNZ

    One person critical after incident near Nelson police station

    One person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition following an incident in Nelson.
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